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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><img width="185" height="60" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.gif@01D26D8D.D4EACE20"></span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>January 13, 2017<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CONTACT: Charlie Burr, (971) 673-0788 <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:black">Upcoming employment law seminars will help employers navigate workplace rules, new protections<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="color:black">BOLI compliance experts will focus on leave requirements, civil rights and wage and hour laws<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Portland, OR—The Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) will conduct a series of employment law-focused seminars to help Oregon businesses understand workplace requirements so that they can stay compliant with state
and federal law.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Portland seminars will include an employment law update, overview of Wage and Hour laws, and leave laws in Oregon. An additional six-session series for new supervisors will start Wednesday, January 25<sup>th</sup>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Attendees can secure spots for the seminars by visiting the agency’s
</span>website <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/boli/TA/pages/t_sem_taseminar.aspx#EMPLOYERSEMINARSCHEDULE">
here</a><span style="color:black"> or calling (971) 673-0824. Cost for the Employment Law Update is $35 per attendee. Half-day seminars are $75; full-day sessions are $185 per person. The six-session New Supervisor Training Series runs $305 per attendee.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="color:black">Leave Laws in Oregon</span></b><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="color:black">Portland State Office Building (PSOB)</span></b><span style="color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">800 NE Oregon St<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">Portland, OR 97232<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Check-in 8:30 am</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><a href="http://events.egov.com/eventreg/OR/event.htm?name=leavelawsinoregonportland1">Register Here</a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="color:black">Jan 24</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black"><b>Employment Law Update</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black"><b>Portland State Office Building (PSOB)</b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">800 NE Oregon St<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">Portland, OR 97232<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black"><b>New Supervisor Training Series - Portland (Part 1 of 6)</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black"><b>Portland State Office Building (PSOB)</b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">800 NE Oregon St<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">Portland, OR 97232<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="color:black">Wage & Hour Laws</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="color:black">Portland State Office Building (PSOB)</span></b><span style="color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">800 NE Oregon St<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">Portland, OR 97232<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">“Technical Assistance supports employers so that they can focus on creating jobs and contributing to local economies around the state,” said Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian. “In the year ahead, our agency will
offer a host of seminars targeted at what employers need to know to be successful.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In the past five years, BOLI has nearly tripled the number of public and on-site compliance seminars it conducts, with more than 250 now held each year. In addition, the number of employers calling the employer
hotline has increased by 65 percent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Additional seminar schedules through June can be found online
</span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/boli/TA/pages/t_sem_taseminar.aspx#EMPLOYERSEMINARSCHEDULE">here</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 employers and protect Oregon’s workforce, visit
</span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/BOLI">http://www.oregon.gov/BOLI</a><span style="color:black">.
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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">Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 1045<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Portland, Oregon 97232<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tel: 971-673-0788<o:p></o:p></p>
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