By Oregon Business and Industry Business Development UPDATE: Appearing Sept. 21 before the House Interim Committee on Economic Development and Small Business, Gov. Kate Brown urged lawmakers to create a research and development tax credit and support efforts to streamline permitting for high-tech manufacturing. The governor also announced plans to […]

By Nicole Elgin & Missy Oakley Barran Liebman Law In 2021, the Oregon legislature passed SB 588, removing the Oregon sick time exemption (located in ORS 653.646) for employees, other than longshore workers, covered under a collective bargaining agreement, who are employed through a third party (e.g., a hiring hall), […]

National Retail Federation, The National Retail Federation today issued the following statement from Senior Vice President of Government Relations David French regarding the Senate introduction of the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2022. “We applaud Senators Grassley and Cortez Masto for introducing the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of […]

BY Oregon US Attorney office, EUGENE, Ore.—The former president and minority owner of Willamette Country Music Concerts, LLC, who planned, managed, and promoted the annual Willamette Country Music Festival in Linn County, Oregon, pleaded guilty today after she falsified bank statements and financial summaries to influence the sale of her […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon office of Economic Analysis, This morning the Census Bureau released the 2021 American Community Survey data. This is the best data set available to researchers as it provides not just high level measures looking at income, poverty, employment, commuting, housing and the like, but also the […]

By Nick Ball Barran Leibman, Oregon law firm As the world continues to adapt in light of the pandemic, deciding which policies to maintain as part of the “new normal” can be complex as employers weigh the unique needs of their businesses. For employers with unionized employees, this process is […]

By Oregon Business and Industry International Housing Concepts has turned the “tiny house” concept into a rapidly growing business that produces as many as four homes per week from its Salem manufacturing facility. It serves both high-end and affordable markets, employs more than 60 people in downtown Salem, and its […]

By National Retail Federation The National Retail Federation said the House introduction of the Credit Card Competition Act shows that the pro-consumer legislation is rapidly gaining momentum in Congress. “Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle and both chambers of Congress are alarmed by how much skyrocketing swipe fees are […]

By Nicole Elgin & Blayne Soleymani-Pearson Barran Liebman Law, September 12, 2022 In August, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in Tesla, Inc., 370 NLRB (2022), that reinstated the rule that an employer’s uniform policy that restricts a display of union insignia is presumptively unlawful. Specifically, an […]

By Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association Oregon’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance program (PFMLI) goes into effect January 1, 2023, and is funded by employer and employee contributions. Employers with less than 25 employees are not required to contribute to the program, but their employees are. Employers will be […]