The following changes to Oregon employment laws are effective July 1, 2024, and apply to employers of all sizes unless otherwise noted. MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES The hourly minimum wage in Oregon will increase as follows: Portland Metro (within Portland’s Urban Growth...
Starting on July 1, 2024, employers of all sizes will be required to have a written workplace violence prevention plan, maintain a violent incident log, and provide workplace violence prevention training to employees. These requirements will apply to nearly all...
CAPTIVE AUDIENCE MEETINGS Beginning June 6, 2024, employers of all sizes can’t take—or threaten to take—adverse action against an employee to get them to attend, or for not attending, a meeting if its primary purpose is to express the employer’s opinion on religious...
EXPANDED WAGE TRANSPARENCY LAWS Beginning June 30, 2024, the District of Columbia will have a stronger wage transparency law, which applies to employers of all sizes. Screening and Salary Inquiries Prohibited Under the amended law, employers won’t be allowed to screen...
On April 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published the much-anticipated final rule that will increase the minimum salary for many exempt employees. The increase will take effect in two steps. If you’d like to review the regulations yourself, they are...
