COVID-19 Vaccine and Mask Mandates – Comparison of Select States
On January 13, 2022, the United States Supreme Court issued a stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) COVID vaccine-or-test rule for large employers. Although the OSHA rule...
View ArticleOregon Health Authority Announces Sunset Date for Indoor Mask Requirements
On February 7, 2022, the Oregon Health Authority (“OHA”) announced that it would lift the general state-wide indoor mask requirement no later than March 31, 2022. Per the OHA, the mask requirement for...
View ArticleNLRB GC Asks Board To Revisit Standard For Analyzing Employee Handbooks
Since August 2021, three of the five members of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) have been appointed by Democratic presidents, including two members appointed by President Biden....
View ArticleNinth Circuit Rules That a Temporary Impairment Can Qualify as a “Disability”...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the federal appellate court with jurisdiction over much of the western United States (including Washington, Oregon, California and Idaho), ruled last...
View ArticleOregon Supreme Court Enforces Employment Arbitration Agreement
Oregon employers that require arbitration for employment-related disputes recently received some good news from the Oregon Supreme Court. In Gist v. ZoAn Management, Inc., the Court rejected the...
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Oregon Supreme Court Rules That Oregon Law Follows Federal Definition of...
In a recent decision titled Buero v. Amazon.com Services, Inc., 370 Or. 502 (2022), the Oregon Supreme Court ruled that Oregon’s wage and hour law uses the same definition of “work time” as the...
View ArticleOregon Health Authority Suspends COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Health Care...
On May 10, 2023, the Oregon Health Authority (“OHA”) announced that, effective May 11, it is suspending the statewide rule requiring that health care workers be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless...
View ArticleGovernor Kotek Signs New Law Amending Oregon Leave Laws
On March 21, 2024, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed into law Senate Bill 1515, amending the Oregon Family Leave Act (“OFLA”) and the Paid Leave Oregon program (“PLO”). The bill is intended to better...
View ArticleEmployers Face June 1 Deadline to Inform Employees Whose Approved OFLA Leave...
As we previously advised, under Oregon Senate Bill 1515 (“SB 1515”) effective July 1, 2024, most of the Oregon Family Leave Act (“OFLA”)—including leave for the employee’s or a family member’s serious...
View ArticleWhat to Know About Recent Non-Compete and Salary Basis Changes in Light of...
Two administrative agencies within the federal government have been busy lately publishing new rules that govern important aspects of employers’ relationships with their employees. Read more below for...
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