Despite the swirling economic volatility around the country, more than 40% of employers plan on growing their workforce in 2022 – and one in four businesses will pick up the pace this year and hire more employees than they...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the workforce, shuttering businesses, prompting mass layoffs, and compelling speedy transitions to remote work. If your company has rushed to implement a temporary...more
COVID-19 has forced numerous employers to close facilities and terminate employees. With unemployment rates expected to skyrocket, Oregon’s Employment Department (OED) has responded to this crisis by enacting a new rule that...more
Wednesday was a busy day for Oregon employers – both from a federal and local level. In Washington, D.C., President Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, introducing an emergency expansion of the...more
3/23/2020
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Wage and Hour
While many Oregonians were enjoying a leisurely holiday break last week, Oregon lawmakers were busy enacting the nation’s most generous paid leave program. Governor Kate Brown signed a law into effect on July 1 that will...more
7/11/2019
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Employer Liability Issues ,
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Medical Leave ,
New Legislation ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Paid Leave ,
Payroll Taxes ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Weeks before the bulk of Oregon’s new equal pay law will take effect, the state Bureau of Labor and Industries released implementing regulations to clarify the obligations that will soon be borne by the state’s employers....more
12/14/2018
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Compensation & Benefits ,
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Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
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Pay Equity Laws ,
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Safe Harbors ,
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State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Communication
There’s good news for Oregon employers about the recently concluded 2017 legislative session: unlike years past, there were only a very small number of workplace laws passed. In fact, the Oregon Legislature only passed four...more
8/17/2017
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Earned Sick Time ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Pay ,
Fair Workweek ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Governor Brown ,
New Legislation ,
Over-Time ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
State and Local Government ,
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