The Oregon Health Authority released this notice to provide clarification on the Governor’s face-covering order in public...
Oregon Face Covering Order
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Executive Panel Discussing Return to Work Strategies During COVID-19
On June 10th, we recorded the third of four webinars that Xenium has offered related to COVID-19 and all of the many adjustments, changes, and plans...
Supreme Court Ruling on Discrimination against LGBTQ Employees
On June 15th, the Supreme Court ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the federal law that prohibits workplace discrimination based on sex...
Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act Signed into Law June 5th
The Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act was signed into law on June 5, 2020. The Act is intended to amend the Paycheck Protection...
Navigating Remote Work: Q&A with Suzi Wear
COVID-19 has the business world spinning, so I figured you'd enjoy hearing from Suzi Wear, VP of Culture and People Development at Xenium HR, about...
New OSHA Guidance on Recording COVID-19 Cases
On Tuesday, OSHA issued new guidance regarding an employer’s obligations to record COVID-19 cases. Under the new guidance, all employers...
Legal Issues and Liability During COVID-19
Do you have questions about how COVID-19 will affect your business? In a live webinar on April 20, 2020, Luke Reese from Garrett Hemann Robertson,...
PPP Loan Certification
The Treasury Department and SBA announced on May 13th that businesses who received a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan of less than $2 million...
Anne Donovan Joins the MOD Virtual Scale the Podcast with Daniel Ramsey to Discuss HR Leadership When the Business is Pivoting
Xenium's President Anne Donovan recently joined the MyOutDesk Scale the Podcast with Daniel Ramsey for a discussion on HR leadership tips when...
2020 EEO-1 Report Postponed
The EEOC announced today that it is delaying the collection of EEO-1 Reports until March 2021. In addition to postponing the EEO-1 (Component...
Federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act Effective April 1, 2020
The Department of Labor has updated the effective date of the Federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act to April 1, 2020. This has caught many...
State of Washington Issues Stay at Home Order
Washington issued a stay at home order on March 23, 2020 which goes into effect immediately and is expected to last for a minimum of two weeks....
Oregon Governor Kate Brown Issues Stay at Home Order
Oregon Governor Kate Brown issued a Stay at Home order yesterday. Under the order, specific businesses are directed to close their operations...
Summary of the Federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act
President Trump signed the Federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act last night. It will take effect on April 1, 2020. The Act is an economic...
Sick Leave and OFLA Guidance for Employers Regarding Coronavirus
As you are probably aware, Oregon has ordered all public schools to close through March 31 as a step in trying to contain the spread of coronavirus....