U.S. Chamber of Commerce The mayor of the District of Columbia today vetoed a controversial bill that would have forced certain employers to pay a so-called super-minimum wage to their employees, which comes as good news for Washington, D.C. As this blog reported over the summer, the District’s city council in July passed the Large […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog. During our most recent forecast release, the discussion with the Legislature turned to the topic of trends in public sector employment both from a near-term perspective and from a long-term viewpoint. My comments were along the lines that the public sector […]

by David Kinkade By U.S. Chamber of Commerce If you go to your local Craigslist page and search under “Appliances,” you’ll find virtually endless listings of new and used refrigerators, washers, dryers, stoves, and other household items. Should you be in the market for a new appliance, there’s no shortage […]

Barran Liebman Oregon Law Firm By José Klein NLRB Judge Holds that Company Dress Code Interferes with Employees’ Rights under the NLRA Alma Products Company produces component parts for automobiles and has a unionized workforce. In 2012, during a contentious bargaining period for a new contract, employee Mark Gluch wore […]

By Steve Buckstein Cascade Policy Institute Attendees and Speaker Harassed at Northwest Employee Freedom Event Several dozen union protesters marched outside Clark College’s Columbia Tech Center in Vancouver on Thursday evening. The hostile group tried to block attendees from entering the event venue scheduled to hold the first Northwest Employee […]

Samsung is pushing hard on their debut of their SmartWatch which works alongside with your phone and also has camera features.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Chuck Firth of Batavia, IL, loves cats. How much, you ask? Well, according to Chuck, he and his family had as many as seven furry feline friends at one point. Multiple cats means multiple litter boxes, and a lot of cleaning up after they “do their business.” […]

Obamacare is for business, but not for Congress By Jan Meekcoms NFIB – Oregon Chapter President Obama took the unusual step of involving himself in an administrative matter that would have been otherwise handled by people many levels below the Oval Office. He personally approved a “solution” to a “problem” […]

Barran Liebman Oregon Law Firm   BENEFITS NOTEBOOK: TAXES, BENEFITS & SAME-SEX MARRIAGE:KEY IRS GUIDANCE Readers of our June 28, 2013 Alert may remember from our discussion of the United States Supreme Court’s holding in U.S. v. Windsor that a portion of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) violates […]

OutDry Sues Geox By Oregon Small Business Association Columbia Sportswear Subsidiary OutDry has filed a lawsuit against Italian footwear company, Geox S.p.A., claiming it is stealing OutDry’s proprietary water-proofing technology. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in the southern district of New York, asks for a temporary injunction to […]