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Oregon Minimum Wage Increase Takes Effect July 1, 2025

Posted: May 14, 2025 | Littler Category: Oregon - Wage & Hour

Oregon Minimum Wage Increase Takes Effect July 1, 2025

On July 1, 2025, Oregon’s automatic minimum wage increase for non-exempt employees will take effect. Under Oregon state law, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) calculates an annual increase to the minimum wage rate based on the Bureau of

Oregon Increases Salary Threshold for Noncompetition Agreements

Posted: February 10, 2025 | Littler Category: Oregon - General

In January, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) announced a new minimum salary threshold for noncompetition agreements. Effective immediately, for an Oregon noncompetition agreement to be enforceable, the total amount of the employee’s annual gross salary and commissions at the time of termination must exceed $116,427 (up from

Paid Leave Oregon’s New Rules Clarify Employee Benefit Information for Employers

Posted: January 26, 2025 | Ogletree Deakins Category: Oregon - General

Paid Leave Oregon is a wage replacement benefit program administered by the Oregon Employment Department meant to compensate employees who need to take time off work to care for and bond with a child following the child’s birth or adoption, to recover from their own or a family member’s serious

Oregon’s New Warehouse Employee Protections Take Effect on January 1, 2025

Posted: November 8, 2024 | Ogletree Deakins Category: Oregon - General

On March 27, 2024, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed into law House Bill (HB) 4127, which will impose notice and recordkeeping requirements on covered employers of certain warehouse workers when using quotas to measure worker productivity. The law becomes effective January 1, 2025.

Untangling the Oregon Leave Quagmire – Answers to Common Compliance Questions in Light of Recent Legislative Changes

Posted: August 4, 2024 | Littler Category: Oregon - General

If you have employees working in Oregon, chances are you have heard about Oregon’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program also known as Paid Leave Oregon (“PLO”). In addition to PLO, eligible Oregon employees may be entitled to leave under the Oregon Family Medical Leave Act (“OFLA”), Oregon Sick

Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries Proposes New Requirements Related to an Employer’s Response to Allegations of Harassment

Posted: June 19, 2024 | Ogletree Deakins Category: Oregon - General

On May 24, 2024, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to “clarify the rights of employees and the responsibility of employers following allegations of workplace harassment.”

Planning for Big Changes to the Oregon Family Leave Act

Posted: June 17, 2024 | Jackson Lewis Category: Oregon - General

Effective July 1, 2024, the Oregon Family Leave Act will have a significant impact on employers with operations in Oregon. Join Jackson Lewis P.C. attorneys for this complimentary webinar to discuss: 

Oregon Modernizes Anti-Stalking Laws, Expands Employee Leave Rights

Posted: June 4, 2024 | Jackson Lewis Category: Oregon - General

On April 4, 2024, Governor Tina Kotek signed HB 4156 to modernize and expand protections under Oregon’s anti-stalking laws.  The new law criminalizes newer forms of threatening and predatory conduct which have emerged with the technological advances of recent decades.  The new law also impacts Oregon employers by expanding employees’

Employers May Rescind Previously Protected Leave Under the Oregon Family Leave Act by June 1, 2024

Posted: May 16, 2024 | Ogletree Deakins Category: Oregon - Wage & Hour

On March 20, 2024, Governor Tina Kotek signed into law Senate Bill 1515, which eliminated some qualifying reasons for leave under the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA) that overlapped with qualifying reasons for leave under Paid Leave Oregon, effective July 1, 2024.

New Guidance Permits Oregon Employers to Rescind Previously Protected Unpaid Family and Medical Leave Effective July 1, 2024

Posted: May 14, 2024 | Littler Category: Oregon - General

Oregon’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program (“Paid Leave Oregon”) generally provides eligible employees with up to 12 weeks of paid time off for leave that qualifies as family, medical, or safe leave. Since Paid Leave Oregon took effect on September 3, 2023, employees have been stacking Paid Leave

Oregon DOJ Ramps up Child Support Reporting Requirements for Payments to Independent Contractors

Posted: May 7, 2024 | Littler Category: Oregon - General

Many companies with independent contractors working in Oregon recently received correspondence from the Oregon Department of Justice’s Division of Child Support (“Division”) reminding them of new reporting obligations with respect to payments to independent contractors. The purpose of such reporting is to identify individuals who owe child support and to

Joint Employment and the Cat’s Paw: Oregon Court of Appeals Sets Precedent

Posted: April 24, 2024 | Littler Category: Oregon - General

The Oregon Court of Appeals, for the first time, applied the “cat’s paw” theory of imputed liability between joint employers in a whistleblower case regardless of whether the alleged biased individual was subordinate to the co-employer’s decisionmaker or employed by the same entity. This case could impact Oregon employers using

New Oregon Law (Mostly) Aligns OFLA and Paid Leave Oregon to Prevent Employees from Stacking Leave Benefits

Posted: March 19, 2024 | Littler Category: Oregon - General

SB 1515, which the governor is expected to sign, provides some relief to employers under the state’s various leave laws by amending Paid Leave Oregon and the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA) to better align. Bill amends Oregon leave laws to mitigate employee leave stacking by eliminating some state leave

Oregon Lawmakers Pass Bill to Reduce Redundancies in Family Leave Laws

Posted: March 14, 2024 | Ogletree Deakins Category: Oregon - General

Governor Tina Kotek is expected to sign the bill into law a bill that would eliminate most qualifying reasons for an employee’s protected leave under the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA) that are now covered under the state’s Paid Leave Oregon law.

Oregon Employment Department Adopts Regulations to Clarify Administration of Paid Leave Oregon Benefits

Posted: January 29, 2024 | Ogletree Deakins Category: Oregon - General

On January 12, 2024, the Oregon Employment Department (OED) promulgated new regulations to clarify its procedures and criteria for implementing Paid Leave Oregon. As discussed further below, these regulations relate to benefits administration and appeals and equivalent plans, among other topics.

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