The Olympian

To view this email as a web page, go here.

Weekly State Workers Digest

Monday, December 31, 2007

Program bridges patients, health care
When a Department of Social and Health Services manager asked Vazaskia Caldwell whom she knew who might be interested in leading a new outreach program, she asked to see the job description.

Employees would benefit from quarterly reviews
As the New Year dawns, many of us look back upon the year with a mixture of happiness and sadness.

State worker briefs
Crew builds bridge in Chehalis

Agency update
-Cynthia Cooper of Olympia has been appointed to the state Capital Projects Advisory Review Board.

DSHS worker treks gifts, hope to orphans
Every year at this time, Phillip Gonzales takes 10 airline cargo boxes to Mexico. Inside the boxes are more boxes, and inside those are Christmas gifts from Department of Social and Health Services workers to orphans.

Managers can ease transition for grieving workers
It's just another Monday and as a state supervisor, you are just checking your calendar and getting ready for another week. The phone rings. One of your employees is on the phone. You can tell from her voice that something is wrong, and your suspicions are confirmed as she tells you of her mother's death. She has flown to her mother's home and is not sure when she can come back.

State Worker briefs for Dec. 24
Skeen named chief criminal investigator

Agency update for Dec. 24
The state Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals recognized the following employees for their years of service: 30 years: Judith Gebhardt and Cher Tebbs; 25 years: Donalda Ball, S. Frederick Feller and Alexander McIntosh; 20 years: Douglas Franklin, Mitchell Harada, Ward Rathbone and Scott Timmons. The board also recognized its Employee of the Year, Becky Davis.

Give yourself room to recover from a loved one's passing
When you lose someone, not only do you feel like you have lost a part of yourself, but you also lose control of your emotions.

Flood reports overwhelm DOT site
At the height of the flooding and windstorms Dec. 3, the Department of Transportation's Web site crashed.

State worker briefs for Monday, Dec. 17
State patrol dispels cell phone myth

Agency update for December 17
Raina Girton of Oak Harbor has been reappointed to the state Governor's Committee on Disability Issues and Employment. Anthony Howard of Kelso has been appointed to the state Governor's Industrial Safety and Health Advisory Board.

'Cause' found in DSHS bias case
Federal equal-employment investigators have found "reasonable cause" that the state Department of Social and Health Services subjected a longtime worker to a hostile environment, harassment and job retaliation based on her race.

Hundreds of workers help in storm cleanup
At the front of efforts to respond to last week's storms were hundreds of state workers.

Move toward solace with these three steps
It started with a simple phone call from Nevada.

Back to newsletter list

Date:

From:

Subject:

The Olympian - Weekly State Workers Newsletter