Oregon’s New Statewide Transit Tax Starts July 1, 2018 and All Employers Must Withhold

On July 1, 2018, employers must start withholding the tax (one-tenth of 1 percent or .001) from:​ Wages of Oregon residents (regardless of where the work is performed). Wages of nonresidents who perform services in Oregon. The 2017 Oregon Legislature passed House Bill (HB) 2017, which included the new statewide transit tax. The statewide transit […]

Oregon’s Minimum Wage Increases July 1, 2018. Download the new poster here

The third of seven pre-defined Oregon minimum wage increases will take effect on July 1, 2018.  Enacted by the 2016 Oregon Legislature, Senate Bill 1532 established a series of annual minimum wage rate increases beginning July 1, 2016 through July 1, 2022.  Beginning July 1, 2023, any increases to the minimum wage rate will be indexed to inflation based on the Consumer Price […]