Associated Oregon Industries Oregon’s largest business advocate by Betsy Earls The Obama administration, through the U.S. Department of Labor, is on the verge of nearly doubling the salary threshold below which employers would be required to pay overtime. And it doesn’t need Congress’s permission to do so. The proposed changes […]

by Petrich, Kathleen Miller, Nash, Graham & Dunn LLP NW Law Firm Jared Fogle and Subway. The two names went together—Jared became, if not famous, at least well known by his many years as the face (and body) of Subway sandwich shops. And Subway’s famous SUBWAY brand was integrally tied […]

by Jason Norris, CFA,Executive Vice President of Research Ferguson Wellman, Portland A Light in the Black What a week! With concerns about growth in China, continued deterioration of the Chinese equity market and U.S. investors rushed to the sidelines by redeeming over $17 billion in equity mutual funds and ETFs. […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce The U.S. Chamber of Commerce submitted comments sharply criticizing the administration’s proposed Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) regulation and proposed Department of Labor guidance that would implement Executive Order 13673, “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces.” “This rulemaking steps well outside the bounds of any constitutional […]

Dave’s Killer Bread Being Sold By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation Dave’s Killer Bread, the best-selling organic bread in the nation, is being sold to Flower Foods, Inc. for $275 million. The company, founded by the Dahl family as Nature Bake in 1955, assumed the name of its best-selling variety […]

Oregon Employment Department, Recently, we posted about the recovery of Oregon’s jobs to pre-recession levels across higher-, lower-, and mid-wage industries alike in the fourth quarter of 2014. We also mentioned that Oregon’s total nonfarm employment also returned to (and exceeded) pre-recession levels in the fourth quarter.

By Oregon NFIB America’s largest and leading small-business association today named its new Oregon state director. In selecting Anthony K. Smith, the National Federation of Independent Business, which has 350,000 dues-paying members across the nation, including 7,500 in Oregon, went with an Oregon native who has extensive political experience and […]

By Economist Dr. Eric Fruits, Econinternational It’s not an illusion. Portland traffic is getting worse: Longer drive times, more congestion, angrier drivers, and “active transportation” that should be renamed “aggressive transportation.” And, it’s no accident. It’s all part of the City’s Vision Zero plan for transportation. One consequence of Vision […]

By Oregon Better Business Bureau Own or work at a small business? Be on the look out for a scam that attempts to fool businesses into paying fees to stay in compliance with government regulations that don’t even exist. How the Scam Works: You receive an official-looking letter in the […]

By Bullard Law, Portland law firm By Michael G. McClory Ahead of the opening kickoff for the 2015 college football season, the National Labor Relations Board has punted.  The Board dismissed a petition related to efforts to unionize the Northwestern University football team.  The dismissal, though, ducked the most contested […]