Vigilant Blog

After being closed for three days due to an ongoing teacher's strike, Medford, Oregon schools have reopened with substitute teachers and a shortened four-hour school day. Portland public school teachers authorized a strike that was to start February 20, 2014, although all-night negotiations at the last minute appear to have averted it. If a tentative…

Beginning on that date, employees will immediately be eligible to take this leave; they will no longer have to be employed for 180 days or work an average of 25 hours per week (2013 HB 2903). For example language you may include in your employee handbook, see our newly updated Model Policy, “Crime Victim Leave…

A new law signed by Governor Kitzhaber puts the brakes on Oregon employers’ attempts to access employees’ and applicants’ personal social media accounts. HB 2654, which goes into effect on January 1, 2014, makes it illegal for employers to require or request an employee or applicant to disclose his or her username and password, or…

HB 2034 gives the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) greater involvement in regulating apprenticeship programs. It also limits the length of the apprentice’s probationary period, so that it is up to one year or 25 percent of the length of the program. Effective May 27, 2011.   HB 2039 gives BOLI the power…

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If you encounter this kind of situation, there may be a way to accommodate both workers, depending on scheduling flexibility, the size and geography of your workplace and the terms of the restraining order. You may also have an obligation to grant time off for an employee to seek a restraining order or take other…