by Allison Julander | Jun 7, 2017 | Employment Law
Last year, Senate Bill 1532 was signed into law, beginning a process that will progressively increase Oregon’s minimum wage over the next 5 years. Effective July 1, 2017, Oregon’s minimum wage will change to the following rates dependent on location:...
by Brandon Laws | Jun 5, 2017 | HR for Small Business
Episode number one started with Lacey Halpern, a Senior Human Resources Business Partner at Xenium HR, so we brought her back to celebrate episode number 100. In this “mailbag” episode, Lacey answers rapid fire questions on everything from defining illegal...
by Allison Julander | May 11, 2017 | Employment Law
There’s been a lot of buzz in the past month regarding equal pay and how an individual’s former wages should or should not inform their future wages. Here’s what’s been happening: Progress for equal pay On April 5th, rather appropriately the day after Equal Pay Day,...
by Allison Julander | Mar 6, 2017 | Compensation
Tyler Meuwissen, Xenium’s Compensation and HR Analyst, contributed to this post. Say your company purchased a huge piece of complicated machinery for $1,000,000. You would want to take the time to understand it and put time and energy into maintaining it...
by Allison Julander | Sep 19, 2016 | Employment Law
In early August, the state of Massachusetts enacted a groundbreaking law that will prohibit companies from asking job applicants about their wages at prior positions. The intent of the legislation is to eliminate an unfair bias against an applicant and aid underpaid...
