Nov 28, 2012 | Employment Law
Regulating Work Place Romances By Randall P. Sutton SAALFELD GRIGGS PC At some time during your working life, you may have dated, or even married, someone you met at work. If you haven’t, then the odds are that you know someone who has. A 1995 survey estimated...
Nov 28, 2012 | Employment Law
Reducing the Risk of Terminations No one enjoys terminating an employee. As we all know, however, it is essential to operating almost any business. Unfortunately, the myriad of employment laws make many terminations, even well justified ones, legally risky. The key to...
Nov 28, 2012 | Employment Law
Prohibiting Employee Discussions of Pay May Violate Federal Law Does your company prohibit employees from discussing pay? Many do, but what many employers don’t realize is that the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”), the federal law that governs unionizing...
Nov 28, 2012 | Employment Law
Pending Employment Legislation: Should Employers Be Worried? By Randall P. Sutton SAALFELD GRIGGS PC The Oregon Legislature is back in session. As in prior years, the new session brings many bills that should give employers cause for concern. Given the even number of...
Nov 28, 2012 | Employment Law
Misappropriation of Trade Secrets and Employee Loyalty By Randall P. Sutton SAALFELD GRIGGS PC How the law Protects your Confidential Business Information WHAT IS A TRADE SECRET? Oregon law protects businesses from the disclosure of their trade secret information....
Nov 28, 2012 | Employment Law
Lilly Ledbetter: Congress Gives Employees a Better Way to Sue for Pay Discrimination You may have heard the name “Lilly Ledbetter” in the news lately. The new Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act raises the stakes for employers by allowing your employees to file pay...
