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Oregon Health Care Employees Must Provide Proof of COVID Vaccination or Test Weekly

By Brenda Baumgart & Caroline Sundbaum

August 4, 2021

The latest COVID-19 surge driven by the Delta variant has caused many employers — not the least of which are health care employers — to revisit mandatory vaccine requirements for employees. While many health care systems around the country already have mandated that their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment, a decades-old statute has stood in the way of Oregon health care employers from doing so. Today, August 4, 2021, Governor…

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Updated Mask Guidance from Oregon Health Authority

By Melissa Healy & John Dudrey

July 28, 2021

Following an increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, and in line with recent CDC guidance designed to curb the well-publicized spread of the Delta variant, the Oregon Health Authority (“OHA”) is again recommending that all individuals, including those who are fully vaccinated, wear masks in indoor public settings. The recommendation applies statewide, but it is not a mandate. It does not change the requirements for businesses and employers, who remain free to dictate their own…

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A Key Battleground: Material Price Escalations and Supply Chain Disruptions

By Colm Nelson

July 23, 2021

At the forefront of concerns for those in the construction industry is the escalation in material prices and disruptions to supply chains that were in large part a byproduct of the pandemic. Project owners and contractors want to understand their rights with regard to these risks and also how the risks should be apportioned. In my latest column for the Daily Journal of Commerce, I look at how contractor risk is shared using a variety…

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Oregon Pay Equity Update: Legislature Temporarily Amends Equal Pay Act to Allow for Hiring and Retention Bonuses and Vaccine Incentives

By Laura Rosenbaum & Caroline Sundbaum

July 21, 2021

The Oregon legislature recently passed HB 2818, which made several notable (and needed!) amendments to Oregon’s Equal Pay Act, including: Temporarily exempting hiring bonuses offered to prospective employees and retention bonuses offered to existing employees from the definition of “compensation.” This amendment is temporary and effective only until March 1, 2022. Permanently exempting vaccine incentives provided during a public health emergency from the definition of “compensation.” This includes both monetary and nonmonetary incentives, including…

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California Supreme Court Clarifies Employees’ Rights to Premium Pay for Missed Meal and Rest Breaks

By Bryan Hawkins

July 16, 2021

In Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC, the California Supreme Court determined that the phrases “regular rate of compensation” and “regular rate of pay” are synonymous for the purposes of California Labor Code section 226.7(c) and the California Industrial Wage Orders. With this seemingly innocuous ruling, however, the Supreme Court has handed a potentially large number of California employees a very expensive “IOU” from their current and former employers. As everyone knows (or should know),…

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Significant Tax Credits for the Alcoholic Beverage Industry

By Chris Hermann & Lauren Neuhaus

July 9, 2021

Late last year, the President signed the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Act of 2020, which made most of the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (“CBMTRA”) provisions permanent starting January 1, 2021. The CBMTRA makes extensive changes to the federal excise taxes on wine, distilled spirits, and beer.…

World of Employment

Oregon OSHA Issues Temporary Heat Rule

By John Dudrey & Lou Ferreira

July 9, 2021

Yesterday, the Oregon Occupational Health and Safety Administration (“OR OSHA”) issued a temporary rule to address employees’ exposure to the hazards posed by temperatures in excess of 80 degrees. The rule applies whenever employees are required to work in conditions in which the “heat index temperature” (which combines air temperature with relative humidity to measure what the temperature feels like to the human body) reaches 80 degrees or more. Although the rule itself is ambiguous…

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Biden Administration Proposes Rollback of Trump Administration Migratory Bird Rule

By Sarah Stauffer Curtiss

July 6, 2021

This post was co-authored by Stoel Rives summer associate Lydia Heye. In May, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) announced a proposed rule revoking the Trump administration’s final rule on incidental take under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (“MBTA”). In the January 7, 2021 final regulation, the Trump administration interpreted the MBTA’s take prohibition (the subject of a current split in federal circuit courts), excluding the “incidental” take of migratory birds from the scope…

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OR-OSHA Repeals Face-Covering and Distancing Requirements for Most Employers

By John Dudrey & Laura Rosenbaum

June 30, 2021

Effective today, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OR-OSHA”) repealed the COVID-19 workplace safety rules that obligated most employers to require employees and visitors to wear face coverings and observe physical distancing rules in the workplace. However, most of OR-OSHAs rules remain in effect and the repeal of the face-covering and distancing requirements does not apply to all workplaces. Here is a summary of the most critical aspects of OR-OSHA’s modified rules: Face…

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Oregon OSHA Signals Removal of Face Covering and Social Distancing Requirements

By John Dudrey & Laura Rosenbaum

June 29, 2021

Many Oregon employers and employees have been eagerly awaiting the day when we can return to mask-free social interactions and in-person work. On June 25, 2021, Governor Brown issued an Executive Order stating that effective June 30, 2021, Oregon is lifting its mask mandates, capacity limits, and social distancing guidelines. Oregon employers are also bound by the COVID-19-related restrictions imposed by Oregon-OSHA, which include OSHA’s own face covering and social distancing requirements. Oregon-OSHA has signaled…

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Oregon Health Care Employees Must Provide Proof of COVID Vaccination or Test Weekly

Updated Mask Guidance from Oregon Health Authority

A Key Battleground: Material Price Escalations and Supply Chain Disruptions

Oregon Pay Equity Update: Legislature Temporarily Amends Equal Pay Act to Allow for Hiring and Retention Bonuses and Vaccine Incentives

California Supreme Court Clarifies Employees’ Rights to Premium Pay for Missed Meal and Rest Breaks

Significant Tax Credits for the Alcoholic Beverage Industry

Oregon OSHA Issues Temporary Heat Rule

Biden Administration Proposes Rollback of Trump Administration Migratory Bird Rule

OR-OSHA Repeals Face-Covering and Distancing Requirements for Most Employers

Oregon OSHA Signals Removal of Face Covering and Social Distancing Requirements

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