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 […]