Contents:

• WSNA 2023 Nurse Lobby Day
• Scholarships for the 2023 Washington State Nurses Convention
• Unions win order against MultiCare payroll deductions
• The end of Washington’s State of Emergency

WSNA 2023 Nurse Lobby Day

February 2, 2023 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Olympia Hotel at Capitol Lake, 2300 Evergreen Park DR SW Olympia, WA 98502

Join us for WSNA's 2023 Lobby Day in Olympia on Thursday, Feb. 2 starting at 8:30 a.m., and help bring a voice for nurses to the state capitol.

Nurses continue to battle their way through a worldwide pandemic, but not without a cost. As the rest of the world starts to put the pandemic behind them, nurses continue to deal with the lasting impacts of COVID-19. This legislative session, WSNA will continue to advocate for funding for safe staffing and increased funding for the nurse education pipeline.

You can learn more on the wsna.org website at
https://www.wsna.org/calendar/nurse-lobby-day-2023/.
Reserve your spot now. Registration is free.

Scholarships for the 2023 Washington State Nurses Convention

May 17-19 at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center

Your WSNA Officers will offer ten financial scholarships for nurses to attend the 2023 Washington State Nurses Convention. It will be first come, first served Please get in touch with jstewart@wsna.org if you are interested. For more details visit https://www.wanursecon.org/.

Unions win order against MultiCare payroll deductions

Seattle—On Oct. 14, a judge in King County Superior Court handed down an order that said MultiCare cannot deduct money from workers who were temporarily overpaid without an express agreement from the individual employee. The alleged overpayments related to an extended outage of the employer’s timekeeping system.

Read the article: https://www.wsna.org/news/2022/unions-win-order-against-multicare-payroll-deductions

On November 2, MultiCare filed an appeal on the judgement with the King County Superior Court. Under federal labor law, MultiCare must bargain with the unions to ensure a fair procedure for any repayments.

MultiCare acknowledges the demand to bargain with the unions. Please continue to watch for updates on this issue.

The end of Washington’s State of Emergency

The Governor’s Proclamation was lifted October 31, 2022. You may still use EIT with no waiting period for absences due to COVID. COVID continues to be a federally declared pandemic. Presumptive eligibility will also continue. Nurses who contract COVID are presumed to have acquired it on the job which makes you eligible for workers compensation.

Check out the link for further information:
https://www.wsna.org/news/2022/what-the-end-of-washingtons-state-of-emergency-means-to-you

How to file a L& I Claim: https://cdn.wsna.org/assets/local-unit-assets/good-samaritan-hospital/Presumptive-Eligibility5.22.pdf

Questions, contact WSNA Nurse Representative Janet Stewart jstewart@wsna.org