By NFIB, Reaction to Latest Shutdown Order Business closures unfairly punish those already negatively impacted by the pandemic SALEM, Ore., April 27, 2021—From Anthony Smith, Oregon state director for NFIB, the state’s largest small-business association, on Gov. Kate Brown’s announcement today, moving 15 of the state’s 36 counties back into […]

By Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association, The Oregon House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to move forward with bipartisan legislation which would provide millions in unemployment insurance tax relief for some of Oregon’s hardest hit industries. House Bill 3389 passed the Oregon House and will now move to the Senate for […]

By Barran Liebman LLP Oregon law firm, The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued guidance on when employers need to record adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines. OSHA’s guidance indicates adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine are recordable on the OSHA recordkeeping log if it is: Work-related; A new […]

By NFIB, The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, issued the following statement regarding a new report that finds that repealing the stepped-up basis tax provision could significantly decrease job creation and hurt America’s small business owners. “As this study shows, repealing the […]

By Oregon Employment Department, March 2021 Employment and Unemployment in Oregon’s Counties In March 2021, 24 out of 36 of Oregon’s counties experienced over-the-month decreases in their unemployment rates. Clatsop and Union counties saw the largest over-the-month decrease, declining 0.9 percentage point each in March. Lincoln County had Oregon’s highest […]

State Representative Daniel Bonham, Republicans push comprehensive fixes to Oregon’s unemployment benefits system SALEM, Ore. – A Republican-sponsored bill that was approved by the House with unanimous support seeks to introduce a number of fixes to Oregon’s unemployment benefits system. Chief among them is allowing businesses to reset their unemployment […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Included in the American Rescue Plan Act were some significant changes to the child tax credit for 2021. While some policymakers are looking to make these changes permanent, at this point they are for just 2021 only. These changes include an increase […]

By Portland Business Alliance, Friday night, individuals declared that they planned to gather in our city and downtown to destroy it. They were successful. In the midst of collective efforts to help our region’s economy recovery from a multitude of crises, a small handful of people caused enormous damage to […]

By National Federation of Independent Business The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, issued the following statement from NFIB Senior Manager of Federal Government Relations Jeff Brabant following the U.S. House of Representatives passage of H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act. “The small […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis The Oregon Employment Department released the March 2021 jobs report. Overall the new data shows what we are expecting is the beginning of a robust recovery. Last month Oregon saw more than 20,000 jobs added. Most of the gains were in Leisure […]