Under Oregon Governor Kate Brown’s Executive Order 21-15, the state of public health emergency due to COVID-19 will continue in Oregon until December 31, 2021, unless the governor extends the deadline or terminates the state...more
9/30/2021
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee's Childcare ,
Governor Brown ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
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Public Health Emergency ,
Public Schools ,
Quarantine ,
School Closures ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws
On July 8, 2021, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) adopted temporary rules to bolster worker protections from the hazards of high and extreme heat, including requirements to provide shade,...more
Effective June 30, 2021, Oregon Governor Kate Brown, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), and the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) lifted most statewide mask and physical distancing restrictions...more
On June 11, 2021, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed into law House Bill 2935, also known as the CROWN Act (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair), joining several other states in explicitly prohibiting...more
On June 8, 2021, Governor Kate Brown signed into law House Bill (HB) 2474, amending the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA) to update and expand the law’s eligibility and leave provisions. The amendments give eligibility to take...more
In the summer of 2019, Oregon enacted the Oregon Workplace Fairness Act (SB 726), which imposed sweeping new requirements on Oregon employers in response to the #MeToo movement. Although some of the law’s provisions took...more
During the summer of 2019, the Oregon legislature passed two bills broadening protections for pregnant and lactating employees, including extending lactation break requirements to apply to employers of all sizes, requiring...more
12/5/2019
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Pregnancy ,
State Labor Laws
Employers often receive requests for medical information from the unions representing their employees. These requests come up in a variety of contexts and include...more
Employers obtain employee health information in a number of ways—most commonly, in relation to a work-related injury or when an employee requests medical leave or a disability accommodation. Most employers understand that...more
The State of Oregon has enacted a new law, SB 1587, designed to increase transparency with respect to employee pay, prevent wage theft, and expose wage and hour violations. Generally, the law will require employers to provide...more
6/16/2016
/ Contractors ,
New Legislation ,
Payroll Records ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Public Works ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Subcontractors ,
Timekeeping ,
Transparency ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Statements ,
Wage Theft
On November 4, 2014, Oregon voters approved a ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana use. The new Oregon law, known as the Control, Regulation, and Taxation of Marijuana and Industrial Hemp Act, allows people 21...more
Traditionally, home health workers who have provided for the care, fellowship, and protection of persons who, because of their advanced age or physical or mental infirmity could not care for themselves, have been exempt from...more