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Labor commissioner lists goals for second term commissioner in May 2002. He was able’ is six months after the request job as one with health SALEM — Dan Gard- elected to the Oregon House of Repre- and $5,000 (for their time),” he said. care benefits for workers ner was sworn in Jan. 2 to sentatives from District 13 in 1969. Gardner will propose a limit of 45 and their families, and a second term as commis- Gardner served as assistant Democra- days after a records request is made, retirement benefits. sioner of the Oregon Bu- tic leader during the 1999 session and and a yet-to-be-determined “reason- Gardner said he also reau of Labor and Indus- was unanimously elected House De- able cost.” will push for legislation tries. mocratic Leader in 2000. Gardner was first elected labor requiring overtime pay A former state legislator for workers after each and a card-carrying mem- eight-hour shift they ber (third generation) of work. The law was the International Brother- changed in the 1990s to hood of Electrical Workers pay overtime only after Local 48, Gardner outlined DAN GARDNER 40-hours a workweek. his 2007 legislative agenda Gardner said often- — an agenda he says “will times retail employers schedule work- help both Oregon’s workers and the ers 12 to 16 hours a day. If that worker state’s economy over the next four 0\ HQWLUH IDPLO\ EHORQJHG WR XQLRQV LQFOXGLQJ P\VHOI :H’YH KDG doesn’t put in more than 40 hours in years.” ORQJVKRUHPHQUHWDLOFOHUNVHGXFDWRUVDQGZRRGZRUNHUV2XUVRQ that workweek, the hours are all paid BOLI enforces wage and hour LV $VVRFLDWH 'LUHFWRU RI ,QWHUQDWLRQDO $IIDLUV IRU WKH $)/&,2 LQ at straight time. laws, civil rights laws, apprenticeship :DVKLQJWRQ'& “Oregon is an at-will state, so if an training and provides technical assis- ಧ$UFKLH*DFHN2ZQHU*DFHN,QVXUDQFH $UFKLH*DFHN2ZQHU*DFHN,QVXUDQFH $UFKLH*DFHN2ZQHU*DFHN,QVXUDQFH employee refuses to work a 16-hour tance for employers’ programs. BOLI shift, he or she can be fired,” he said. has offices in Portland, Salem, Eu- Gardner said workers are more gene, Bend, Medford and Pendleton, prone to injuries if they work longer employs 106 people, and has a two- than eight hours in a day. His bill year budget of approximately $20 would require time-and-a-half pay af- million. ter eight hours on the job. Gardner said he will continue to Before you renew, call Sharon at 800-682-1717. Gardner also will introduce legisla- bolster efforts to provide top-notch We’re independent—that means we shop on your behalf to find the best pos- technical assistance to state employers tion that will require employers to sible company for your auto, homeowner’s, renter’s, and umbrella insurance. provide personal record requests in a trying to comply with both state and If you don’t call us, we can’t save you any money! federal workplace laws. “It is my firm reasonable amount of time and at a reasonable cost. belief that the vast majority of em- ϭϮϯϬϬ^DĂůůĂƌĚtĂLJ^ƚĞ͘ϮϲϱDŝůǁĂƵŬŝĞ͕KZϵϳϮϮϮϴϬϬͲϲϴϮͲϭϳϭϳ “Some employers think ‘reason- ployers intend to follow the law at all times for the benefit of their workers and their companies,” he said. Additionally, Gardner will work to THE UNION PLUS ® MORTGAGE PROGRAM link Oregon high school students with Provided Exclusively by Chase Home Finance apprenticeship and training centers in order to help fill the gap left by the elimination of vocational education programs in state schools and to help meet the growing shortage of con- struction workers. “We need to get to work immedi- ately to train young Oregonians to help meet the critical shortage of con- struction workers we will soon face here and around the nation,” said Gardner. “Guidance counselors need to be reconnected to the state appren- ticeship programs and all that they can offer.” Gardner said that “robust economic Chase is backing union members with the Union Plus® Mortgage Program — a home development” depends primarily on purchase and refinancing program exclusively for union members, their parents and children. the creation of high-paying, family- • FREE Mortgage Assistance Benefit wage jobs. 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