In 2021, HB 2818 temporarily amended Oregon’s Pay Equity law to allow employers to exclude hiring and retention bonuses and vaccine incentives from the definition of compensation for purposes of Oregon’s Pay Equity law. These temporary exclusions expired on March 1, 2022.
On March 7, Governor Brown signed SB 1514 which allows employers to continue to exclude hiring and retention bonuses and vaccine incentives from the definition of compensation through 180 days past the end of Oregon’s COVID-19 state of emergency. The state of emergency is currently slated to end on April 1, 2022, which means these temporary exceptions will be permitted through September 28, 2022.
After that date, hiring and retention bonus and vaccine incentives will be included under the definition of compensation under Oregon’s Pay Equity Law.
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