On June 22, 2015, Oregon became the fourth state to enact a statewide mandatory paid sick leave law, following California, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. The bill, signed into law by Governor Kate Brown, requires Oregon employers to provide up to 40 hours of sick leave to employees per year beginning January 1, 2016, and in most cases that leave time must be paid.
Just about every employer with workers in Oregon will feel the impact of […]
In Obergefell v. Hodges, the U.S. Supreme Court held, in a 5-4 opinion, that the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution requires that all states license marriages between two people of the same sex and recognize a marriage between people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out of state. The social implications of the Court’s opinion are significant; however, the opinion may also impact, directly and indirectly, employers’ employment […]
Readers will remember that Employment Tribunal fees were controversially introduced in July 2013. Since then, for the majority of cases, there has been an upfront fee of up to £250 to raise a claim followed by a further hearing fee of up to £950, both payable by the Claimant. Since the introduction of these fees there are has been a sharp decline in the number of claims being raised. The latest figures published by […]