Oregon Jobs in 2011: A wage data perspective by Barbara E Peniston Oregon Employment Department In 2011, all broad industries provided 2,449,826 jobs, a loss of 89,994 (3.5%) from the prior year. Between 2010 and 2011, five of 12 broad industries experienced a decrease in the number of jobs. Leisure […]

Facebook chooses Portland advertising firm as its agency of record By Business News Note, The Portland-based advertising agency of Widen+Kennedy was named as Facebook’s agency of record. One billion people are now actively using Facebook each month, and to celebrate, Facebook hired Widen+Kennedy to produce a brand campaign, a 90-second […]

by Jamie Kilberg Stoel Rives LLP, Oregon Law Firm World of Work Blog  The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) continues to closely scrutinize employers’ social media policies and practices. As employers struggle to craft policies that promote productivity while at the same time protect employees’ rights, both unionized and non-unionized employers […]

By U.S. Chamber of Commerce Organized labor’s current emphasis on preserving public-sector union power is likely a reaction to the near-steady, decades-long decline in private-sector unionization. Private sector union density has fallen from 35.5% in the 1950’s to a current low of 6.9%. One manifestation of this waning support is […]

Below is a video of Ex-CEO of GW Jack Welch and also a quote from his recent commentary on why the Obama Administration’s jobs numbers are impossible. “The 7.8% unemployment figure released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) last week is downright implausible…Even if the BLS had a perfect […]

Oregon made the list of America’s top tech job hot spots. 1. Silicon Valley, Northern California 2. Sillicon Alley, NY 3. Dulles Tech Corridor, Virginia 4. FL High Tech Corridor, Florida 5. Silicon Beach, Southern California 6. Silicon Forest, Portland-Metro, Oregon  

Washington Law Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination Not Retroactive By Nate Bailey Stoel Rives LLP, Oregon Law Firm Ahead of Schedule Blog On September 13, the Washington Supreme Court held that a 2006 amendment to the Washington Law Against Discrimination, which makes it illegal for employers to discriminate on the basis […]

Update on Oregon layoffs and bankruptcies See also “Who’s hiring in Oregon“ By Oregon Small Business Association HP in Corvallis lays off 240 Hewlett-Packard which has major operations in Corvallis announced 240 local lay offs.  The total global layoffs may reach 29,000 jobs by target date 2014.  The lay-offs are […]

By Bob Scott and Ronnie London Davis Dwight & Tremaine LLP Oregon business law firm  On September 12, 2012, Congressman Markey (D-Mass.) introduced the Mobile Device Privacy Act, H.R. 6377, which requires the FTC to regulate all mobile applications and devices, as well as mobile phone manufacturers and sellers, and […]

University of Oregon Regional Economic Indexes By Tim Duy Oregon Economic Forum University of  Oregon Oregon economic indicators rebounded in August.  Highlights of the report include: The Oregon Measure of Economic Activity rose to 0.34 from -1.06 in July (“zero” for this measure indicates the average growth rate over the […]