By Oregon Small Business Foundation, If you want to know how the construction business is doing in your city – just look up. Look for the construction cranes. This year Seattle topped the list nationwide, with 58 construction cranes, 18 more than Los Angeles, more than New York and San […]

Oregon Continues Strong Job Growth in October By Oregon Employment Department Oregon added 6,100 nonfarm payroll jobs in October, continuing a trend of strong job growth. Since October 2015, Oregon added 55,400 jobs, which was a gain of 3.1 percent. This growth rate is nearly double the national job growth […]

Bullard Law, Portland law firm In the (fictional) mailbag today The Bullard Edge fields a question from Wendy, the HR Director at Mid-Town Medical Center. Wendy asks about an employee who is demanding an extended medical leave (seven months have been taken already). Although the employee is not cooperating, she […]

University of Oregon Economic Indexes By Tim Duy Oregon Economic Forum University of  Oregon Oregon Statewide Economic Indicators: The Oregon economy continues to grow with further evidence that the pace of activity is moderating as the expansion matures. Highlights of this month’s report include: The Oregon measure of economic activity […]

Bullard Law, Portland law firm By Michael G. McClory “Post-Election Leave” Under OFLA/FMLA? By Michael G. McClory Today’s (fictional) mailbag question comes from Chuck, who is the HR Director at Mid-Town Tires. He asks about an employee who has been out sick since last week’s election. Chuck believes the employee […]

Wall Street Journal Editorial, November 16, 2016 Portland, Oregon is famous for its modish devotion to organic foods and craft beers. Now the city is embracing a new trend that could leave local workers with a very bitter aftertaste. It’s a fresh tax on business and it could be coming […]

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Oregon, Press Release A bipartisan coalition of Senate and House lawmakers  asked Attorney General Loretta Lynch to provide Congress with more information about a proposed expansion of government hacking and surveillance powers. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Judiciary Committee member Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Ranking Member […]

NIKE’s $720 self-lacing shoe NIKE has rolled out to the public its self-lacing shoe called Nike HyperAdapt 1.0.   The cost for each pair will sell for $720. It plans to be on shelves for the holiday season this December 1st. Nike CEO Mark Parker praised the shoe as a big […]

Ferguson Wellman, A leading Oregon financial firm Navigating the Unknown As the week draws to a close, we wanted to share some perspective on what was a surprising week for our political system. Against this backdrop, the capital markets once again demonstrated they do not like surprises or uncertainty. Following […]

Wall Street Journal Editorial November 10, 2016 Democratic candidates took another beating in the states on Tuesday, which is why progressives are resorting more to ballot initiatives to impose their policies. This week voters were smart enough to reject some of the worst lurches of liberal governance. Notably, the biggest […]