Summer is here and so is summer travel season. It’s also a good time for employers to verify that they are properly reporting wages for unemployment insurance taxes. Whether employees are working from another state while on vacation or working on a project outside of Oregon, employees may be performing services in multiple states. When… Continue reading Remember to Properly Report Wages for Unemployment Insurance Taxes
Month: June 2017
Complying with Oregon’s New Equal Pay Act
On June 1, 2017, Governor Brown signed Oregon House Bill 2005, the Oregon Equal Pay Act. Most of the provisions of the law go into effect as of January 1, 2019, which gives employers ample time to prepare to comply. The new law makes it an unlawful employment practice for employers to: Discriminate in any… Continue reading Complying with Oregon’s New Equal Pay Act
Oregon Minimum Wage Goes Up July 1, 2017
As a result of legislation passed in 2016, minimum wage in Oregon goes up on July 1, 2017. For employers in the Portland Metro Area, minimum wage will increase to $11.25 per hour. Employers in nonurban counties (listed below) must increase minimum wage to $10.00 per hour. Employers outside the Portland Metro Area and not located… Continue reading Oregon Minimum Wage Goes Up July 1, 2017
Voiding Oregon Non-Competition Agreements
Oregon law provides that a non-competition agreement will be voidable if it does not comply with the statutory requirements for such agreements in ORS 643.295. In 2015, the Oregon Court of Appeals addressed, for the first time, what an employee must do to void a non-competition agreement. Bernard v. S.B., Inc., 270 Ore. App. 710,… Continue reading Voiding Oregon Non-Competition Agreements
DOL Withdraws Guidance on Joint Employment and Independent Contractors
This morning, the DOL withdrew the agency’s 2015 and 2016 informal guidance on joint employment and independent contractors. The DOL announcement says: “Removal of the two administrator interpretations does not change the legal responsibilities of employers under the Fair Labor Standards Act or Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, as reflected in the Department’s long-standing… Continue reading DOL Withdraws Guidance on Joint Employment and Independent Contractors
