Employment and labor
Minimum wage increase in effect
Must Reads
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
With the start of 2012, Oregon's minimum wage increased 30 cents to $8.80.
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Legacy Health prepares for layoffs
Must Reads
Friday, December 16, 2011
Legacy Health Systems may layoff 400 in its six hospitals due to Medicaid cuts.
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Mac's List of job postings grows
December 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011

1211_MacsList_02Mac’s List, now a weekly newsletter of job postings that goes to nearly 9,000 subscribers, and a website with 36,000 visitors a month — not to mention a Facebook page and a Twitter account — recently graduated from a sideline to a business with a life of its own.

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Ethanol project fuels optimism
November 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

1111_EthanolProjectSeventy jobs may not seem like a lot. But to tiny Clatskanie (population: 1,710) in Columbia County, it’s 70 more people spending money locally who weren’t spending it before.

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Do people follow jobs?
November 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

1111_DoPeopleFollowJobs_01Population and employment have always had a symbiotic relationship. A growing population creates a need for goods and services. A surge in hiring, such as when a new company sets up shop, can create demand for workers from outside the area, boosting the local population. Generally, a change in either can’t be sustained without a similar change in the other.

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