The High Cost of a Disengaged Workforce and What to Do About It Cascade Employers Association: by Courtney LeCompte Human Resources exists to maximize the productivity of an organization by optimizing the effectiveness of its employees. Employee effectiveness is optimized when employees are engaged.

Are your confidentiality agreements up to date? Ater-Wynne: NW Business Litigation by Stacey Mark The Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) provides an important tool for protecting trade secrets from misappropriation by affording owners a federal right of action for misappropriation of trade secrets related to a product or service used, […]

Patrick Criteser, Chair Ore. Business Plan Steering Committee & Dan Harmon, Former head of Oregon Associated Industries, For more than 15 years, Oregon’s major business groups, trade associations and elected officials have worked together to build the Oregon Business Plan. The partnership between business leaders and elected officials has accomplished […]

Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Our office has done a lot of housing work in recent years — things like The Housing Trilemma, Peak Renter, Rural Affordability and The Housing Inflection Point — but haven’t published much of the basic nuts and bolts numbers. What follows is a […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Welcomes Trump Administration’s Tax Reform Outline WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue issued the following statement regarding the tax reform outline released today by the Trump administration:

By Michael G. McClory Bullard Law, NW Law Firm The Bullard Edge has a new project: Bullard Edge Radio. We are (fictionally) beaming our south of 1 nanowatt signal from an undisclosed broadcast location in Mid-Town. While we are not exactly iHeartRadio, our listenership is growing. To help grow the […]

Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis The May forecast is fast-approaching. It is the single most important thing our office does, as it effectively sets the revenue estimates and kicker baseline for the upcoming biennium. This week and next we are meeting with our economic and revenue advisors to […]

Governor Kate Brown Announces First in a Series of Cost Savings Across State Government Governor Kate Brown announced that she is signing an Executive Order implementing a statewide hiring freeze. This is the first in a series of executive actions being taken by Governor Brown over the next several weeks […]

April 21st — First quarter earnings season kicked into high gear this week and investors were treated to a smorgasbord of blue-chip results across a range of industries. As they typically do, numbers for most companies have exceeded Wall Street expectations, but with almost 20 percent of the S&P 500 […]

Retail Sales Grew 0.3 Percent in March By Treacy Reynolds WASHINGTON – Retail sales in March increased 0.3 percent seasonally adjusted over February and 3.5 percent unadjusted year-over-year, according to calculations released today by the National Retail Federation. The numbers exclude automobiles, gasoline stations and restaurants. “Various factors were at […]