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For our July 2019 article about Oregon's paid family and medical leave, please click here. As all employers in Washington know by now, Washington is phasing in its new Washington Paid Family Medical Leave (WAPFML) program. Beginning January 1, 2...

For our July 2019 article about Washington's paid family and medical leave, please click here. Just this month, Oregon's governor, Kate Brown, signed a new law providing paid family and medical leave benefits to employees in Oregon. Unless...

Miller Nash Graham & Dunn attorney Amy Robinson was interviewed for an article titled "L&I Proposal Would Drastically Change State’s Overtime Rules," published in The Columbian on Sunday, July 7, 2019. Click here to read the full article...

As we wrote about in a recent update, Oregon's new Workplace Fairness Act (“the Act”) brings sweeping changes that limit nondisclosure and nondisparagement provisions in employment agreements, require employers to adopt anti-discrimination policies,...

On June 11, 2019, Governor Brown signed the Oregon Workplace Fairness Act ("the Act") into law. The Act brings significant changes for all employers with Oregon employees. The new law, which goes into effect this fall, has largely been described...

“I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends”[1] / “Taxman”[2] In 2017 and 2019, Washington created two new government programs funded by employee payroll deductions. This year, the Washington legislature created a new long-term services program (im...