It depends on two things: What have you done in the past? What does your employee handbook state? Both of these criteria get to the heart of what is essentially your workplace policy. If your standard practice has been to pay out unused vacation to departing employees then you must do so for others. Unless, [...]
Other than specific, required paycheck deduction, as much as it might not seem fair, you cannot deduct the cost of uniforms from an employees check. It is not permitted under Oregon Law to deduct anything outside of specific required paycheck deductions, authorized by the statute. Any missing property such as uniforms, not returned, would need [...]
That depends on what you mean by “abuse.” Oregon Sick Leave Law is very explicit as to how and under what circumstances, an employee is allowed to use their sick leave - specifically any reason covered under the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA). It is also very specific that an employee must give “reasonable notice” [...]
What rate applies to you depends on where you conduct your business. The new law sets out a separate rate which will apply to employers located in the urban growth boundary of a metropolitan service district (essentially the Portland/Metro area). Another rate will apply within certain "non-urban" counties named in the law. Annual adjustments will [...]
The Fair Labor Standards Act mandates a minimum salary that certain exempt employees must earn, if they are to be exempt from overtime requirements. In the 1H of 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor finalized a rule change that significantly increased the minimum salary requirement for exempt employees. In late 2016 a Federal court injunction [...]