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2015 Employment Law Extravaganza (with so many legislative and legal developments, “Legal Update” just doesn’t do this topic justice) DATE: Thursday, July 16, 2015, from 7:15am – 8:15am COST: Free for Clients/Friends of the Firm LOCATION: Saalfeld Griggs PC, 250 Church Street SE, Suite 200, Salem Oregon In 2015, the legislature, courts and regulatory agencies have kept …
Last week, the Department of Labor issued its long-awaited proposed changes to regulations implementing the Fair Labor Standards Act. These changes affect the “white collar” exemptions that allow employers to treat some management, professional, and administrative employees as exempt from minimum wage and overtime pay and protections. Before treating an employee as exempt from these …
This month Oregon Senator Ron Wyden introduced a comprehensive tax reform bill, the Craft Beverage Reform and Modernization Act of 2015, that would ease regulations on smaller producers of alcoholic beverages and decrease excise taxes. The Act combines aspects from prior bills—the Small BREW Act, the Fair BEER Act, the AGED Spirits Act, the Distillery …
Toolkit for Starting a Cider Business For people who are starting a cider business, this toolkit will guide you to information about forming a company, obtaining an OLCC license, and understanding reporting and regulations. Entity formation: You will likely want to consult with an attorney and/or licensed accountant about what type of entity makes the most …
Cidermakers Announce the Fourth Annual Oregon Cider Week. Celebrate the Northwest’s most exciting beverage with tastings, tap take-overs, cider dinners, and more. The Northwest Cider Association (NWCA) has announced the third annual Oregon Cider Week, a 10-day celebration of craft cider. Cidermakers in the Northwest have a lot to celebrate. Several of regional cideries have won national …
Real estate professionals should be aware that substantial change to residential development in Oregon is on the horizon. House Bill 2564 remains alive in the Oregon Legislature. This bill will repeal the existing prohibition on inclusionary zoning regulations in Oregon. Inclusionary zoning is a fancy term for regulations that require developers of single-family and multi-family …
Join us in Sunriver for the fourth tri-state convention of the Idaho, Nevada and Oregon Bankers Associations. We have a valuable program planned for our joint convention, to be held once again in beautiful Sunriver, Oregon. Let the journey begin at this premier banking industry event where we will char t our industry’s course. We …
The first Con-Tech home is ready for sale. This first residence constructed by local students has just been completed and is now being offered for sale to the general public. The house is a 1589 square foot floor plan located at 529 24th St NE, Salem, Oregon, with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. It will …
By: David Briggs As seen in: Silverton Health’s Healthy Business Journal As an employment lawyer, I am often asked if terminating a certain employee is legal. Again, as a lawyer, I am bound by oath to tell people: it depends. While Oregon is an at-will state – and employees can be fired for any reason – employers cannot terminate employees …
A recent Supreme Court case considered whether, in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding, a junior mortgage may be voided when the senior mortgage amount exceeds the value of the property. For lenders, this means that if you hold a mortgage that is second in line to the primary mortgage, and that primary mortgage is larger …