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Oregon Business & Industry (OBI), in partnership with the Lane Powell law firm, is sponsoring the 35th Annual “Best Practices for Best Employers” Labor & Employment Seminar.
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Read MoreThe scope of the Session was narrow, extending a small-business tax break to about 12,000 eligible sole proprietorships - about half of which are expected to take advantage of the new law.
...Read MoreRepresentative Knute Buehler (R-Bend) and former Representative Val Hoyle, a Eugene Democrat won the two highest-profile races in Oregon’s May primary.
...Read MoreLegislators will hear updates from a variety of joint committees, work groups and government agencies in addition to regular committee meetings and hearings related to the Special Session.
...Read MoreLC 1 would extend the small business tax rate established during the 2013 Special Session to sole proprietorships.
...Read MoreAmid discussion over how to cope with the growing cost of public employee pensions, the state has made some changes in how its biennial pay and compensation survey will be completed.
...Read MoreThis will be a critical year for the Oregon Business Plan, as the Legislature prepares for the 2019 Long Session. Longstanding fiscal challenges, including public employee pension and health care costs, remain unresolved while newer challenges, including high housing costs and homelessness, place even greater pressure on the state budget.
...Read MoreThe Cleaner Air Oregon (CAO) Rulemaking Advisory Committee (RAC) held a meeting May 8 and 9 to help develop CAO rules. Judging from discussion during the meeting, significant work remains to persuade the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to adopt rules that fairly balance the needs of business, community and good government.
...Read MoreOxford Economics concludes that Google data centers generated $1.3 billion in economic activity across the U.S. in 2016 and have generated more than 11,000 jobs.
...Read MoreThe summit will bring together leaders from business and industry, workforce and talent development, and key education and public stakeholders to provide current findings from research on talent development and workforce skills and gather input regarding the future of Oregon’s workforce.
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