State of the Cities 2016 January 27, 2016 Each year the North Clackamas Chamber hosts the Annual State of the Cities luncheon at the Monarch Hotel. Around 230 people came to hear from their city Mayor’s about their past successes and future plans. Present were Mayor’s Lori DeRemer of Happy Valley, Diana Helm of Damascus, [...]
Ryan Orr, JD with Cascade Employers Association presented on 11/17/2015 to a large group on Oregon Marijuana laws for Human Resources during a North Clackamas Chamber educational event. He talked about the legalization of Marijuana and how it will impact the workplace. He covers the following topics... What can you legally ask your employees? What kinds of drugs [...]
All Five Clackamas County Commissioners appeared at the annual Business in the County event that the North Clackamas Chamber held on October 28th. This event was Moderated by Lori Olund with Miles Fiber Glass & Composites at Gray Gables Estate in Milwaukie; it was a great opportunity for the audience to ask many questions. Watch [...]
Legislative Updates for North Clackamas Chamber of Commerce – as of 09/23/2015 - Get this article in a PDF Minimum Wage. We believe there will be another concerted effort in 2016 to pass a minimum wage increase along with legislation to allow local governments to increase their own minimum wage levels even higher. Last session, [...]
Update Your Listing The North Clackamas Chamber would like you to update your listing on the online directory. If you do not have access to your companies profile please email us and we will create you a username and password since we now have a new website and also using a new upgraded client management system. Updating [...]
Oregon Chamber Report – June 1 What we see coming up (June 1 – June 5): Mandatory Paid Sick Leave (SB 454-A) is moving out of the Ways & Means Committee this week. The Senate Democrats came to an internal agreement that will guarantee 16 votes to pass the bill out of the Senate. [...]
SB 454 CHANGES SINCE LAST SENATE CAUCUS DISCUSSION Employer Size for Paid Leave 10, with Portland grandfathered at 6 Calculation is based on average payroll during the previous year, which provides employers with stability and predictability. Employers that had an average of 10 or more employees for 20 weeks of that year meet the threshold. [...]
SB 454-A Action Alert Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Mandate (House of Representatives) May 20, 2015 Senate Bill 454-A mandates that all Oregon businesses with 6 or more employees provide 40 hours per year of paid sick leave. Businesses with 5 employees or less are mandated to provide at least 40 hours per year of [...]
Legislative Priorities of 2015 (Revised 5/4) The 2015 OSCC Legislative Agenda represents the legislative priorities of the Main Street business community as represented by the 66 local Chambers of Commerce represented by the Oregon State Chamber of Commerce. The OSCC is organized to support business growth, job growth and income growth in each of our [...]
OSCC Member Report – March 23 Review of past week (March 16-20): HB 2077 – a bill to mandate corporate tax disclosure to the Secretary of State – had a second public hearing in the House Revenue Committee on Tuesday. This bill is an initiative of the government employee unions and seeks [...]