April 2, 2009 - Alert: Revised Form I-9 Must Be Used Starting Friday
Barran Liebman LLP Electronic Alert Unless another last-minute change is announced, employers must begin using the revised Form I-9 effective this Friday, April 3, 2009, for new hires and reverifications when an employee’s employment authorization has expired. Pursuant to amendments to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations, employers should note […]
April 1, 2009 - New Toxic Toy Law May Put Resellers Out of Business
By Traci Scott, BIZ Reporter, At a time when people are relying more on secondhand stores because of the economy, many thrift stores are not celebrating. After an upsurge of highly publicized tainted toy recalls in the last few years, Congress has stepped in, passing the Consumer Product Safety Improvement […]
March 31, 2009 - Oregon Health Care looks at $800M in Fed dollars, taxes, more
What’s on the Health Care Table to Keep $800 Million in Fed Matching Funds in Oregon By Betsy Earls Associated Oregon Industries Oregon’s Largest Business Advocate The Current Program There are two distinct revenue streams in Oregon’s current program: a tax on the 25 largest hospitals (those with more than […]
March 30, 2009 - Data creates doubts about the Credit Crunch
By Bill Conerly, Businomics, Conerly Consulting LLC We all know there’s a credit crunch, right? That’s the basis for the latest (March 2009) Treasury bailout proposal. So I went looking for the evidence, just to prove to you skeptics that there really is a credit crunch. I looked at business […]
March 29, 2009 - Lessons from Businessweek’s top 25 customer service companies
Safeguarding Service: Focus on the Faithful Times are unquestionably tough with businesses closing at an alarming rate so what are the successful ones doing to survive? You now have the opportunity to learn the “secrets to success” from the top 25 customer service companies as reported by BusinessWeek. The key […]
March 28, 2009 - Small Business Optimism Negative for First Time in Survey History
Wells Fargo Gallup Survey: Small business owners’ optimism recently dropped to its lowest level in the six years that the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index has been conducted. Covering a survey period of January 22 – February 2, the score now stands at negative four (-4), down 14 points from […]
March 27, 2009 - Oregon Entrepreneur Winner: Paul Bissett, WeoGeo
Paul Bissett, CEO of WeoGeo, was one of the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network $80,000 winners Liz Overson Oregon Entrepreneurs Network Paul Bissett, CEO of WeoGeo, a geo-spatial content management service for surveyors, engineers, cartographers and scientists, knows there is a vast market for his product. Some people have described his product […]
March 26, 2009 - Stimulus, Science and the Oregon Recovery
By Ken Niezgoda, BIZ Reporter President Barack Obama promised to elevate science to play a key role in the nation’s recovery. While the economic impact of this pledge is still taking shape as stimulus dollars trickle down, the impact of science on Oregon’s economy can be assessed through several key […]
March 25, 2009 - Business groups testify on key marijuana-employee bills
By Associated Oregon Industries, Oregon Largest Business Lobby Outnumbered ten to one by medical marijuana advocates in a House Business & Labor Committee hearing this week, representatives of Oregon’s leading business organizations testified in support of HB 2497 and HB 3052. These identical bills, sponsored by Representatives Bruce Hanna and […]