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Friday, April 18, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
New minimum wage rates announced »
New minimum wage rates announced For hours worked July 1 st  and forward,  Oregon’s minimum wage rates &nb...
Friday, April 18, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
What Oregon employers need to know about immigration status »
What Oregon employers need to know about immigration status What Employers Should Know: Oregon law requires emplo...
Friday, April 4, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Participate in Oregon’s Forestry Workforce Survey »
Associated Oregon Loggers invites all member companies to complete a survey about Oregon’s forestry workforce, which is d...
Friday, March 21, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Help Shape VR Training for Future Loggers! – Join the Logging Safety Advisory Committee »
Oregon State University Extension in partnership with Associated Oregon Loggers is launching a  Virtual Reality (VR)...
Friday, February 7, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Help Shape VR Training for Future Loggers! – Join the Logging Safety Advisory Committee »
Oregon State University Extension in partnership with Associated Oregon Loggers is launching a  Virtual Reality (VR)...
Friday, December 20, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Gold Beach High School Seeks Companies for Spring Career Fair »
Gold Beach High School is happy to announce their 2025 Career Fair on Wednesday, April 2 nd . The event will feature 5 th...
Friday, December 6, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Boost Your Workforce with AOL Scholarships! »
Associated Oregon Loggers' Workforce and Scholarship Committee offers two types of valuable scholarships for member compan...
Friday, December 6, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Women Truck Drivers Drops »
The number of women behind the wheel of commercial vehicles nationally in 2024 reached its lowest point since 2019, accord...
Friday, June 28, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Solicite un Póster de Cumplimiento de la Compensación Laboral »
Todos los empleadores en Oregón que deben brindar cobertura de compensación laboral deben exhibir un cartel de Aviso de cu...
Friday, June 28, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Order a Worker’s Comp Compliance Poster »
All employers in Oregon that are required to provide workers' compensation coverage must display a Notice of Compliance po...
Friday, June 14, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Celebrating Future Forest Leaders: 2024-25 AOL Scholarship Recipients »
Congratulations to the 2024-25 recipients of the Associated Oregon Loggers Scholarship! This program supports students pur...
Friday, February 2, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
State Deploys Detailed Talent Assessment »
Survey available for loggers and forest contractors  Oregon's Higher Education Coordinating Commission  (HECC)...
Friday, December 15, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
OFRI Plan Charts New Direction »
In 1992, Oregon’s Legislature created Oregon Forest Resources Institute (OFRI) to support our forest sector with education...
Friday, December 15, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
Paid Leave Oregon Update Preventing Fraud »
Just like any benefits program, Paid Leave Oregon is experiencing fraud – including people who are using stolen identities...
Friday, November 3, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
BREAKING NEWS – DHS Increases Cap for Critical H-2B Visa Workers for 2024 »
Today, the Department of Homeland Security, with the Department of Labor, announced that it expects to make an additional...
Friday, September 15, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
Employers be Prepared for Paid Leave Oregon »
Employees can apply starting 08/14/23; paid leave began 09/03/23 On January 1, 2023 payroll contributions began for Paid...
Friday, August 18, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
Employers be Prepared for Paid Leave Oregon »
Employees can apply starting 08/14/23; paid leave begins 09/03/23 On January 1, 2023 payroll contributions began f...
Friday, July 21, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
Supply-Chain Issues Lengthen Project Time »
The Survey of Construction by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) shows that the average completion time to b...
Friday, June 16, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
Graduating This Month? Consider a Career in the Forest Sector »
June marks the end of another high school year.  Graduating seniors are contemplating their next stage in life,...
Friday, June 16, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
Skilled Labor Shortfall Accompanies Inflation »
While inflationary pressures are daunting for every logging business, clearly a new challenge ahead for Oregon’s entire fo...
Friday, June 16, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
Labor Shortages in Trades Industries »
While a slowing US economy and housing market could take some pressure off tight labor markets, the long-term labor challe...
Friday, May 19, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
Happiest Jobs »
Raise your hand if you fell in love with the woods at an age you cannot remember.   We know the value of the wo...
Friday, April 21, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
Employer News »
Minimum Wage Increase scheduled for 07/01/23 – Updated Employer Poster Required Oregon’s minimum wage will increase...
Friday, April 21, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
Oregon Sick Time – What Employers Need to Know »
Employers are required to give employees notice of sick time laws.  Download a free sick time poster in  Spanish...
Friday, February 17, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
Small Business Matters »
Small Business Development The Oregon Small Business Development Center Network (SBDC) provides no-cost confidential adv...
Thursday, October 20, 2022   (0 Comments - view/add)
Still Waiting to Hear About EDA Good Jobs Grant »
AOL worked with the Lane Workforce Partnership with many other sectors to develop a proposal for the EDA Good Jobs Challen...
Friday, October 7, 2022   (0 Comments - view/add)
Working Lands and Logger Days »
The Logger Career Day Road show is designed to educate and inform students and educators about Forest industry jobs, as a...
Friday, September 16, 2022   (0 Comments - view/add)
Credentials Add Value to Employees and Job Seekers »
AOL is working with Oregon Society of American Foresters (OSAF) to support the development and roll out of a credentialing...
Friday, September 2, 2022   (0 Comments - view/add)
Teaching the Public About Exciting Careers in Forest Contracting »
The new AOL website features forestry careers through the  Jobs Page . This page features information about the Caree...
Friday, August 5, 2022   (0 Comments - view/add)
Creating the Right Culture »
When you hire a new employee, having the right company culture can make all the difference in weather your turn over rate...
Tuesday, July 5, 2022   (0 Comments - view/add)
Still Waiting to Hear About EDA Good Jobs Grant »
AOL worked with the Lane Workforce Partnership with many other sectors to develop a proposal for the EDA Good Jobs Challen...
Friday, May 20, 2022   (0 Comments - view/add)
Coalitions and Friend-raising »
AOL Officially joining  Baker Resources Coalition ! Working with the Friends of Paul Bunyan to sponsor a Summer Int...
Friday, May 20, 2022   (0 Comments - view/add)
Lewis Logger Day a Huge Success »
Workforce Development Manager worked with Lewis Elementary School and volunteer presenters to host a Logging Career Day fo...
Friday, May 6, 2022   (0 Comments - view/add)
H-2B Supplemental Visa Release Near »
On May 3rd, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sent the second half cap supplemental H-2B rule to the Office of Man...
Thursday, March 24, 2022   (0 Comments - view/add)
Forest Operator Solutions in Oregon »
A few weeks ago, you heard from FRA’s Northeast Region Coordinator, Eric Kingsley, about the struggles in the logging sect...

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