2008 Archives

Alerts

• ADA Amendments Act Will Redefine Disability

  October 23, 2008ADA Notebook
  

• EEO-1 Survey Filing Deadline Fast Approaching

  September 15, 2008AAP/EEO-1 NOTEBOOK: The deadline for filing the revised EEO-1 Survey is September 30, 2008 and is fast approaching. All private employers who are required to file...
  By Michael G. McClory
  

• The Reasonable Employee Strikes Again: NLRB Finds Employer Confidentiality And No-Loitering Policies Unlawful

  July 22, 2008NLRB NOTEBOOK: Does your Company have a policy that limits employees from disclosing information about their wages and benefits to people outside of the Company? How about a policy that prohibits employees from loitering...
  By Jennifer A. Sabovik
  

• BOLI Clarifies Meal And Rest Break Rules

  July 21, 2008WAGE AND HOUR UPDATE: OAR 839-020-0050(1) requires an employer to provide appropriate meal and rest periods during which the employee is relieved of all duties. Effective July 8, 2008, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries...
  

• Oregon Supreme Court Gives Employers Smashing Victory: No Private Cause Of Action For Alleged Meal Or Rest Break Violations

  May 15, 2008WAGE AND HOUR UPDATE: For nearly a year employers have been wondering whether employees are really entitled to receive additional wages each time they are unable to take a required rest break. This question arose after the...
  

• Ninth Circuit Decision Limits "Suspicion-less" Drug Testing Of Applicants

  March 18, 2008PUBLIC SECTOR NOTEBOOK: On March 13, 2008, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision limiting public employer drug testing. In Lanier v. City of Woodburn, the Ninth Circuit held that the City’s policy requiring all job...
  By Adam S. Collier
  

• Insurance Division Issues Bulletin 2008-2

  February 7, 2008DOMESTIC PARTNER BENEFITS: As regular readers of our eAlerts may recall, we addressed domestic partner benefits in May 2007, when Senate Bill 2 (SB 2) and House Bill 2007 (HB 2007) had just been signed by Governor Kulongoski, and...
  By Thomas I. Kramer
  

• FMLA Expanded For Military Families

  January 31, 2008FMLA NOTEBOOK: On January 29, 2008 President Bush signed the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes a provision amending the Family and Medical Leave Act for military families. Specifically, the amendments...
  

• BOLI Issues Final Rules Relating To Employee Leaves Of Absence And Rest Breaks For Nursing Mothers

  January 18, 2008REGULATORY NOTEBOOK: BOLI recently released its final administrative rules (“OAR” below) relating to employee leaves of absence and rest breaks for nursing mothers. Many of these new regulations will have a significant...