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Unions in Washington State increased their membership by 100,000 in 2018 and unions' market share of the state labor force rose by 1 percent to 19.8 percent, the third highest percentage of any state in the country. Oregon lost 10,000 union members i...

The Department of Labor (the "DOL") has proposed a $35,308 minimum salary for white-collar exemptions after a 2016 proposed hike in the minimum salary failed. In 2016, the DOL had proposed increasing the minimum salary for the administrative, execut...

A little over a year ago, we told you about the decision by the Washington Court of Appeals in Floeting v. Group Health, holding that a place of public accommodation can be held liable for its employee’s sexual harassment of a patient under the Washi...

Education attorneys Jollee Patterson, Michael Porter, Graham M. Hicks, and Elaine Eberharter-Maki present the third edition of The Educator's Guide©, an essential tool for all Oregon educators. A practical legal guide for school personnel who discip...

This article was published in the Winter 2019 edition of the Oregon State Bar's Litigation Journal. The comparison of the general rules for conducting direct examinations and cross examinations exposes a common theme. Whatever the rule that a...

As the Times Square ball drops to welcome in each year, countless human resources professionals reflect on their successes and challenges over the past year while looking forward to opportunities to reduce employment risk in the coming one. To assist...