By Portland Metro Chamber, On February 28, Jon Isaacs, the Executive Vice President of Public Affairs for the Portland Metro Chamber, testified to Mayor Ted Wheeler and City Commissioners Rene Gonzalez, Mingus Mapps, Carmen Rubio, and Dan Ryan, advocating for significant amendments to the Downtown Business Incentive Tax Credit (DBITC) […]

A Profile of OBI Members Series By Oregon Business & Industry Nineteen twenty nine was an eventful year in American and Oregon history. The stock market crashed. Intel co-founder Gordon Moore was born. And as the Great Depression set in, Italian immigrant Rose Biggi began bottling horseradish in her Beaverton […]

3/12/24: Oregon Employers: Watch Out for Tip Pooling Rules March 12, 2024 By Chris Morgan, Natalie Pattison & Andrew Schpak Oregon Barran Liebman LLP Oregon employers who use a tip pool to collect and distribute tips should review their current practices as soon as possible to ensure compliance in the […]

Wyden, Fetterman, Cassidy and Bipartisan Members of Congress Introduce Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act to Secure Food Benefits Against Hackers and Thieves Reps. Kim and Lawler Lead House Version of Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to End Use of Insecure Magstripe EBT Cards, Require Encrypted Chip Technology BY U.S. Senator Ron Wyden […]

3/11/24: Important Updates to OFLA & Oregon Sick Time Rules March 11, 2024 By Amy Angel & Becky Zuschlag Barran Liebman Law LLP On March 1, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) amended the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA) and sick time rules. While many of the changes […]

By Oregon Attorney General Press release, In 2023, the Oregon Department of Justice received more complaints about imposter scams than any other scam. To raise awareness, the Oregon Department of Justice is participating in National “Slam the Scam” Day », a day dedicated to preventing scams that involve individuals pretending […]

By NFIB, NFIB joined a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas concerning the Department of Labor’s (DOL) independent contractor rule. The case is Coalition for Workforce Innovation, et al. v. Julie Su. “The Department of Labor issued a new independent contractor rule in 2024, […]

Over a Million Dollars Recovered for Consumers who Called DOJ Hotline By Oregon Attorney General Press Release, To mark National Consumer Protection Week, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today released the Oregon Department of Justice’s (DOJ) list of 2023’s top ten consumer complaints. The Attorney General’s Consumer Hotline fielded 11,631 phone […]

By Oregon Business & Industry On Feb. 27, the Oregon House passed an OBI-negotiated bill that would better align a pair of overlapping leave laws, the Oregon Family Leave Act and Paid Leave Oregon. Having passed the Senate on Feb. 14, SB 1515 bill will now head to Gov. Tina […]

By Amy Angel & Stacie Damazo Barran Liebman Law, LLP (2/28/24) The Oregon legislature has passed Senate Bill 1515 A to repeal the provisions of the Oregon Family Leave Act (“OFLA”) that are duplicated by Paid Leave Oregon and to minimize stacking of leave under these two laws. We anticipate […]