2015 Job Killers
SB 454 – Implements Statewide Mandatory Paid sick
Leave. Increases employer mandates
by requiring employers to provide employees with paid sick leave. The Legislative Revenue
Office’s preliminary estimate is that the Mandatory Sick Leave bill (SB 454)
will impose more than $1.5 billion in new costs on Oregon businesses over the
next four years.
SB 845 - Imposes New Fees on Large Employers. Requires
employers whose employees obtain health insurance
coverage through a public program to pay a fee to the state for that coverage.
HB 2007 – Adds Employer Liability for Wage
Discussions. Creates a new unlawful employment practice
against an employer who takes any negative employment action against an
employee for discussing or disclosing “in any manner” his wages or those of
another employee.
HB 2009 – Increases Statewide Minimum Wage. Increases Oregon’s current minimum wage from $9.25 to
$15 per hour by 2018. Not all businesses can support this increase and they will have to either cut hours or cut employees.
HB 2606– Expands Family Leave for Siblings. Adds siblings as an additional category of family
members for whom a worker may take leave to provide care.Oregon does have a
family leave law in place for immediate family.
Adding siblings could be very costly to a small business.
HB 2764 – Increases Workers’ Compensation Costs. Employers will pay nearly 5% more in workers’
compensation system costs without any expectation that increases will be offset
by system savings.
HB 3377 – Mandates Predictive Scheduling. Requires
employer to establish “mutually acceptable work schedule” upon employee request
for a flexible or predictable work schedule.
Mandates employers provide alternative work schedules. This will be very difficult for small employers to comply with this mandate.
The Senate Republicans have
proposed numerous solutions to relieve the burden on Oregon’s smallest
businesses – however, these proposals have not been considered by the Majority
Democrats.
You might not own a
business, but you may work for a small business and I want to make sure your
jobs are not impacted by this potentially harmful legislation.
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