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A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Wage law: Tough choices indeed

Written March 9th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

“Oregon’s new minimum wage will create ‘tough choices’ for public universities,” the Oregonian laments in a headline. No kidding. But the choices it creates for the private sector are tougher still.


What happened to ‘equal pay’?

Written February 19th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

“Nor shall any State… deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” My question may be overly naïve, but how does the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment allow Oregon to treat wage earners and employers as unequally as the Democrats in the Capitol are doing with Senate Bill […]


What forced pay hike would cost

Written February 3rd, 2016 by Hasso Hering

We ought to amend the state constitution to require anyone running for the legislature to have at least three years experience as an employer in private business. We won’t do this, of course, but if we did, destructive schemes like the currently proposed jump in the Oregon minimum wage would not even come up.


 
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