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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black"><img width="229" height="74" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01CF021D.B595E340"></span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Press Release</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">December 26, 2013</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">CONTACT: Charlie Burr, (971) 673-0788 office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:black">Top five things to know about Oregon’s 2014 minimum wage increase<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Oregon minimum wage set to increase to $9.10 January 1</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">PORTLAND–</span></b><span style="color:black">As Oregon prepares to see its minimum wage increase in the new year, the Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) today issued the following
</span><span style="color:#363636">five things to know about the state’s minimum wage:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Nearly <b>100,000 Oregon workers</b> will see wage increases starting January 1<sup>st</sup>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="color:black">Oregon’s minimum wage will increase from $8.95 to $9.10 for 98,000 minimum wage employees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">The 2014 increase for Oregon’s minimum wage will
<b>boost consumer purchasing power</b> and is expected to generate more than <b>$20 million in new economic activity for the state</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="color:black">The minimum wage adjustment will mean that directly-affected employees working 30 hours a week will have $234 more to spend on goods in 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Oregon’s minimum wage is tied to inflation to help employees keep pace with
<b>the rising cost of goods and services</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="color:black">In 2002, Oregon voters passed an indexed minimum wage that increases based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), a figure published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics to track
prices for a fixed market basket of goods. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Most minimum wage workers are at
<b>least 20 years old</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">According to the Economic Policy Institute, roughly 80 percent of all minimum wage workers living in states with an indexed minimum wage last year were at least 20 years old. In addition,
about <b>two thirds of all workers across the country earning a minimum wage or less are women</b>, according to the National Women’s Law Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Employers can <b>download 2014 minimum wage posters for free</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="color:black">Oregon employers can download free minimum wage posters from BOLI’s website at
</span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/boli/WHD/pages/minimum_wage_posters.aspx">www.oregon.gov/boli/WHD/pages/minimum_wage_posters.aspx</a><span style="color:black">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">For more information about BOLI’s efforts to support Oregon’s workforce and provide assistance to Oregon employers, please visit
</span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/BOLI">http://www.oregon.gov/BOLI</a><span style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Charlie Burr<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Communications Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bureau of Labor and Industries<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">800 NE Oregon St., Ste. 1045<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Portland, OR 97232-2180<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(971) 673-0788 wk.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(503) 913-5407 cell.<o:p></o:p></p>
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