By Oregon Employment Department Oregon’s job situation has improved in recent months as more people are finding work. The recovery has been far from ideal however. We have profiled Oregon’s key workforce challenges at the statewide level in other articles, but many of these challenges are more severe in rural […]

By  J.L. Wilson Associated Oregon Industries Rulemaking Process Slows Down Due to Strong Concerns from Employers As AOI alerted members late last month, Oregon OSHA held two meetings with Oregon employers – on November 7 and November 15 – concerning its intent to promulgate a brand new “employer knowledge” rule […]

by John Dudrey Stoel Rives World of Employment A new case from the Oregon Court of Appeals, Compressed Pattern LLC v. Employment Department, provides some clarity about the “maintain a separate business location” prong of Oregon’s unique independent contractor statute, ORS 670.600. First, the facts.  In the summer of 2009, […]

Patrick Emerson PhD , OSU Economist Oregon Economics Blog It is a great pleasure to welcome back Fred Thompson of Willamette University with this guest post on the Nike deal. I have been simply too busy to do this blog and many recent Oregon policy topics (like this one) justice […]

Nearly Seven in Ten Businesses Affected by a Bad Hire in the Past Year, According to CareerBuilder Survey —Nearly One-in-Four Employers Reported a Bad Hire Cost Them More than $50,000 By Career Builders, Hiring the right person to fill a position can be a difficult decision to make, and a […]

Daniel Sieberg is in fact an official “Google Trends Expert”. He lays out the various top search results on Google for the world. Watch the Wall Street Journal interview and lists for the top Google search.

  by David Oxenford, Broadcast Blog Davis Dwight & Tremaine LLP Oregon business law firm As personal marijuana use becomes decriminalized in the states of Washington and Colorado, we once again repeat our warning to broadcasters who may be looking to pot sales as a new source of advertising revenue […]

PC sales in sharp decline By Oregon Small Business Association Analysts at IDC and Gartner Inc. said PC shipments in this year’s third quarter were down by 87.5 million, or 8% lower than a year ago. A report from IHS iSuppli projected that overall sales would decline this year for […]

University of Oregon Regional Economic Indexes By Tim Duy Oregon Economic Forum University of  Oregon Oregon economic indicators improved modestly in October. Highlights of the report include: • The Oregon Measure of Economic Activity rose to -0.58 from an upwardly revised -0.80 in September. The three-month moving average also rose […]

by Betsy Earls Associated Oregon Industries Oregon Largest Business Advocate A state’s litigation environment is an increasingly important factor in key business decisions, according to a survey conducted for the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) by Harris Interactive. The survey was based on interviews with a nationally representative […]