By Dunn, Carney, Allen, Higgins & Tongue Religious Practices Cannot Be “Motivating Factors” in Hiring Decisions Even if Unconfirmed The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that an employer cannot use an applicant’s religion, confirmed or unknown, as a “motivating factor” in making a hiring decision. In EEOC v. Abercrombie & […]

Congressman Kurt Schrader Legislation to reform Congress’s broken budget process reached a milestone today, as the Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2015 now enjoys the support of a bipartisan majority of the House. With the bill receiving support of over 218 Members of Congress, there is enough support […]

Posted by McCarthy, Shannon Miller, Nash, Graham & Dunn LLP NW Law Firm As my partner, Kathleen Petrich, mentioned in her recent post, Subway took quick action to distance itself from Jared Fogle upon learning of the investigation into his alleged involvement with child pornography. Subway’s actions included removing reference of […]

Where are the jobs that support Portland families? By Mitch Hornecker Chair Portland Business Alliance Here at the Alliance, our first priority is to support our members. We do that through advocacy on issues that impact all of our businesses, and we do our best to make sure that Portland-metro […]

Oregon companies from the Inc. Magazine’s 5000 fastest growing companies in America. By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation more list below…

By Bullard Law, Portland law firm By Michael G. McClory Nearly one month into the era of legal recreational marijuana in Oregon we are seeing signs that the law is going to impact the workplace. An excellent example of this is found in a (fictional) mailbag letter that The Bullard […]

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Press Release, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement on the passage of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act: “The fight to secure Americans’ private, personal data has just begun. Today’s vote is simply an early, flawed step in what is sure to be a long […]

By Dunn, Carney, Allen, Higgins & Tongue EEOC Toughens Stance on Pregnancy Discrimination On July 14 the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued new guidance on pregnancy discrimination and related issues. In 2013 the EEOC cautioned employers it was ramping up its focus on claims of pregnancy discrimination. The […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog Undoubtedly Oregon’s monthly employment reports have been less than stellar in the past handful of months. The unemployment rate has risen each month since April, although it’s back on track with it’s trend since the depths of the Great Recession. Conversely, […]

By Bullard Law, Portland law firm By Michael G. McClory Every once in a while we receive a letter in the (fictional) mailbag that is tough to describe and quite compelling.  This week, Isabel, the new HR manager at LabCo (and someone who is new to HR), wants to know […]