June 22, 2022
Joe Spagnualo
Businesses Impacted by COVID-19 Pandemic Now Eligible for UI Payroll Tax Relief
Governor Kate Brown signed into law House Bill 3389, which provides UI tax relief and deferral for 2021 unemployment insurance (UI) payroll taxes to qualifying businesses. The tax relief program was collaboratively developed by the Oregon Employment Department, Gov. Brown, …
How Employers Can Report Job Refusal by Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Unemployed workers cannot refuse job offers or a recall to their previous job (if temporarily laid off) because of their un-employment benefit amount. Refusing work solely due to weekly unemployment benefit payments is considered fraud. The Employment Department provides ways …
Oregon Work Share Program
An alternative for employers and workers who may be facing the prospect of a layoff situation. With Work Share, instead of reducing staff, an employer reduces the hours of work for a group of workers.