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On January 1, 2013, the Oregon minimum wage rate increased to $8.95 per hour. If your hourly rate of pay after January 1, 2013 is/was less than $8.95 per hour, you likely have a minimum wage claim. While it may seem trivial that your employer did not pay the extrafifteen cents pe...

Debtors can recover up to $1,000 for violations of the FDCPA. A debt collector (someone other than the person you owe money) violates the FDCPA when it performs a laundry list of improper acts. Surprisingly many, if not most debt collectors regularly violate this law. They do so ...

Gives three primary reasons an Oregon employee may choose to sue under the FLSA exclusively when prosecuting an overtime wage claim in Oregon.

Vacation/Paid Time Off (PTO) is a wage under Oregon law. However, no Oregon law requires employers to offer vacation or PTO pay. Where anOregonemployer has agreed to pay vacation pay or paid time off (PTO), that agreement sets the terms for payment. Once the terms are met, then t...

On January 1, 2012, the Oregon minimum wage rate increased to $8.80 per hour. (Oregon Minimum Wage Page) If your hourly rate of pay after January 1, 2012 was less than $8.80 per hour, you likely have a minimum wage claim. While it may seem trivial that your employer did not pay t...

Starting January 1, 2011, the Oregon minimum wage rate will increase to $8.50 per hour. If your hourly rate of pay after January 1, 2011 is less than $8.50 per hour, you likely have a minimum wage claim. While it may seem trivial that your employer did not pay the extra ten cents...

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Generally no. Oregon employee may volunteer to work for their employers. If the employee is doing the same or similar work for the employer, a Court will likely find that the time was work time that must be compensated. Thus, the time allegedly volunteered should be included whe...

Under Oregon law, where an employer has agreed to pay vacation pay or paid time off, and refuses to do so, the employee likely has a wage claim. When looking at vacation pay or paid time off, the agreement is everything because without an agreement Oregon law does not require p...

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Discusses the FLSA and Oregon's overtime laws

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Discusses the limitations Oregon wage law places on employers who want to take deductions from their employees.