News & Announcements
Strategies to Support Each Other through COIVD-19
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the Washington State Employee Assistance Program’s April 2020 Newsletter Here are a couple of strategies you can try right away to help all of us be our better selves and work together through the COVID-19 outbreak, adapted from the Greater Good in Action and Center for Healthy Minds…
Six Tips to Strengthen Your Immune System
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the Washington State Employee Assistance Program’s April 2020 Newsletter Strengthen Your Immune System You and your family are working hard to limit your exposure to COVID-19 by social distancing, washing your hands, not touching your face, cleaning frequently-touched surfaces and more: all of the actions recommended by the…
April is Diversity Month: A Message from Your State Business Resource Groups
“There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.” -Audre Lorde Washington State’s six Business Resource Groups (BRGs) are excited to present the following message in celebration of Diversity Month. During Diversity Month, the business resource groups wish to generate awareness about the intersectionality of characteristics that make…
Upcoming Webinars
As more and more employees begin teleworking as a result of the COVID-19 epidemic, more companies are offering professional development webinars you can take from home online. Here are some training and support offerings from Compass Consulting and The Athena Group: For those of you who missed the last Compass Consulting webinar, here is the…
Staying at Home and its Impact on Your Mental Health
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the Washington State Employee Assistance Program’s April 2020 Newsletter Is Staying Home Putting Your Safety or Mental Health at Risk? Social distancing, working from home, self-quarantining, sheltering in place…we are all implementing some combination of these COVID-19 responses to keep ourselves, our families, and our communities safe. But…
Inslee Names Christine Bezanson Director of Results Washington
From the Office of Governor Jay Inslee: Gov. Jay Inslee has named Christine Bezanson director of Results Washington, Inslee’s initiative to make state government more effective. Launched in 2013, Results Washington tracks outcome measures and key drivers that reflect the governor’s statewide priorities, such as: world-class education; prosperous economy sustainable energy and clean environment; health…
March 31, 2020 is Equal Pay Day. Read the Latest US Census Bureau Data About the Gender Wage Gap
Editor’s Note: Today is Equal Pay Day, a day that is used to recognize the US gender-wage gap. It’s used to signify how much longer into the following calendar the average woman must work in order to earn the same wage as her male counterpart the previous year. The following is an article published March…
Women’s History Month: How State Employed Women Have Impacted Our State’s History
By Amal Joury, ICSEW Chair As Women’s History Month comes to a close, I want to encourage you to reflect on the work the newly-formed Blacks United In Leadership and Diversity (BUILD) business resource group ICSEW does and continues to do. Since before Washington gained its statehood from a territory in 1889 to now—women have…
National Take Your Child to Work Day is April 23–and We Want to Hear about Your Experiences
by Rachel Friederich, ICSEW Communications Chair National Take Your Child To Work Day, also known as Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work® Day is April 23. It’s recognized nationally on the fourth Thursday of April each year. The annual event, now in its 26th year, is an educational program in the U.S. and Canada…
International Women's Day is March 8
Think equal, build smart, innovate for change International Women’s Day is a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities. The 2019 theme Think equal, build smart, innovate for…