With the new year upon us, employers should review their employee handbooks and ensure they are compliant with more recent updates to both Oregon and federal law....more
1/22/2025
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Bias ,
Discrimination ,
Employee Rights ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
NLRB ,
Oregon ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Paid Leave ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (“PUMP Act”) ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
State Labor Laws
As 2024 comes to a close and we look forward to 2025, we want to highlight recent changes in employment law that may have an impact on Oregon employers. The following provides a summary of events that occurred in 2024 and...more
12/9/2024
/ Agricultural Workers ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Oregon ,
Over-Time ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Texas ,
Warehouses
Coincidentally, one day after issuing our insight, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a decision on the consolidated motions for summary judgment in State of Texas v. DOL and Plan Chamber of...more
11/20/2024
/ Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Minimum Salary ,
Over-Time ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Salaried Employees ,
Texas ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Before the end of the year, employers will need to review the exempt status of their employees to ensure they are compliant with upcoming changes to federal law. The U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") sets minimum wage,...more
Paid Leave Oregon (PLO) and the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA) will undergo significant changes as of July 1, 2024.
The Oregon legislature passed a new law on March 20, 2024, to remedy questions about the interplay of...more