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Dan Lawler From our Spring 2020 e-newsletter The most recent United States Farm Bill, which Congress passed in 2018, reopened American farming and industry to hemp, a long-banned commodity currently experiencing a global surge in production. Oregon’s climate and soils are well-suited for hemp production and local governments throughout the state have received inquiries from […]
Dan Lawler From our Spring 2020 e-newsletter With the passage of SB 479 during the 2019 Legislative Session, public employers must make a variety of changes to the policies and procedures that they use to address workplace harassment. This article provides a general summary of the changes that the bill requires and how local governments […]
Dan Lawler From our Winter 2019 e-newsletter In November of 2018, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) issued administrative rules to explain your duties as an employer under the Equal Pay Law, which, among other things, offers some protections from liability for employers who conduct an “equal pay analysis.” This means that you […]
Dan Lawler From our Summer 2019 e-newsletter On June 11, 2019, Governor Kate Brown signed SB 1049, which aims to reduce unfunded liability in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), which currently sits at over $25 billion dollars. The law introduces a number of measures to help fund the system, including changes to PERS member […]
