by Christy Hill | May 16, 2017 | Employment Law, Litigation, News
By Employment Law & Litigation Practice Group On April 20, 2017, Richard Cordray, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), announced that the CFPB was filing suit against the mortgage servicer Ocwen Financial Corporation (“Ocwen”)....
by Christy Hill | May 9, 2017 | Employment Law, Litigation, News
By Randall Sutton The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill last week that would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to allow private-sector employers to give their hourly and salaried nonexempt employees the option of receiving paid time off in lieu of...
by Christy Hill | Mar 13, 2017 | Agri-Business, Employment Law, News
By: Randall Sutton As we have previously reported to you here, BOLI has recently taken the position that during weeks where a manufacturing employee earns both daily and weekly overtime, the two overtime rates are added together to essentially pay the employee...
by Christy Hill | Mar 6, 2017 | Company, Employment Law, Litigation, News
By: David M. Briggs Have you ever been to that office party where your boss greets a longtime employee with a hug? You followed your coworker in and you can see it in your boss’s face: not hugging you may seem like you are not as valuable or appreciated. But, had it...
by Christy Hill | Feb 17, 2017 | Employment Law, Litigation, News
Curious about Oregon’s proposed employment bills for 2017? Check out our 2017 Session Legislative Report by clicking HERE.
by Randall P. Sutton | Jan 5, 2017 | Employment Law, Litigation, News
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By: Randall Sutton Saalfeld Griggs Employment Law & Litigation Practice Groups Oregon requires that most manufacturing employers pay daily overtime if an employee works more than 10 hours in a single day. As with most other...