Chalkline Magazine Winter 2022-23

The Official Publication of the Home Builders Association of Marion & Polk Counties

2023 Board of Directors

OFFICERS

PRESIDENT Oleg Foksha, Foksha Homes

VICE PRESIDENT Jordan Schweiger, Good Well Construction

SECRETARY/TREASURER

Andrew Wheeler, T. Wheeler Homes

ASSOCIATE VICE-PRESIDENT Santiago Sarmiento, Sarmiento’s LLC

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Jason Sawyers, Randy Fultz Custom Homes, LLC

FORMER PAST PRESIDENT Jubal Frost, Focus Development

BOARD MEMBERS

Adam Kelley, Neighborly Ventures

Alyssa Wavra, Wavra Design Co. Beth Rhoades, C & R Remodeling

Connor Reiten, PNGC Power

David Qualls, Parr Lumber

Fred Martin, F & W Fence

Jason Flores, Celtic Homes

Jed Bennett, Steve Bennett Construction

Jeff Reynolds, Home Fire Stove

John Eld, Bonaventure Senior Living

Justen Maron, Olsen Communities

Natalie Janney, MultiTech Engineering

Samantha Crabb, Cherry City Interiors & Design Association

Staff

Mike Erdmann, Chief Executive Officer mike@HomeBuildersAssociation.org

Haley Hamilton, Director of Shows & Events haley@HomeBuildersAssociation.org

April McVay, Director of Member Services april@HomeBuildersAssociation.org

Brad Nanke, Director of Safety & Training brad@HomeBuildersAssociation.org

Tracy Mitchell, Contract Accountant accounting@HomeBuildersAssociation.org

Home Builders Association of Marion & Polk Counties

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Welcome New & Reinstated Members

2020 Construction Group, LLC Sam Lapray (503) 931-2315

AB Construction Group Arnold Sanchez (971) 707-7234

American Landscape Maintenance and Irrigation LLC Rito Sanchez (503) 925-5793

Barkas Construction Inc. Alex Seledkov (503) 932-2885

Big Valley Electric, LLC Ramiro Ramirez (541) 619-8302

Cherry City Handyman & Remodeling Pete Carson (541) 678-5068

Cherry City Interiors & Design Jeff Guzman (503) 999-1278

Cherry City Interiors & Design Seth Steele (503) 881-9830

Coachella Construction LLC Jaime Olvera (503) 957-4191

Eagle Hardscapes LLC Erique Bugarin (503) 507-1280

Exterior Redevelopment LLC Francisco Chicas (360) 281-8921

Farline Bridge, Inc. Joey Walczak (503) 769-3014

First American Title Brandy Fuller (503) 581-0555

First American Title Victor Johnson (503) 581-0555

New & Reinstated Members continues on Page 13

Dropped Members

Do you know or do business with any former members of the association? If so, give them a call and encourage them to maintain their HBA membership. You’ll get a Spike Credit, plus help keep the association strong.

3D/RE Chris Fischer (503) 580-1192

Breezy HVAC & Construction Trevor Jaeger (503) 569-8840

Camacho House Keeping Ralph Camacho (503) 569-4974

Cherry City Construction, Inc. Thurm Krater (503) 390-6601

Comcast Xfinity Julia Mulkey (541) 207-6656

Dropped Members continues on Page 14

The Spike Club is an exclusive group of members who contribute to the growth of the association by recruiting and retaining members. Spikes maintain a special status, have the respect of their peers as valued members of the HBA and are recognized for their efforts locally and nationally. To become a Spike, bring in six members to the HBA. Applications for prospective members may be obtained from the HBA office, or call to have one sent to the prospective member.

ALL TIME BIG SPIKE 1500+ John Gooley 2665

STATESMAN SPIKE 500+ Ric McNall 808

SUPER SPIKE 250–499

Mike Smith 480 John Mills 436 Rick Massey 434 Dan Dorn 370

Jeffrey Green 365 Chuck Foster 290 Jubal Frost 277 Mike Riddle 256

ROYAL SPIKE 150–249

Greg Conser 249 Steve Johnson 247 Tom Wheeler 209 Don Druliner 203

Jordan Schweiger 197 Randy Fultz 178 Rick Ziebell 172 Ken Hannegan 166

RED SPIKE 100–149

Kelvin Dettwyler 146 Rob Rardin 126 John Hammer 101

GREEN SPIKE 50–99

Matt Holstege 96 Brad Moore 90 Kent Kaufman 86 Rich Kansky 84 Larry Bilyeu 75 Eric Olsen 74 Don Sturgeon 67

Kathy Temple 65 Kerry Kuenzi 63 Eric Templeton 58 Serge Serdsev 57 Mike Smith 56 Patrick Jackson 55 Randy Melton 50

LIFE SPIKE 25–49

Eric Jensen 49 Rich Tovar 48 Jim Hobbs 47 Steve Herr 46 Michael Devlin 46 Ryan Bloedel 45 Jason Sawyers 39 David Hafner 39 Nolan Fridley 37

Tim Kelsh 34

Oleg Foksha 30 Laura Dorn 29 Mark Shipman 29 Kevin Stone 28 Hunter Emerick 28 Randy Reeves 27 Rich Fry 26 Chad Robb 25

BLUE SPIKE 6–24

Kraig Kelly 24 Steve Hurley 24 Peter Strauhal 22 Jason Robertson 22 Robert Kleinke 22 Andrew Wheeler 21 Brett Tallan 13 Don Lulay 12 Gary Epping 11 Chad Montgomery 11

Ricky Fast 10 Chris Rasmussen 10 Jim Sparkman 9 Bonique Hollinrake 8 Tracy Belle 8

Kelli Terjeson 7 Dave Van Lydegraf 6 Barry Bray 6 Caleb Remington 6 Leslie Savage 6

We are an association of building industry professionals committed to supporting our members. We advocate for balanced, efficient, and responsible development while promoting the social and economic values of homeownership in our community.

President’s Message

Hello everyone! I’m excited to be writing to you for the first time as President of the HBA. This year seemed to fly by in the blink of an eye. I hope that you’re finding time in your schedule to spend with your family and friends as we near the end of the year.

The winter months in our industry can be slow, especially this year with the change in our economy. Remember that slow doesn’t mean your business has to stop growing. This is a great time for each individual and business owner to focus on growth for the upcoming year. Take time to evaluate what’s important for your business, where you see it going and what steps you need to take to see the growth come to fruition.

This spring will be very competitive as shown by the lack of construction starts. I encourage all general contractors and builders to look closely at the list of associate members, whether it be vendors or subcontractors. As an industry we should work from within and have good conversations with contractors regarding how they bid on projects. This may be a challenge for some, if not most of us, but it is vital.

Membership is now more important than ever with the changing market conditions, interest rates skyrocketing, and the lowest number of new construction starts in 10 years. It’s crucial for members to take advantage of the offers

by Oleg Foksha 2023 HBA President

and incentives offered by the association ranging from fuel pricing, list of new starts and permits from the county and city, healthcare and insurance incentives and more.

Over the last few years, I’ve been involved myself in the HBA at many capacities beginning with being a board member, on the board, serving as vice president and building the 2022 HBA New Product House. I quickly took notice of the quality of the people involved. Not only do we greatly influence our building community but also our community. It really shows how much we care about our city and surrounding areas. I highly encourage everyone to get involved and see how we can all thrive together not only as an association but as a community.

Sincerely,

Oleg Foksha

Inspired by nature’s honeycomb.

The hexagonal grid used in honeycomb is the most efficient way to cover an area with minimal circumference or boundary. Charles Darwin described it as a masterpiece of engineering, “absolutely perfect in economizing labor and wax.” The use of this shape reflects Hagan Hamilton’s ongoing commitment to proficiency and resourcefulness.

Much like a beehive, Hagan Hamilton is a humming, thriving community in which everyone plays a distinct role but is united in shared purpose. We are industrious, but also operate as a family — working toward something greater than ourselves.

Call us at 503-344-1300.

Chris McLaran chris@haganhamilton.com

T.J. Sullivan TJ@haganhamilton.com

Associations representing Oregon’s home builders, bankers, and REALTORS® are partnering for the fourth annual Oregon Housing Economic Summit to be held virtually on Thursday, January 19th, 2023. The event brings together leading industry experts and Oregon legislators to discuss current economic and housing-related challenges and proposed solutions to Oregon’s housing supply and affordability crisis.

Presented by Oregon Home Builders Association, Oregon Bankers Association, and Oregon REALTORS®, the Oregon Housing Economic Summit is a three-hour virtual event open to the public for a registration fee of $59. Registration is available online at www. oregonhba.com/oregon-housing-economic-summit-2023/

The program begins a 9 a.m. with a housing economic update presented by Molly Bloesel, an economist in the Office of the Chief Economist at CoreLogic, a leading global property information, analytics, and data-enabled solutions provider. Economist Josh Lehner, State of Oregon , Office of Economic Analysis, will examine Oregon’s economic conditions and implications on housing affordability.

Additional sessions include panel discussions around financing and development and an in-depth discussion with Oregon legislators about prospective solutions to Oregon’s housing supply shortage.

Oregon HBA Sues State Land Use Planning Agency Over New Planning Rules

Led by the Oregon Home Builders Association, four Oregon-based business and trade organizations filed suit December 1 against Oregon’s Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) to challenge the hurried and fractured process by which it wrote and adopted land use rules following Gov. Kate Brown’s executive order on climate change.  These rules represent the largest change in decades to Oregon’s land use law, and was done entirely through state agency rulemaking without legislative direction or adequate public input.

The Oregon Home Builders Association (OHBA), Oregon Association of Realtors (OAR), Oregon Business & Industry (OBI), and Oregon Trucking Associations (OTA) assert that the final Climate-Friendly and Equitable Communities (CFEC) rules should be invalidated because they were adopted without a genuine opportunity for review, public comment, or response to important questions posed by the public and key stakeholders.

Following Gov. Kate Brown’s executive order in March 2020, state agencies were directed to create new policies to reduce emissions across various industries. While the business groups in this suit support collaborative action to address and mitigate the impacts of climate change, they challenge the opaque and hasty process that led to the creation of these rules. Petitioners take issue with the fact that the CFEC rules adopted by DLCD in July 2022 were substantially changed from the rules the agency notified the public of in February 2022. Numerous rule rewrites were made without publishing additional Notice of Rulemaking, the public was not afforded the opportunity to comment on the final set of rules, and direct questions

Professional Women in Building or PWB is getting it done!! Congrats to all who helped make the Simonka Place New Life Fellowship Lounge remodel a success. Our PWB members remodeled a dated and uninviting living area, turning this space into a warm and welcoming haven for women living at Simoka Place and taking part in their two-year recovery program. A Big Thank you to Radigan Remodeling’s Misti Miller for the paint, electrical, and lots of labor, Cherry City Interior’s Samantha Crabb for donating the Luxury Vinyl Plank flooring, Ticor Title’s Heather Smith and crew for the TV and bracket donation, Monarch Window Coverings’ Jeni Huntington & Carrie Daye for the window coverings and to Brooke Herbert of Washington Federal for the table and chairs. To all the businesses, donors and volunteers who made this a huge success - thank you for all your time and effort! What a difference we can make in women’s lives just by being a part of their future. PWB plans on having an ongoing relationship with Simonka Place and moving on to the next need in the near future.

from the Petitioners to DLCD regarding the impact and scope of the new rules were left unanswered.

Petitioners argue that the Department failed to properly re-inform the public of what the final rules included and did not give Oregonians the opportunity to weigh in on the final set of rules before adoption.

“The rules that DLCD adopted are highly technical and in our view did not undergo the rigorous vetting and public comment process that such large-scale and impactful changes should require,” said Mark Long, CEO of OHBA. “The result is essentially a new set of rules with unknown long-term impacts that are incredibly difficult to understand for the public. We were not afforded the opportunity to make public comment before final adoption, and our attempts to better understand the rules and their impact were dismissed.”

“We’re concerned about the flawed process used for these rules and the precedent it sets for other agencies when setting important public policy,” Long said. “Regardless of the subject matter, permanent rules should not be adopted without transparency, consistency, and meaningful opportunity for public comment and notice.”

Earlier this fall, a group of 13 local governments – a dozen cities and Marion County – filed a lengthy Petition for Review challenging the same CFEC rules, focused chiefly on substantive authority issues. The day after they filed their petition, they also filed a motion asking the Court of Appeals to stay enforcement of the CFEC rules pending resolution of the petition for review. Once the local governments’ motion to stay the rules is resolved (likely late December), we will work to consolidate our case with theirs so that the respective petitions can be considered on the same schedule and by the same panel.

Did we mention the PWB had their first official Holiday gathering? Thanks to Haley Hamilton and her husband Steve for opening their home to us all. What a delight to meet all the members and spouses. We did a gift exchange and enjoyed each other’s company.

Our PWB members will be involved in having a booth at the Mid-Valley Home Show, January 13th – 15th. This will provide an excellent opportunity for reaching young people and chatting about the building trades. If you would like to be a part of our booth and take some shifts, contact April or Haley for more information. Don’t forget we have the Yard, Garden &Home show coming March 24 -26 too.

Since our start up in June 2022 we have 24 member’s total. Our council is a National Home Builders Association affiliated council. We get great support from National but its members like you that help make our goals reality. We are always welcoming new members, donations, and ideas.

Our next meeting is scheduled for January 19th. They are the 3rd Thursday of each month, 8:30am at the HBA office. We will be making plans and setting goals for 2023. Bring a friend and join us. You don’t have to be a PWB member to check us out. It takes a village, and we can make great things happen!! Hope to see YOU at a meeting soon.

Paid Leave Oregon Becomes Effective January 1st

Oregon’s new paid family and medical leave program, known as ‘Paid Leave Oregon’, goes into effect January 1st, with new requirements for employer and employee contributions. Paid Leave Oregon allows employees to take up to twelve weeks of paid leave for certain covered events, with these benefits being in addition to and not replacing any company provided time off (sick pay, vacation, PTO, etc).

The program is funded through a combination of employer and employee contributions, with mandatory payments into the program beginning January 1st. Smaller employers with less than 25 employees will be exempt from the employer contributions even though they will have to collect and submit payments on behalf of their employees. Employees can start applying for paid leave benefits beginning September 3rd.

Contribution amounts will be determined by the Oregon Employment Department each year and will not be more than 1% of gross wages, with the 2023 contribution rate being 1%. Employees will pay 60% of the contribution, while employers with 25 or more employees pay 40%.

Contributions by Employers with 25 or more employees

Businesses who employ 25 or more employees will share the costs of contributions to the program, with employers paying 0.4% of

payroll and employees paying 0.6% of their pay. For example, if an employee’s gross wages totals $1,000 dollars, the employer would contribute $4 and also withhold $6 from the employee

Contributions by Employers with fewer than 25 employees Business with less than 25% employees are exempt from the employer contribution, but must still withhold and submit the employees’ contributions of 0.6% of pay. In this case, if an employee’s gross wages totals $1,000, the employer would be exempt from contributions, but would still need to withhold and submit $6 on behalf of the employee.

Employee Paid Leave Benefits

Employees who made $1,000 or more in the four out of five quarters before applying for Paid Leave and are experiencing an event that qualifies them for paid leave may be eligible for benefits, beginning September 3rd, 2023, whether they work full-time, part-time or for more than one job or employer. Eligible life events than qualify for paid leave include the birth of a child; bonding with a child in the first year after birth or adoption, or when placed in the employee’s home through foster care; to care for a family member with a serious illness or injury; to care for themselves when they have a serious illness or injury; or for survivors of sexual assaults, domestic violence, harassment or stalking. Employers are not responsible for deciding if an employee is eligible or managing any claims, as Paid Leave

HBA forms Professional Women in Building Council

By James Day

The Home Builders Association of Marion & Polk Counties has created a council aimed at increasing opportunities for women in the building industry.

The Professional Women in Building Council has more than 20 members, including one man, and already is working on its first project.

“Our goal for the PWB Council is to promote and support professional women in the residential building industry,” said Mike Erdmann, CEO of the Home Builders Association of Marion & Polk Counties. “The building industry is very much a male-dominated industry, but we want to do everything we can to encourage and support women in the industry, to help them succeed and hopefully attract others to an industry that they may not have considered in the past.”

Spearheading the Marion/Polk PWB is Natalie Janney, a civil engineer with Multi/Tech Engineering Services of Salem.

Erdmann floated the idea of the council to Janney and others at an HBA Board meeting.

“At that time, I was really wishing that there was some kind of professional women’s group in the Salem area, but nothing else felt like it was the right fit,” Janney said.

The Salem-area group met informally with a Portland PWB counterpart and

Charting a New Course

when 14 local HBA members participated, Janney said that “was a signal that there was a desire for this kind of group.”

Later, when it came time to officially form the group, Janney said, “I was approached by a couple of people who thought I would be a person to lead the group initially. I’m still not entirely sure why.  But I did have a feeling that since this was a group that I felt like I needed, it was important that I be involved in helping it take shape. So I kind of feel like I was ‘voluntold’ to be the first chair.  Hopefully I am living up to their expectations.”

Erdmann noted that a number of HBAs around the country as well as the National Association of Home Builders have organized women in building councils, “so we’ve modeled our group here after the success that others have had.”

Erdmann also praised leaders in the Portland PWB Council who he

MISSION STATEMENT

The Professional Women in Building Council (PWB) of Marion & Polk Counties believes in providing community, a place for learning, and philanthropy for women involved in all aspects of residential building.  We at PWB provide a space in the residential building industry for women to use their voices and skills to help build and empower the people and communities we live in.

said “were extremely helpful in working with us as we prepared to launch here in Salem. Membership in PWB is open to any member of the association, or any employee of an association member, and we’ve had dozens of women join, eager to get involved.”

Janney, who received key leadership support from Beth Rhoades, an HBA board member from C&R Remodeling, said that the current PWB roster includes “some remodeling companies, the banking and title industry, a couple of metalworks companies, engineering and land use, flooring and finishes, window coverings, and realtors.  It’s a fairly diverse group.”

That said, Janney also notes that “it can be intimidating to go to events where you don’t know anyone, and that’s another benefit that PWB can provide.  It’s a smaller group to get to know people which makes it easier to go to large events because there’s usually at least one of us there.  And it is such a great group of women so far.  I am so excited for what is to come with PWB and the direction we are going.”

First Project

The local PWB already is working on its first mission, an interior remodeling project at Simonka Place, a women’s transitional housing and emergency shelter in Keizer that is run by the Union Gospel Mission.

“I don’t remember exactly how the idea of Simonka Place came up,” Janney said. “One of our members, Claire Juran with Remodeling by Classic Homes, had recently worked on a remodel of one of the bathrooms so we were able to ask her a lot of questions in the beginning about how that process went.

“The group liked the idea of doing a service project that helped women in the community.  And we felt like it was a

ABOUT SIMONKA PLACE

Simonka Place provides emergency shelter and meals to meet immediate needs in a trauma-informed environment. Often, even a few nights of supportive shelter and trauma-informed care are enough to help single women and mothers with children regroup and identify a safe place for themselves and their family.

On average, mothers and children stay for six months. Children benefit from school-related case management and are tutored and supported for school success. All of the women (singles and mothers) connect with programs to stabilize and secure housing and employment.

A group of women in the building trades has volunteered to do some interior remodeling work at Simonka Place in Keizer. The artists’ rendering at lower right shows how the women’s council plans to redesign a room that will house a drug counseling program at Simonka.

manageable-sized project for how new our group was. It seems like a good fit for a women-led group to do something that helps lift up other women.”

The PWB, Janney said, will be renovating the living room for the New Fellowship program, a drug rehabilitation initiative for women, who must make a 2-year commitment.

“The room in its current condition is outdated,” Janney said, “with broken furniture and just two fluorescent ceiling lights that makes the space feel cold, unfriendly and a little dark.  It’s also an interior room, so that makes the space even darker and less inviting.”

The PWB will be replacing the carpet with luxury vinyl plank (materials and installation donated by Cherry City Interiors), replacing the fluorescent lighting, redoing some drywall, painting (labor and paint are being donated by Radigan Remodeling), putting in a new TV and TV mount (donated by Ticor Title), and refurnishing the room with a new sectional, storage, and a small table for activities (donated by PWB member Brooke Herbert).

“The room will look much different when we are done,” Janney said. “Hopefully it will provide the women with a calm space to relax and enjoy some free time.”

Janney said the PWB “likely will have to hire for some of the work.  Other members will be helping with some of the work as well.  For example,I think we will do the painting ourselves. PWB members will be the ones to put in the furniture, hang decor, etc.”

Looking ahead

There is no road map for the PWB to follow, which gives the local group and others the freedom to chart their own course.

“Because we are still fairly new, we are still trying to figure out exactly what the group will look like,” Janney said. “My hope is that it can be a combination of networking, community service, education, and support for women in our industry.  Ultimately, I think we would love to have the ability to have mentorship opportunities.  We need more people in the building industry and that needs to include women as well.

“I don’t think it is any secret that the construction industry is a male-dominated field.  And the unfortunate truth is that there can be some extra challenges for being a woman in a male-dominated field.  I think PWB can be a way to support women in this male dominated industry.  For example, one of the things I want to put together in the new year is a lunch-and-learn where we discuss human resource/ workplace issues that are unique to women.”

Janney said the PWB hopes to help Simonka Place in other ways in the future.  Possibilities include redoing another space or perhaps a food drive, or a coat/clothing campaign.

“I would also like to see us do some outreach in elementary schools,” Janney said. “The Utah PWB Council built an entire house using all female members and now there’s a children’s book called ‘The House that She Built.’  I would like to see us go read and do activities with early elementary students so young girls can see that engineering/ construction/building isn’t just for boys.

“It’s hard to be what you cannot see, so I want to increase the visibility of women in our industry.”

Who: Natalie Janney

Age: 37

Hometown: Keizer Residence: Keizer, also has lived in Corvallis, Nottingham (UK) and Salem.

Education: Bachelors and masters in civil engineering from Oregon State University

Career stops: Has worked in various positions at Multi/ Tech Engineering Services, where she currently is vice-president

Family: Husband Phil and children Henry, Annabelle and Lachlan

Hobbies: reading, baking and learning to speak Spanish

Safety Committee or Safety Meetings?

As we move into a new year, it’s a good time to review your safety program. One of the basic requirements is that unless you are the sole owner and the only employee of a corporation, your business must have a safety committee or hold safety meetings if you are an employer in Oregon.

You can choose whether you have a safety committee or have safety meetings if more than half of your employees work at construction sites, travel frequently between jobs away from your location, or work in an office environment, otherwise you must have a safety committee.

Safety Meeting Requirements:

Who Must Attend: All available employees and at least one person with management authority to correct discussed hazards.

How Often: If you have construction workers: Meet at least monthly and meet before the start of each job that lasts more than one week. If your employees do mostly office work: Meet at least quarterly. All other employers: Meet at least monthly.

Topics: Safety meetings must include discussions of employees’ concerns about workplace safety or health conditions, accident investigations, causes, and suggested corrective measures.

Minutes: If your employees do construction, utility work, or manufacturing, you must keep minutes of all safety meetings for three years. All other employers do not have to keep minutes if all employees attend the meetings. You must keep minutes at meetings when any employee is absent.

Safety Committee Requirements:

Members: an equal number of employer-selected members and employee-elected (or volunteer) members. Membership depends on how many employees your business has. If your business has 20 or fewer employees, your committee needs at least two members, more than 20 employees, your committee needs at least four members.

Members must represent the major activities of the company.

How Often: If employees do mostly office work, meet quarterly, if other than office work, meet monthly.

Roles:

• Work with management to establish accident investigation procedures that will identify hazards and ensure that they are corrected.

safety

Safety and Training

Establish a system for employees to report hazards to management and suggest how to correct hazards.

• Establish a procedure for reviewing inspection reports and making recommendations to management.

Evaluate all accident and incident investigations and recommend how to prevent them from happening again.

• Make safety committee meeting minutes available for all employees to review.

Evaluate how management holds employees accountable for working safely and recommend ways to strengthen accountability.

• Perform quarterly workplace safety and health inspections.

Training: Members must be trained in accident and incident investigation principles and know how to apply them and be trained in hazard identification.

Minutes: You must keep minutes of all safety committee meetings for three years.

Resources: HBA monthly safety topics are sent to members and help satisfy the safety meeting requirements. If you would like to be included on the distribution or if you have any questions on this topic, contact Brad Nanke at 503-990-9216 or brad@homebuildersassociation.org.

Oregon OSHA offers a Safety Committee Suite that satisfies the safety committee member’s training requirements. Please go to the OSHA website at orosha.org to obtain valuable information and access training resources under “publications” and “education” on the “safety committees” A-Z topics web page.

Oregon will make those determinations. Employer also do not pay the employee while they are away, as all payments are made through Paid Leave Oregon.

Employees who have been employed with an employer for at least ninety days may take job-protected leave, and may take up to twelve weeks of paid leave per year.

Employer Responsibilities

In addition to filing quarterly wage reports and making the contributions, employers must provide written notice to all employees of their duties and rights, with notices being in the language the employer typically uses to communicate with the employee. Employers will also have to provide job protection for employees who have been with the company for at least 90 days, must maintain the same level of benefits while the employee is out on leave, and may not require employees to use their PTO in lieu of Paid Leave Oregon benefits.

Knowing that there will be many questions from employers about these new requirements, the HBA will be offering additional education for employers in 2023, beginning with the HBA’s monthly luncheon over the noon hour on Wednesday, January 18th at the Northwest Wine Studies Center (formerly Chemeketa Viticulture Center) in West Salem. Employement attorney David Briggs of Saalfeld Griggs PC will be providing an overview of the requirements and the steps employers should be taking now. Register for the luncheon online, or by calling the HBA at 503-399-1500.

Welcome New & Reinstated Members

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Folsom + Sons Construction LLC

Caleb Folsom (503) 979-1188

Garcia & Sons Drywall LLC

Jose Garcia (503) 551-1363

Garr Construction Greg Artunyan (971) 218-5522

Guaranteed Rate

Sierra Hall (971) 218-3146

Hurley Design Group

Tim Hurley (541) 791-9880

ISO Plumbing & Mechanical LLC

Frank & Barbara Slinger (971) 719-2896

John Dom & Rich Inc

Ricardo Escobeda Barraza (503) 510-6208

L&L Woodworks llc

Lazer Avgi (503) 989-9051

Mann Mortgage

Jim Bedingfield (503) 910-2457

Master Construction 5 Inc.

Jaime Arellano (503) 891-8195

Mustang Truss, Inc

Cliff Foster (503) 399-1432

Onyx Roofing LLC

Danny Speten (971) 600-8502

PNGC Power Connor Reiten (503) 310-4831

Professional Abatement Contracting LLC

Isabel Cabballero (971) 388-5701

Providence Construction Group LLC

Jubal Frost (503) 849-3337

Roofline Supply & Delivery

Robert Stevens (503) 581-4625

Saalfeld Griggs PC Jim MacDonald (503) 399-1070

Sotelo Framing LLC

Joshua Sotelo (503) 519-5669

Sunco Homes

Janelle McLaughlin (503) 949-2244

Sunco Homes

Kory Dorn (503) 362-4848

Tradition Real Estate Partners

Mandi Mack (971) 701-5052

Vitek Construction Sergio Sanchez (503) 857-7355

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Months of Inventory on Market

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D&K Installations

Josh Klug (503) 932-7648

DeGood’s Concrete Pumping

Glenn DeGood (503) 391-6982

E G Drywall, LLC

Eduardo Gonzales 503-576-0406

First Federal

Sandy Schultz (503) 435-3252

H & H Heating

Joey Hill (503) 930-4557

Fidelity National Title

Kimberlee Chasteen (503) 585-7219

Knapp Davis Chartrey LLC

Michael Chartrey (503) 391-0664

Liberty Homes

Gene Trofimchik (360) 991-5661

Light Benders

Kellan Sheeley (800) 848-6307

M & S Yard Service

Mike Guedon (503) 351-9768

MMI Construction

Mike Stackpole (503) 559-4943

Mountain View Masonry

Tony Jones (503) 434-0639

Nissi Construction

Jose Nunez (503) 400-8945

Northwestern Mutual - Jared A. Virtue

Jared Virtue (503) 798-9262

NWG Tree LLC

Chris Kelley (971) 300-3048

Quality Works Construction

Fred Erofeeff (503) 951-0910

Synergy One Lending

Ben Nelson (971) 268-5121

Universal Forest ProductsWoodburn

Alex Baldwin (503) 226-6240

Valley Flooring Center Jason Wick (503) 371-8188

Williamson-James Homes Gary Williamson (503) 932-3669