Employment Law

If you are expecting a baby and work, you may wonder about your rights to take time off from work for pregnancy, childbirth and bonding with your newborn. Depending on your situation, you may be eligible for leave under different laws. Family and Medical Leave Act The...

When you lose a job, it can be devastating. Sometimes, there’s nothing for you to do about it but look for a new one. But sometimes, under certain circumstances, you might have a claim for wrongful termination. Wrongful termination occurs when an employer terminates...

Anything that prevents an Oregon worker from performing their duties can lead to them being fearful about being fired. This is even true if they have suffered an injury that is categorized as compensable, meaning that they can get workers’ compensation because it came...

With the rash of terminations and layoffs going on throughout the area, wrongful terminations are a hot topic. However, not all terminations, even if they feel wrong, are not always wrongful, which may make you wonder, what does a wrongful termination look like? One...

Oregon is an at-will employment state where a worker may be fired at any time for almost any reason except if the termination violates a contract or Oregon or federal law. Knowing your employment law rights if you lose your job is important for your career and...

Employment discrimination and wrongful termination are serious charges that employers are not going to take lightly. In Oregon, employees or former employees who believe their treatment on the job violated state employment law should know how to prove their case so...

Employment discrimination can occur for many reasons. This happens not just while a worker is already on the job, but during the hiring process. In Oregon, there are laws in place to protect workers and prospective workers. People who are trying to find work are...

Imagine working hard and performing well at work, only to find yourself out of a job because an employer believes you are too old. Unfortunately, age discrimination like this is very real and has devastating impacts on workers. So what rights and protections against...

Many of us are at least vaguely familiar with the fact that Oregon and federal laws prohibit workplace discrimination on the basis of race, sex, national origin, religion, pregnancy and disability. An often overlooked but very important federal law regarding...

Being treated unfairly at work is frustrating and distressing, especially if you believe you were wrongfully fired for discriminatory reasons. Whether you have rights under state and federal discrimination laws depends, in part, on whether you are in a protected...