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Top Five Employment Bills Likely to Go to Governor Brown’s Desk

We recently reported on a number of employment-related bills working their way through the Oregon Legislature. As an update to that report, here are the five employment-related bills that appear likely to head to Governor...more

3/8/2022 / Agricultural Workers , Arbitration Agreements , BOLI , Employer Liability Issues , Equal Pay , Governor Brown , Human Trafficking , Over-Time , Reporting Requirements , Sexual Harassment

Don’t Forget To Update Your Anti-Discrimination Policies: Oregon Workplace Fairness Act Goes Into Effect October 1, 2020

Although it may be the understatement of the century, a lot has happened in Oregon in 2020. An employer could be forgiven for overlooking that SB 726 – the Workplace Fairness Act (WFA) – goes into effect on October 1, 2020,...more

9/17/2020 / Anti-Discrimination Policies , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Policies , Hiring & Firing , Oregon , State and Local Government , State Labor Laws

How Employers Should Handle Political Speech In The Workplace

During this time when we are seeing protests related to Black Lives Matter and COVID-19, and as political campaigns start to heat up, it can be expected that employers will start to hear more discussion of a political nature...more

7/15/2020 / Employer Liability Issues , Free Speech , Freedom of Expression , Non-Solicitation Agreements , Political Debates , Wage and Hour

California Independent Contractor Statute

The topic of independent contractors has been at the forefront of late, with both the Department of Labor and the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries taking a keen interest in reviewing independent contractor relationships...more

9/23/2019 / ABC Test , Employer Liability Issues , Independent Contractors , Misclassification , State Labor Laws , Wage and Hour

Oregon's Workplace Fairness Act

The landscape of laws regulating the employment relationship in Oregon seems to be constantly changing. Another big change occurred with the enactment of the Oregon Workplace Fairness Act. This legislation was signed into law...more

6/21/2019 / Anti-Discrimination Policies , Confidentiality Agreements , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Policies , State Labor Laws , Statute of Limitations

Washington State To Restrict Noncompetition Agreements

Nationwide there has been continued hostility toward noncompetition agreements for employees. A noncompetition agreement is an agreement entered into by an employee by which the employee (during employment and after) agrees...more

5/29/2019 / Employer Liability Issues , Employment Contract , Former Employee , Garden Leave , Hiring & Firing , Non-Compete Agreements , Restrictive Covenants , State Labor Laws

Does Your Intern Program Make The Grade?

July 26, 2018 is National Intern Day – the perfect day to take a look at the employment law issues that impact internships! The primary issue employers need to be concerned about is whether an unpaid or stipend “intern” is...more

7/27/2018 / Department of Labor (DOL) , Employer Liability Issues , Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) , Internships , Primary Beneficiary Test , Unpaid Interns , Wage and Hour

Wage-Fixing And No-Poaching Agreements – Criminal Prosecution Is A Real Risk

In case there was any doubt about it, recent activity by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) should serve as a sharp reminder to employers that wage-fixing and "no-poaching" agreements are illegal and subject to...more

7/10/2018 / Antitrust Division , Antitrust Violations , Criminal Prosecution , Department of Justice (DOJ) , Employer Liability Issues , Hiring & Firing , No-Poaching , Wage-Fixing

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