The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries announced recently that pursuant to Initiative 688, the minimum wage for the state of Washington would increase from $8.67 to $9.04 per hour effective January 1, 2012. The law requires an adjustment to the...
Oregon Minimum Wages Increases to $8.80 for 2012
Brad Avakian, Commissioner of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, announced recently that, effective January 1, 2012, the minimum wage for the state of Oregon will increase to $8.80 per hour. Measure 25 Mandates Annual Adjustments As a result of Measure 25,...
Farmers Insurance Agrees to Pay $1.5 Million in Back Wages
Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance Inc. (Farmers) has agreed to pay $1,520,705 in overtime back wages to 3,459 employees following an investigation by the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division that disclosed significant and systemic violations of the...
Oregon Unemployment Wage Base to Increase to $32,300 for 2011
The Oregon Employment Department has announced an increase in the taxable wage base for 2011. The wage base will increase from $32,100 for 2010 to $32,300 for 2011. Find Out the Wage Base for All States by Visiting the Vision Payroll Unemployment Taxable Wage Base...
Oregon Minimum Wages Increases to $8.50 for 2011
Brad Avakian, Commissioner of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, announced recently that, effective January 1, 2011, the minimum wage for the state of Oregon will increase to $8.50 per hour. Measure 25 Mandates Annual Adjustments As a result of Measure 25,...
Oregon Updates 2010 Withholding Requirements for Measure 66
The Oregon Department of Revenue has completed its analysis of the changes required by the passage of Measure 66. For employees with wages less than $125,000, the Oregon Withholding Tax Tables dated January 1, 2007 remain in effect. For employees with wages of...
Oregon Unemployment Wage Base to Increase to $32,100
The Oregon Employment Department has announced an increase in the taxable wage base for 2010. The wage base will increase from $31,300 for 2009 to $32,100 for 2010. Contact Vision Payroll if you have any questions on the Oregon unemployment taxable wage base or visit...
Oregon Minimum Wage to Remain Unchanged for 2010
Brad Avakian, Commissioner of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries announced recently that, effective January 1, 2010, the minimum wage for the state of Oregon will remain at $8.40 per hour. As a result of Measure 25, which passed in 2002, an adjustment to the...
Oregon Minimum Wage to Increase January 1, 2009
Brad Avakian, Commissioner of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries announced recently that, effective January 1, 2009, the minimum wage for the state of Oregon will increase to $8.40 per hour. As a result of Measure 25, which passed in 2002, an adjustment to the...
Oregon Supreme Court Rules Directors’ Fees Not Subject to State Unemployment Tax
The Oregon Supreme Court recently ruled in Necanicum Investment Co. v. Employment Department, SC S055231, July 24, 2008, that directors’ fees paid to a company’s board of directors are not wages for unemployment tax purposes, since the “directors are not ‘employed by’...
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