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

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...more

5/16/2024 / Employee Benefits , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Policies , Oregon , Paid Family Leave Law , Paid Leave , State Labor Laws , Wage and Hour

Oregon Lawmakers Pass Bill to Reduce Redundancies in Family Leave Laws

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...more

3/14/2024 / Employee Benefits , Employment Policies , Paid Family Leave Law , Paid Leave , Paid Time Off (PTO) , Pending Legislation , State Labor Laws , Wage and Hour , Work Schedules

Oregon Court of Appeals Requires Employers to Pay Wages for Hourly Employees’ Failure to Take Full 30-Minute Meal Periods

On November 14, 2019, the Oregon Court of Appeals in Maza v. Waterford Operations, LLC, 300 Or. App. 471 (2019), addressed the question of whether an employer can be found strictly liable under Oregon Administrative Rules...more

11/18/2019 / Appeals , Corporate Counsel , Employer Liability Issues , Rest and Meal Break , Wage and Hour , Wages

Oregon’s Predictive Scheduling Law: An Overview of BOLI’s Proposed Rules

On April 25, 2018, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) issued proposed rules implementing Oregon’s predictive scheduling law, Senate Bill 828, which will take effect on July 1, 2018. A link to the proposed rules...more

5/1/2018 / BOLI , Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) , Employer Liability Issues , Employer Mandates , Hospitality Industry , NAICS , Proposed Regulation , Restaurant Industry , Wage and Hour , Work Schedules

Oregon’s New Law on Overtime Calculations for Employees in Mills, Factories, and Manufacturing Establishments Expected to Change

In July 2017, the Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 3458, which is expected to be signed by Governor Kate Brown. The new law will permit employers to pay nonexempt employees in mills, factories, and manufacturing...more

8/8/2017 / BOLI , Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) , Employer Mandates , Manufacturers , Non-Exempt Employees , Over-Time , Pending Legislation , Wage and Hour

Oregon Court Rejects BOLI’s New Guidance on Calculating Daily and Weekly Overtime for Mills, Factories, and Manufacturing...

After the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) made a surprising change to its interpretation of how daily and weekly overtime should be calculated for employees who work in mills, factories, and manufacturing...more

3/14/2017 / BOLI , Manufacturers , New Guidance , Unpaid Overtime , Wage and Hour

Oregon Manufacturers May Be Eligible to Obtain Waivers From Complying With BOLI’s New Daily and Weekly Overtime Interpretation

The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) recently made a surprising change in its interpretation of the daily and weekly overtime requirements for manufacturers. Employers may be able to obtain a waiver from complying...more

1/31/2017 / BOLI , Manufacturers , Wage and Hour , Waivers

Oregon BOLI Updates Daily and Weekly Overtime Guidance for Manufacturers and Other Industries

The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) has made an important change to its interpretation of the relationship between two Oregon overtime laws. Under BOLI’s new guidance, nonexempt employees who work in mills,...more

1/26/2017 / Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) , Exempt-Employees , Manufacturers , New Guidance , Wage and Hour

BOLI Issues Guidance on New Oregon Statewide Sick Leave Law

The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) has issued additional guidance on complying with the new Oregon statewide mandatory paid sick leave law, Senate Bill 454, OL 2015, Ch. 537, which takes effect on January 1,...more

12/14/2015 / BOLI , New Guidance , New Legislation , Paid Leave , Sick Leave , Wage and Hour

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

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