Wage claims filed with state authorities provide a glimpse of the serious problem of wage theft in Oregon. Wage theft
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Last-minute decisions often do not yield good public policy. Congress has demonstrated this repeatedly. Consider last summer’s raise-the-debt-ceiling circus.
More than 100,000 low-paid Oregon workers will get a raise starting in the new year, when a 30-cent increase to
There are many ways to analyze the growing income inequality gap in Oregon. Here is one that could leave you
The latest iteration of the Oregon Business Plan prepared for the 2011 Leadership Summit, a gathering of Oregon business and
New data from the U.S. Department of Labor shows that 46,700 Oregonians will loose federal unemployment insurance benefits under the
News Release “This holiday season, don’t let the Grinch get away with stealing your wages. Report him to state authorities.”
View the full report with charts and graphs: Economic Gains Flow to the Top as Oregon Income Inequality Soars A
The success of Oregon’s recent health reform legislation assumes that a “transformation” of the health care delivery system can improve
Many of the nation’s Fortune 500 companies — including Intel, Oregon’s largest private employer — have paid little or no
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