On the backs of the consumer and the strengthening labor market, the U.S. economic expansion continues. Weakness and uncertainty remain in terms of the global economy, financial markets and the goods-producing industries. However, as the U.S. economy enters the seventh year of expansion, including the longest string on monthly job gains on record, the outlook remains positive. The ongoing job gains and wage growth are pulling workers back into the economy and measures of slack, or underutilization, show ongoing improvements. Read the full Oregon Economic and Revenue Forecast now.

Right now, employment across the state stands at an all-time high, some 70,000 jobs above levels reached prior to the Great Recession. Oregon is now getting very close to full employment, something we are likely to reach in the fall. Read the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis report now.

Even as participation rates and employment opportunities are rising, these gains are not evenly distributed across the economy or individuals. In fact, there are stark differences across generations and their labor market outcomes today. Read the Oregon Office of...

The below is a statement of law from https://www.healthcare.gov provided here for your convenience: If you can afford health insurance but choose not to buy it, you must pay a fee called the individual shared responsibility payment. (The fee is sometimes called the...

Effective January 1, 2016, employers in the state of Oregon are required to implement sick time policies that provide paid sick time to employees. What is Confident doing? Confident has implemented our 2016 Oregon Sick Leave - Hourly Accrual System for all employees...

Oregon State Law - HB 3025 Last summer, Oregon State Legislature passed “Ban the Box” legislation designed to provide applicants with a criminal history better opportunity to interview with employers without the potential disparate impacts of their criminal history...

Measure 91 - Emerald Steel Fabricators, Inc. v. Bureau of Labor & Indus. (2010) Though Measure 91 was enacted, establishing the use of recreational marijuana legal in Oregon, under federal law, marijuana use and possession is still illegal. Employers may prohibit...

Effective January 1, 2016, employers that employ employees in the state of Oregon are required to implement sick time policies and provide sick time to employees. Employers are also required to provide employees with a notice of the law’s provisions. This notice is...

Press Release: New Medford Location: The Confident Companies - HQ location - EFFECTIVE: September 1, 2015 The Confident Companies including: Confident Staffing Confident Construction Workforce Confident Employee Leasing have moved from their longtime location on...

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