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A new report from Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industriesspotlights the hurdles barring the agency from enforcing critical protections for workers, from wage theft to civil rights and paid leave.
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The Mountain State senator remains a holdout among congressional Democrats for paid-leave programs, citing what he says are the potential for fraud and a drag on some small businesses.
The most blatant form of wage theft is for an employee to not be paid for work done. An employee being asked to work overtime, working through breaks, or being asked to report early and/or leave late without pay is being subjected to wage theft. This is sometimes justified as displacing a paid meal break without guaranteeing meal break time.
Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith , 494 U.S. 872 (1990), is a United States Supreme Court case that held that the state could deny unemployment benefits to a person fired for violating a state prohibition on the use of peyote even though the use of the drug was part of a religious ritual.
Crimes of this sort are typically prosecuted as larceny, and may be either a misdemeanor or a felony, based upon the value of the services illegally obtained.This category encompasses a wide variety of criminal activity including tampering with (or bypassing) a utility meter so that the true level of consumption is understated, leaving a hotel or restaurant or similar establishment without ...
Jul. 19—Employees who need to take time off for important life events can apply for benefits for Paid Leave Oregon starting Aug. 14, 2023. Paid Leave Oregon covers paid family leave, medical ...
All companies are required to give up to 40 hours of paid sick leave per year for both full- and part-time employees, except per diem healthcare employees and unionized construction workers. Eligible employees earn one hour of paid sick leave for evert 30 hours worked and can use it after 120 days after being hired. Unused time can be carried over.