by Rebecca Morrison-Stoney | Oct 12, 2018 | News and Press
CITY OF SEATAC ANNOUNCES 2019 MINIMUM WAGE ADJUSTMENTS City of SeaTac, Wash., October 12, 2018 – The City of SeaTac is announcing the mandatory annual adjustments to the City’s Minimum Employment Standards Ordinance for Hospitality and Transportation Industry...
by Rebecca Morrison-Stoney | Sep 21, 2018 | News and Press
Enacted by the 2016 Oregon Legislature, Senate Bill 1532 establishes a series of annual minimum wage rate increases beginning July 1, 2016 through July 1, 2022. Beginning July 1, 2023, the minimum wage rate will be indexed to inflation based on the Consumer Price...
by Rebecca Morrison-Stoney | Sep 21, 2018 | News and Press
The “Standard’ rate applies to the following counties, with the exception of those areas located within the urban growth boundary of a metropolitan service district: Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Deschutes, Hood River, Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Lincoln, Linn,...
by Rebecca Morrison-Stoney | Aug 29, 2018 | News and Press
This morning the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis released the latest quarterly economic and revenue forecast. For the full document, slides and forecast data please see our main website. Below is the forecast’s Executive Summary. While economic growth continues and...
by Rebecca Morrison-Stoney | Aug 24, 2018 | News and Press
Across the country, wage growth is slowly picking up as the economy strengthens. Both average hourly earnings, and the Employment Cost Index for wages and salaries are now approaching 3% annual growth. This is not great wage growth when we look historically. But,...
