By Nicole Elgin & Marley Masser Barran Liebman Law NW law Firm On January 6, 2022, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced the agencies’ plan to collaborate on investigations, specifically targeting allegations of independent contractor misclassification and retaliation against workers. These […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, Unvaccinated workers are losing their jobs Officials at Nike or Columbia Sportswear have announced they’ll fire unvaccinated workers who failed to meet the deadline to verify vaccination status or provide proof of religious or medical exemptions. Other clothing companies like VANS, Supreme, Timberland, and […]

Oregon Attorney General News Release, With the growth of the highly contagious Omicron variant and the demand for Covid-19 tests rising throughout Oregon, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum reminded Oregonians to watch for testing sites that seem suspicious, or vendors that are selling at-home tests for sky-high prices. The Oregon Department […]

By Heather J. Van Meter Bullard Law NW Law firm Private Employer Vaccine-or-Test Mandate Stay Issued – Employers Do Not Need to Comply with OSHA Rule but Still Comply With State Laws The Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated ruling today, staying and putting on hold the private employer vaccine-or-test mandate […]

By National Federation of Independent Business The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) applauds today’s decision from the U.S. Supreme Court to issue a stay of OSHA’s vaccine mandate, which requires businesses with 100 or more employees to have employees vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. “Today’s decision is welcome relief […]

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Press Release, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and more than 50 Democratic colleagues in the Senate and House to reintroduce lifesaving legislation to manufacture and distribute highly-protective N95 masks to every person in Oregon and nationwide. Under […]

By Oregon Business and Industry, Just days into what promises to be an eventful year in Oregon politics, two longtime legislative leaders have announced plans to leave their respective chambers and a prominent gubernatorial candidate has been told he’s ineligible to run. Updates involving Peter Courtney, Tina Kotek and Nicholas […]

By Tim Duy Oregon Economic Forum, University of Oregon On net, in November the Oregon economy continued to make up for ground lost during the pandemic. Details include: – The Oregon Measure of Economic Activity rose to 0.38 while the moving average measure, which smooths out the monthly volatility, remained […]

Photo: Mask debate at Eugene store results in fight By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, Throughout 2021, Oregon kept up restrictions when most states went back to normal.  As state agencies make the rules, it is small businesses that are forced to implement it and take the backlash from upset […]

By NFIB, Small business owners continue to struggle to increase their workforce, with 25% of owners saying labor quality was their top business problem in December, according to NFIB’s monthly jobs report. Thirteen percent of owners cited labor costs as their top business problem, up three points from November and […]