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Two weeks before the July 1, 2016 new minimum wage effective date BOLI issued new administrative guidance for employers with minimum wage employees who provide services in multiple Oregon geographic regions during any given pay period. The new guidance provides three key rules for employers:
1. If an employee performs more than 50% of his/her work during a pay period at a fixed business location, the minimum wage rate for the region encompassing that business location applies to all hours worked during the pay period.
2. Delivery workers who start and end their work at the same fixed business location should be paid at least the minimum wage rate for the region encompassing that business location, notwithstanding deliveries made outside that region.
3. For those employees who do not perform more than 50% of their work during a pay period at a fixed business location, the employer must either:
(a) Track and maintain a record of where the employee performs his/her work and pay at least the applicable wage rate for each region where the work was performed, or
(b) For all hours worked during the pay period, pay the highest wage rate required for any region in which the employee worked.
Employers should review their payroll practices, evaluate the options above for any employees working in more than one of the defined regions and implement changes to comply with the requirement.
For a more detailed overview of the new Oregon minimum wage changes click here
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