By NFIB, A fall ballot measure is bad news for Oregon small businesses. Measure 97 is a proposal sponsored by the Oregon labor groups, which would impose a 2.5 percent gross receipts tax on companies that earn more than $25 million annually, drawing ire from business groups throughout the state. […]

Oregon Business News Note Amazon has designed a portable hand-held scanner that you can use at home to scan products in order to build a shopping list on the go or when it comes to your head. Check out the CNN Business video of this product and Amazon’s voice activation […]

Barran Liebman Oregon Law Firm Department of Labor’s Mandatory Poster Updates By Sean Ray and Nicole Elgin As of August 1st, 2016, all employers should be displaying the new Federal Minimum Wage and Polygraph Protection posters. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recently issued updates to […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog Oregon’s total personal income was just over $173 billion in 2015, while Texas’ was more than $1.28 trillion. Per capita personal income (PCPI), however, was $42,974 for Oregon and $46,745 for Texas.

University of Oregon Economic Indexes By Tim Duy Oregon Economic Forum University of  Oregon Oregon Statewide Economic Indicators: Oregon’s economy posted some modestly softer numbers in June but the pace of activity remains generally consistent with that normally experienced during expansions. Highlights of this month’s report include: – The Oregon […]

By NFIB, The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) thanks Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR) for his introduction of legislation that would reduce the impact of changes to the overtime rule on small businesses. The bill would slow the implementation of a Department of Labor change to the salary threshold for […]

National Retail Federation News Release, A new NRF survey proves what we’ve been saying for months about conversion to the new chip-and-signature credit cards — that retailers have done their part and it’s the card industry that’s dropped the ball. The survey, conducted in May and June, found that 48 […]

Oregon Employment Department, In 2015, Oregon’s population increased by 51,100, surpassing the mark of 4 million residents. This marked growth of 1.3 percent over the year. A lot of Oregon’s population increase was due to net migration, which at 40,600 people was the largest net migration since 2006. Natural increases […]

By Benjamin P. O’Glasser Bullard Law, Portland law firm By Michael G. McClory This week’s (fictional) mailbag question comes to us from Macy Gimbel, who is the human resources manager for Gadget Garage, a thriving inventions business in East End. Macy has a couple of questions related to pre-employment drug […]

Barran Liebman Oregon Law Firm Unionizing Temporary Workers Easier After Recent NLRB Ruling By Tyler Volm Earlier this week, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a 3-1 decision that made it easier for Unions to organize a workforce made up of both regular and temporary employees. Under the prior […]