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04.29.20	A Whole New Employment Reality, Considerations, and Challenges: Leave and Remote-Worker Supervision and Morale
03.27.20	CARES Act Creates Potential Employer Incentives to Maintain Payroll
03.20.20	What Oregon Employers Must Give Workers During the Pandemic, Portland Business Journal
03.19.20	Federal Government Requires Additional 80 Hours of Emergency Paid Sick Leave for Many Absences Arising From COVID-19
11.18.19	Responding to a Crisis: Planning for Inevitable Challenging Events Can Solidify Crisis Response and Reduce Liability Exposure
09.26.19	Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees Increases Effective January 1, 2020—Plan for More
06.20.19	Responding to a Crisis: How Human Resources Can Make Things Better, Not Worse, Constructor Magazine
03.13.19	Take Two: The Department of Labor Proposes Increasing White-Collar Salary Minimums Again
2019	The Educator's Guide© To Student Discipline in Oregon (third edition)
12.18.18	Countdown to Compliance: Employment Law Resolutions for 2019
01.01.18	Effective Use of Legal Resources Plays Significant Role in Managing Risk, Campus Legal Advisor, January 2018
2017	Regional Editor and Chapter Author - Oregon and Washington, Employment At-Will, A State-by-State Survey, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law 2017
02.28.17	Rising Dough? BOLI's Position Change on Daily vs. Weekly Overtime in Portland Specialty Baking Creates Anxiety for All Employers; Recent Hearing Clarified the Dispute
02.03.16	Look Up and Down and All Around—Department of Labor Guidance Emphasizes "Vertical" and "Horizontal" Joint Employment for Wage-and-Hour Liability
10.01.15	Supreme Court's Decision Raises Awareness of Religious Freedom on Campus, Campus Legal Advisor, October 2015
07.17.15	Assumptions Create Exposure to Claims of Transgender Discrimination, Campus Legal Advisor, July 2015
06.04.15	EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, The Supreme Court Tackles Religious Discrimination Under Title VII
2014	Regional Editor and Chapter Author - Oregon and Washington, Employment At-Will, A State-by-State Survey, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, 2014
12.05.14	Beware Too Much Fine Print for Study-Abroad Experiences, Campus Legal Advisor, December 2014
10.09.14	When Students Harass Your Institution, Know What's In Your Legal Toolkit, Campus Legal Advisor, October 2014
06.19.14	The Supreme Court Limits Garcetti, Employment Law Alliance Higher Education Council Report, June 19, 2014
05.01.14	Gain Insight into Unionization of Student-Athletes, College Athletics and the Law (May 2014)
02.01.14	Ensure Your Policies for Pregnant, Parenting Students Comply with OCR's Latest Title IX Guidance, Campus Legal Advisor, February 2014
12.01.13	Review Your Institution's Policies in Light of OCR's Guidance on Title IX Protections for Pregnant, Parenting Students, Campus Legal Advisor, December 2013
08.23.13	D.R. Horton Hears It From the Ninth Circuit
03.01.13	Education: Title IX Becomes a Compliance Issue Beyond Athletics
2011	Co-Chapter Editor 2011 Rev., Employment Actions in Contract; Labor and Employment Law: Private Section: Oregon State Bar Legal Publications
2011	Regional Editor and Oregon Author, Employment At –Will, A State-by State Survey, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law 2011
06.27.11	A Win For Wal-Mart, But What Does It Mean For Pacific Northwest?
06.08.11	Avoiding Wage-and-Hour Class Actions
04.28.11	Stay Classy, Employers: Supreme Court Decision Suggests Employers Should Consider Arbitration Agreements With Class-Action Waivers Because Now They Should Be Enforceable
06.22.10	Supreme Court Rules Public Employer's Search of Explicit Text Messages Justified
06.16.10	Careful With Credit Checks: Oregon BOLI Issues Final Rules
04.23.10	Oregon Employers Not Required to Accommodate Medical Marijuana Use
01.12.10	Happy New Year! Celebrate With New Compliance Requirements
05.19.08	Employers Finally Get a "Break" on Wage Liability
02.28.08	New Supreme Court Case Adds to Questions About the Enforceability of Oregon’s New Employment Arbitration Agreement Requirement
01.07.08	NLRB Decision Allows Employers to Prohibit Union Solicitation on Employer E-Mail Systems
08.14.07	Legislative Changes Affecting Only Public Employers
06.15.07	Give Me a Break: Oregon Court of Appeals Rules That Employees Can Sue For Missed Breaks
07.19.06	Colleges and Universities Should Take Care to Avoid Claims of Reverse Discrimination
05.08.06	Oregon Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Employer but Leaves Open Whether an Employer Might Be Obligated to Accommodate the Use of Medical Marijuana
01.01.05	Oregon Court of Appeals Weighs in on Medical Marijuana and the Definition of Disability