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WSDOT employee firings could create unsafe winter roads
As of October 18th, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is down 402 employees, largely due to WSDOT’s choice to move forward with firing staff to comply with the governor’s vaccine mandate. Now WSDOT says “ongoing staffing challenges” due to those firings may create problems this winter as “some areas may not see the traditional 24-hour service, some roadways will not be plowed as often, and compact snow and ice will remain on roadways longer than a typical winter.”
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Surprise! Not so much. Two more big payroll tax hits are coming to paychecks in January
The Employment Security Department (ESD) sent news out Friday that a controversial Paid Family and Medical Leave payroll tax will increase 50%, boosting it from 0.4% to 0.6%. Officials say that to pay for up to 18 weeks of family and medical leave to some full- and part-time workers, the state needs more of your money.
When income to pay for your household budget goes down, blame the state, not your employer, for taking more of the money you’ve earned for a state-imposed program you might never need or want.
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