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Understanding This Pension Rule May Help Contractors Avoid Costly Liability Assessments

This post was guest authored by Stoel Rives employee benefits attorneys Bethany Bacci and Abbey Hendricks. If you use union employees in your projects, you may contribute to a multiemployer pension plan—perhaps a few cents or few dollars per hour worked. However, some employers are surprised to learn they could be assessed with “withdrawal liability” … Continue Reading

Legislative Update: House Bill 4154

In February 2018, the Oregon Legislature attempted to push through House Bill 4154, which would have made a general contractor liable for unpaid wages, including benefit payments and contributions, of an employee of a subcontractor at any tier, after that employee files a wage claim and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries … Continue Reading
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