By Dr. Eric Fruits Cascade Policy Institute, The 2020 we’re living in is very different from the 2020 we rang in at the beginning of the year. In January, there were about a dozen Democrats seeking the nomination for President. Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, free college tuition, […]

Deadline to Distribute Oregon Pregnancy Accommodation Notice is Quickly Approaching By Amy Angel & Makayla Halkinrude-Allmaras Barran Liebman, Oregon law firm Monday, June 29, 2020, is the deadline for Oregon employers to provide written notification to all current employees regarding Oregon’s new pregnancy accommodation requirements that went into effect January […]

By NFIB, The NFIB Research Center released a survey with an update on the state of small business and the progress with federal loan programs. Twenty-seven percent of owners reported experiencing a significant or moderate increase in sales due to eased restrictions in the states. Another 27% reported a slight […]

By Oregon Employment Department, “Although Oregon experienced job gains due to the limited resumption of economic activity in May, over the past three months of the COVID-19 pandemic job losses have totaled 243,500. Historically, this loss is unprecedented and currently thousands of Oregonians are still suffering the economic realities of […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis This week we got the May 2020 employment report for Oregon. Like the U.S., it was a happy surprise in that jobs grew and unemployment declined. Today I just wanted to highlight the data, update our charts, and introduce a new piece […]

What Oregon Businesses Need to Know About OHA’s Updated Face Mask Requirements By Heather Fossity & Amy Angel Barran Liebman law firm, The Oregon Health Authority’s recent guidance details additional mask, face shield, or face covering requirements for covered Oregon businesses. Starting June 24, 2020, certain businesses must require customers […]

By Liani J. Reeves Bullard Law, In a long awaited decision, the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) (voting 6-3) extended protections for homosexual and transgender employees under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The decision will have less impact in states like Oregon, Washington, and […]

By Anthony K. Smith Oregon NFIB   For nearly two months now, our lives have changed, dramatically. Turn the clock back to the beginning of 2020 and the economy was humming along, the stock market was seeing record highs, unemployment was historically very low, and Oregon’s state budget was in […]

By National Federation of Independent Business NFIB member Les Neilly, owner of Neilly Canvas Goods in Pittsburgh, testified on Tuesday before the United States Senate Finance Committee about the challenges his small business is facing as a result of the additional $600 per week pandemic unemployment compensation enacted as part […]

Tim Duy University of Oregon State of Oregon Economic Indicators This is the University of Oregon State of Oregon Economic Indicators for April 2020. The release date June 8, 2020. Special thanks to our sponsor, KeyBank This is what a “sudden stop” looks like in the data. The Oregon Measure […]