SB 592 Increases penalties for employee accidents

Posted on April 25, 2023 by dbleiler | 0 Comments

Senate Bill 592 requires the Director of Department of Consumer & Business Services to conduct a comprehensive workplace inspection when an accident investigation reveals a violation caused or contributed to a work-related fatality or when three or more willful or repeated violations occur within a one-year period at a place of employment. The measure also establishes minimum and maximum civil…

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SB 542 Requires manufacturer to provide repairs

Posted on February 6, 2023 by dbleiler | 0 Comments

This bill requires original equipment manufacturer to make available to an owner or independent repair provider at fair and reasonable terms any of the following that Manufacturer makes available to authorized repair provider: any necessary documentation, tool, part, or other device or implement for purpose of diagnosing, maintaining, repairing, or updating consumer electronic equipment sold in Oregon; or any documentation,…

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Bill would require most businesses to accept cold, hard cash

Posted on February 14, 2022 by BJ | 0 Comments

Most businesses in Oregon would be required to accept cash as payment under a bill being considered in Salem. Senate Bill 1565 would mean that stores would have to take cash or coins. Supporters say doing so is a matter of fairness for people who don’t use traditional banking, either by choice or because they can’t get an account. “Some…

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NFIB Lawsuit against OSHA’s vaccine mandate

Posted on November 13, 2021 by BJ | 0 Comments

NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business) filed a legal challenge against the Biden Administration’s emergency temporary standard, which would mandate businesses with 100 or more employees require workers take the COVID-19 vaccine or undergo weekly testing and wear masks while at work. NFIB filed a petition for review at the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit arguing…

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The Oregon Wizard of Oz

Posted on July 5, 2021 by BJ | 0 Comments

Businesses always had the power… Some Oregon businesses remained open throughout 2020-2021 by taking their rights of due process without taking OSHA or Oregon governor Kate “The Wizard of Oz” Brown to court. Throughout Brown’s many television appearance edicts that violated the Oregon emergency law, ORS 401.165(5), she acted as though Oregonians would obey her words. Some Oregon businesses kept…

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