Featured Job: Disease Research & Intervention Specialist – Hepatitis A
Salary: $30.67 – $38.88 Hourly
Location: Seattle, WA
Job Type: Special Duty Assignment or Term Limited Temp (TLT)
Department: DPH – Public Health
Job Number: 2020AB11705
Division: Prevention
Closing: 6/17/2020 11:59 PM Pacific
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Tech Tip: Reminder about regular emails from KCIT vendor KnowBe4.com
Each Wednesday all King County email users will receive an email from authorized King County vendor KnowBe4.com about phishing scams. King County Information Technology (KCIT) has partnered with KnowBe4.com to regularly provide information and training to employees about phishing scams and other email red flags. KnowBe4.com is a leading industry expert in security awareness training. Its mission is to help employees to make smarter security decisions, every day, and keep the County’s and employees’ information secure.
Employees are encouraged to read through the helpful information in each email and review the security tips presented. Employees can also rest assured the email comes from a verified source, and is not spam, as it does not feature the external email notice.
For questions or more information, contact the KCIT Helpdesk or call 206-263-4357 (3-HELP).
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MOS and MTA Certifications available online
Through a partnership with the Washington Library System, Career Support Services and the Administrative Professionals Committee now offer employees the opportunity to connect with the King County Library and Seattle Public Library for MOS and MTA certification exams, as well as online study guides. Employees can earn their Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) and Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) certifications from home at no cost, as well as access study guides and practice tests to help earn the certification. As a reminder, employees may also use the online learning website www.Lynda.com at no cost with their library card.
- For the King County Library System, visit www.kcls.org/getcertified.
- For the Seattle Library, visit the MOS Exam Calendar.
For questions about the certifications, please contact the King County Library at www.kcls.org or the Seattle Public Library at www.spl.org. For additional questions, please email AdministrativeProfessionals@kingcounty.gov.
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Reminder: PeopleSoft outage starting Friday, June 5, at 3 p.m.
To allow for system maintenance, the PeopleSoft system will not be available this weekend, starting today, Friday, June 5, at 3 p.m.
During this planned outage, the Business Resource Center (BRC) will apply vendor updates and maintenance.
This work will begin on Friday, June 5, at 3 p.m., and is scheduled to be completed by 6:30 a.m. on Monday, June 8.
The system will not be available for access by any County staff during this outage window. There will be a communication sent out to all County staff when the system becomes available.
We realize that this outage impacts all PeopleSoft users and we appreciate your understanding and support.
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FSA rules relaxed in response to COVID-19
During Open Enrollment last year, you may have elected a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) to have money taken from your paycheck, pretax, to pay for dependent day care or certain medical expenses not covered by your health plan. Now, your expenses may have changed due to the coronavirus pandemic, so the IRS has relaxed rules pertaining to Health Care and Dependent Day Care FSAs. These changes are effective through the end of 2020.
Increase or decrease your FSA contribution
If you have a Health Care or Dependent Day Care FSA, you can increase, reduce, or cancel your contributions without a qualifying life event. If you are not currently enrolled in an FSA, you may now enroll outside of the normal enrollment period. One plan change without a qualifying life event will be allowed, through Sept. 30, 2020.
If you want to make any of these changes to your FSA, please use the FSA Change Form or contact The Benefits Team.
Keep in mind:
- If you opt to stop participating in an FSA, contributions already made will not be refunded, however, you may use your FSA to get reimbursed for expenses incurred through the end of the year.
- If increasing your FSA, be cautious—unused funds are forfeited, except for $550 in your Health Care FSA, which can roll over into the following plan year.
Other Health Care FSA changes
- You can now use your Health Care FSA to pay for or receive reimbursement for:
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- Over-the-counter drugs and medicines without a doctor’s prescription.
- Menstrual care products, which are now considered a qualified medical expense. All expenses incurred after Dec. 31, 2019, qualify, and the provision has no expiration date.
- The amount of unused Health Care FSA contributions you can carry over to 2021 has increased by $50 for a total of $550. Dependent Day Care FSAs do not have a carry-over feature.
Go online for more information about Flexible Spending Accounts. To request a change to your FSA, please contact the King County Benefits Team at KC Benefits or 206-684-1556.
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Featured Job: Quality Assurance Engineer
Salary: $91,897.94 – $116,486.24 Annually
Location: Seattle, WA
Job Type: Career Service, Full Time, 40 hrs/week
Department: DES – Executive Services
Job Number: 2020AB11610
Division: Business Resource Center
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Working together to repair our region
On Sunday, King County Executive Dow Constantine joined King County employees and volunteers to clean up and repair damage done to County buildings and resources. Executive Constantine shared his experience on Twitter, and through this accompanying message.
“I was in downtown Seattle this morning to personally thank King County employees and volunteers who are repairing our facilities that were damaged by violent opportunists who hijacked last night’s peaceful protest against racial injustice. Some of our facilities – a childcare center, a homeless shelter, a homeless day center, bus stops – had broken windows or were spray-painted. Yet thanks to the rapid response by our employees and volunteers, we are on track to reopen all our downtown services tomorrow morning. The resiliency and dedication of our staff and partners means we can continue to offer the services that keep the people of King County safe and healthy even during a global pandemic. I encourage us to unite as a region for a lasting change that will bring America closer to the promise of our County’s namesake.”
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PeopleSoft HCM outage this weekend, June 5-7
To allow for system maintenance, the PeopleSoft system will not be available the weekend, June 5-7.
During this planned outage, the Business Resource Center (BRC) will apply vendor updates and maintenance.
This work will begin on Friday, June 5, at 3 p.m. and is scheduled to be completed by 6:30 a.m. on Monday, June 8.
The system will not be available for access by any County staff during this outage window. There will be a communication sent out to all County staff when the system becomes available.
We realize that this outage impacts all PeopleSoft users and we appreciate your understanding and support.
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Facilitating Effective Meetings online webinar, June 10 and 11
A common challenge faced by individuals in business is how to lead and facilitating meetings that are interesting and solicit active engagement. This two-day training covers the skills used by a facilitator to design and run an effective meeting. How to be a better participant is also discussed. Topics include specific facilitation skills, group decision making skills, and how to deal with disruptive behaviors.
This webinar will be led by notable trainer and meeting facilitator Lenny Borer, who specializes in classes on communication and problem solving skills, meeting facilitation, instructor training and giving business presentations.
- Wednesday, June 10, and Thursday, June 11, 2020, from 9.a.m. to noon. Register here. Participants must attend both days.
The webinar is $65 and space is limited. For more information, contact the Learning and Development Team at KCTraining@kingcounty.gov or visit www.kingcounty.gov/learning.
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Standing for justice as we keep our community safe from spread of COVID-19
Crossposted from Public Health Insider
Public Health – Seattle & King County shared perspectives from our local leadership about George Floyd’s tragic death, yet one more in an endless string of violence perpetrated against Black people in our country, and answered questions about participating in protests while reducing the risk of spreading COVID-19.
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In recent days, community members joined protests locally and across the country in response to the death of George Floyd and so many Black lives that have been taken through senseless, violent and racist acts. This racism and hate comes on top of the stress, burden and illness being inequitably experienced by Black, Indigenous, Latinx and other people of color during the pandemic, the result of centuries of systemic racism.
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