Increase to the Minimum Wage

From Barran Leibman eAlert, Volume 13, Issue 29 September 22, 2010 On September 20, 2010, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries released a statement announcing that Oregon’s minimum wage will be increased from $8.40 per hour to $8.50 per hour effective...

Emerging Employer Model for Growing Companies

Recent economic challenges have reinforced many businesses’ decisions to outsource their Human Resource functions. The need to create additional efficiencies, reduce costs and focus on revenue generation has motivated businesses of all sizes to use outside providers...

E-Learning

Training seminar. With those two words, are you automatically picturing a stuffy classroom or roomy meeting room, full of adult learners gazing wearily at a PowerPoint while someone in a suit at the front of the room tries to toggle her slides and succeeds only in...

Work-Life Balance – An Employer Obligation?

The Work Life Balance Award Act, a bill designed to establish special recognition for employers that develop and implement work-life balance policies, was introduced in Congress during the Spring of 2010. While the vote failed in the House of Representatives,...