Labor Commissioner Christina Stephenson explains the surge in claims and staffing shortage confronting the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries.
The crisis facing the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries Read More »
Get the basics on workforce standards boards, an effective strategy for states to improve wages and working conditions.
Workforce Standards Boards: Explained Read More »
Measure 116 would create an independent commission that would decide the salaries for lawmakers, the governor and other state elected officials.
Measure 116 would change who sets salaries for state elected officials Read More »
No taxes on tips, as an Oregon Senator recently proposed, would do little to help struggling workers.
No taxes on tips is a bad idea. And where does tipping come from anyway? Read More »
Exempting tips from taxes makes the tax system less fair while opening the door to yet more gaming of system by the rich and powerful.
Exempting tips from taxes is a bad idea; strengthen the EITC instead Read More »
This episode of Policy for the People takes a deep dive into Measure 118, the Oregon Rebate.
What Measure 118 gets right and what it doesn’t Read More »
Workforce standards boards are a proven strategy that state lawmakers should employ to improve the economic security of Oregonians.
Workforce standards boards can raise the tide for all workers Read More »
Measure 118 would do more harm than good.
The Oregon Center for Public Policy opposes Measure 118 Read More »
Making Oregonians more economically secure requires a minimum wage that isn’t stuck in place, but rather makes forward progress, lifting up the wage floor. And it requires the state to pursue other strategies, like standards boards, that are true and tried ways of boosting the paychecks of Oregonians.
How Oregon can make progress on lifting wages Read More »
The expiration of parts of the Trump Tax plan offers an opportunity to reassess our nation’s tax policy
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