Job descriptions are a crucial part of recruitment and hiring, and of performing an Equal Pay Act Analysis, classifying employees for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act, and developing reasonable accommodations under...more
10/1/2019
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Contract Drafting ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Essential Functions ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Job Descriptions ,
Job Duties ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Wage and Hour
Oregon passed several employment bills this year that will affect Oregon employers. The following article provides an update on the new laws and a list of tasks for Oregon employers to make sure that they are in compliance....more
9/6/2019
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Breastfeeding ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Rights ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Employment Practices Liability Coverage ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Hate Crimes ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
New Legislation ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Notice Requirements ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Retirement Plan ,
Sexual Assault ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
The Oregon legislature has been busy making and revising new law and this will bring legal changes to Oregon’s employment laws. We will post a complete legal update when the current legislative session ends....more
Employers with noncompetition agreements in Oregon and Washington must take note of the changes enacted by the legislature in both states. Noncompetition provisions are restrictive covenants, which can appear on their own in...more
5/21/2019
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Employee Handbooks ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Moonlighting ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Non-Solicitation Agreements ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
State Labor Laws
Although the current economic indicators signal a healthy economy, many experts think that we will experience subdued economic growth in 2019 and 2020. In the midst of these uncertainties, some companies that grew a little...more
3/25/2019
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Layoff Notices ,
Layoffs ,
Notice Requirements ,
Severance Agreements ,
Temporary Employees ,
Wage and Hour ,
WARN Act
Potential exposure for a violation of Oregon’s Equal Pay Act is considerable. Employees alleging unpaid wages or pay equity discrimination may be awarded two years of back pay, compensatory and punitive damages, and attorney...more
12/24/2018
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Back Pay ,
Compensation ,
Compensatory Damages ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Job Applicants ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Protected Class ,
Punitive Damages ,
Salary/Wage History ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unpaid Wages ,
Wage and Hour
This article is Part 4 of our series on the GDPR for U.S.-based companies. Part 1 assisted U.S.-based companies in determining whether the GDPR applies to them; Part 2 provided an overview of the GDPR’s key concepts and...more
6/11/2018
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Consent ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Retention ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Records ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Job Applicants ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
The history of tip pooling for employers who do not utilize a tip credit has been a rocky one. Past articles on this site have chronicled an employer’s ability to pool and distribute tips to all employees, including those in...more
4/13/2018
/ Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Minimum Wage ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Tip Credit ,
Tip-Pooling ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Wage and Hour
On December 5, 2017, the US Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and requested comments by Monday February 5, 2018, regarding its proposal to rescind portions of its tip pooling regulations that...more
Manufacturers who will be affected by the new changes to the overtime rules may be interested in attending a public hearing and/or providing public comment on the development of the Oregon Administrative Rules that BOLI will...more
12/5/2017
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Comment Period ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Exemptions ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Manufacturers ,
Over-Time ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Public Hearing ,
State Labor Laws ,
Undue Hardship ,
Wage and Hour