Oregon enacts Senate Bill 1587, which is designed to increase transparency in employee pay and expose wage and hour violations. Effective January 1, 2017, employers will be required to provide additional details on itemized pay statements.

On March 2, 2016, Governor Kate Brown signed into law Senate Bill 1532 that establishes a 3- tiered system for determination of minimum wage based on geographical location of the employer.

New laws effective this month require employers to comply with several new restrictions and mandates. 

We have updated our sick leave toolkit based on additional guidance issued in Oregon which clarifies some issues that were ambiguous or not addressed in the underlying law.