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Oregon legislative Democrats float $17-an-hour minimum wage

Oregon legislative Democrats float $17-an-hour minimum wage OregonLive.com 3/3/2021 © Michelle Brence | The Oregonian/OregonLive/LC-/oregonlive.com/TNS The Oregon Capitol in Salem. Five Democrats in the Oregon Legislature have filed a bill that would dramatically increase the state’s minimum wage, from as low as $11.50 an hour in some places to $17 an hour statewide. Popular Searches That works out to a little more than $35,000 a year for someone working 40 hours a week, beginning next year. The bill would do away with existing regional differences in Oregon’s minimum wage that were created to insulate businesses from higher expenses in rural areas where the cost of living is lower.

Oregon explores giving businesses a break on spiking unemployment taxes

Oregon explores giving businesses a break on spiking unemployment taxes OregonLive.com 1/21/2021 © Michelle Brence | The Oregonian/OregonLive/LC-/oregonlive.com/TNS The Oregon Capitol in Salem. Oregon employers, facing three years of sharp increases in unemployment taxes, could get a break under proposals laid out at a Senate committee hearing Thursday. Popular Searches The Oregon Employment Department had previously resisted curbs on the payroll taxes that fund jobless benefits. The department now says it’s open to significant changes in light of the unique circumstances created by the pandemic. “We want to work with business groups, worker groups, to make sure we’re striking the right balance here,” acting director David Gerstenfeld said in his Thursday testimony to the Senate Committee on Labor and Business.

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