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By Randy Cook & Christine Moehl Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation On April 18, 2017, the Oregon Retirement Savings Board issued final regulations that will launch the “OregonSaves” Retirement Program (the “Program”) enacted by the Oregon Legislature in 2015. Under the Program, all Oregon employers must register with the Oregon Retirement Savings Board (the “Board”) …
Early Neutral Evaluation (“ENE”) is a form of alternative dispute resolution that is becoming increasingly popular, particularly in disputes involving difficult factual or legal issues. The concept is simple. Before litigating a dispute, the parties agree to hire an impartial expert to provide an objective evaluation of the case. The evaluator’s report is non-binding and …
By David Briggs As unemployment dips to historic lows, most companies know that retaining employees is difficult. Your talented employees are liable to find greener pastures and leave you in a lurch. The problem is that many of those employees that walk off may decide that they have more value to a new employer if …
By: Randall Sutton As we have previously reported to you here, BOLI has recently taken the position that during weeks where a manufacturing employee earns both daily and weekly overtime, the two overtime rates are added together to essentially pay the employee double-time for all overtime hours worked in the same week. BOLI’s new interpretation …
On January 30, 2015, President Obama signed Executive Order 13690 (“EO”) as part of his Climate Action Plan. The EO amended Executive Order 11988, signed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977, that required federal agencies “to avoid to the extent possible the long and short term adverse impacts associated with the occupancy and modification of …
By: Creditor’s Rights & Bankruptcy Practice Group Last month, the Oregon Court of Appeals held in Nationstar Mortgage, LLC v. Niday that when one party “is in possession of [a] promissory note indorsed in blank and [the other party] is in default of [its] obligations under the promissory note and deed of trust,” the first …
By: David M. Briggs Have you ever been to that office party where your boss greets a longtime employee with a hug? You followed your coworker in and you can see it in your boss’s face: not hugging you may seem like you are not as valuable or appreciated. But, had it not been for …
Curious about Oregon’s proposed employment bills for 2017? Check out our 2017 Session Legislative Report by clicking HERE.
Saalfeld Griggs would like to congratulate our friends at Xicha Brewing on the upcoming opening of their brewery. Xicha Brewing will be located in West Salem on Patterson Street, and is set to open in the Spring of 2017. Read more about this new and exciting brew pub here and don’t forget to check out …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By: Randall Sutton Saalfeld Griggs Employment Law & Litigation Practice Groups Oregon requires that most manufacturing employers pay daily overtime if an employee works more than 10 hours in a single day. As with most other employers, a manufacturer also must pay overtime when an employee works more than 40 hours in a single …