Oregon workers making minimum wage will get an additional 50 cents per hour beginning in July, the state’s Bureau of Labor and Industries announced Thursday. The state has three different minimum wages, depending on location. Beginning July 1, minimum wage will be: $16.80 for workers in the Portland metro area. $15.55 for workers in Benton, […]
Few Oregonians interact with the state’s employment rights agency until they need it, they’re being investigated or they’re voting on its next leader. The latter will happen in the May 19 primary, as there are only two candidates running for the nonpartisan role of commissioner of the Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries. Whoever receives […]
The Oregon legislature wants to try to settle a complaint accusing legislative leadership and administrators of creating a hostile work environment at the capital.
One of the lesser known steps in government “sausage making” happens after the Legislature passes new laws, when state agencies responsible for working out the details step in to determine how to implement and enforce them.
PORTLAND — A Colorado construction firm will pay at least $20,000 in civil penalties for meal and rest period violations in a settlement with the Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI), the agency has announced related to 2013-14 construction at the Google data center in The Dalles.
