Paid Leave Oregon is a new program that allows individuals to take paid time off for many of life’s most important moments that impact our families and our health and safety. Paid Leave Oregon is paid for by employers and employees. Employers pay 40% and employees pay...
Thanks to the efforts of PCUN (Pineros, Campesineros Unidos Del Noroeste) and other labor-focused organizations agricultural workers are now included in the list of workers that must be paid overtime wages. Historically, farmworkers have been excluded from overtime...
Governor Kate Brown announced on November 21, 2022 a pardon for prior Oregon offenses of simple possession of cannabis, an act that will impact an estimated 45,000 individuals across the state and forgive more than $14,000,000 in associated fines and fees. The pardon...
This article originally appeared on JordanBarab.com Last January 4, 2022, 27-year-old Lorna McMurrey went into cardiac arrest at Trulieve’s cannabis cultivation facility in Holyoke, Massachusetts and died several days later at Baystate Medical Center. The cause of...
You name your hometown and a supervisor asks where you’re “really” from. A coworker comments on your “crazy” hair. A client asks you to take notes in the meeting assuming you’re an assistant, despite the fact you’re in charge of the meeting. Microaggressions at...
