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SUMMARY:Economic Forum Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:Registration is closed. Please call Chamber for availability.\n\n\n\nEric Fruits\, Ph.D.\, President and Chief Economist at Economics International Corp.\, will discuss the state's economic environment and highlight how the business ecosystem is surviving open season. He will provide an economic forecast for the next year. He will describe some of the major legislation that has recently passed and look at some potential new legislation likely to be introduced in the 2017 session\, including:\n\n     Minimum wage: Meet your new robot.\n\n     Paid time off: The end of vacation.\n\n     Scheduling certainty/scheduling flexibility: Do you know what the weather will be a month from now?\n\n     The sharing economy: Are Uber drivers employees or contractors?\n\nAgainst this backdrop\, state and local government has declared open season on Oregon businesses. Recent legislative sessions have imposed new minimum wage and sick time mandates on businesses. On top of that\, IP 28 will give voters a chance to impose a massive tax on Oregon businesses. The upcoming elections could bring a supermajority big enough to pass new and bigger taxes. In the meantime\, BOLI is taking pot shots at a businesses big and small.\n\nThe discussion will focus on how businesses can survive and maybe even thrive in Oregon's open season.\n\nEric Fruits\, Ph.D. is president and chief economist at Economics International Corp.\, an Oregon based consulting firm specializing in economics\, finance\, and statistics. He is also an adjunct professor at Portland State University. His economic analysis has been published in The Economist\, the Wall Street Journal\, and USA Today as well as in top-tier academic journals. He has published studies on the employment and income impacts of minimum wage increases. He accurately forecasted the impacts of Measures 66 & 67 on Oregon employment. Dr. Fruits has testified in a special session of the Oregon Supreme Court on PERS reforms.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-size:11px\;">Registration is closed. Please call Chamber for availability.<br />\n<br />\nEric Fruits\, Ph.D.\, President and Chief Economist at <a href="http://www.econinternational.com/about/">Economics International Corp</a>.\,</span><span style="font-size: 11px\; line-height: 17.6px\;"> will discuss the state&rsquo\;s economic environment and highlight how the business ecosystem is surviving open season. He will provide an economic forecast for the next year. He will describe some of the major legislation that has recently passed and look at some potential new legislation likely to be introduced in the 2017 session\, including:</span><br style="font-size: 11px\; line-height: 17.6px\;" />\n<span style="font-size: 11px\; line-height: 17.6px\;">&bull\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\;Minimum wage: Meet your new robot.</span><br style="font-size: 11px\; line-height: 17.6px\;" />\n<span style="font-size: 11px\; line-height: 17.6px\;">&bull\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\;Paid time off: The end of vacation.</span><br style="font-size: 11px\; line-height: 17.6px\;" />\n<span style="font-size: 11px\; line-height: 17.6px\;">&bull\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\;Scheduling certainty/scheduling flexibility: Do you know what the weather will be a month from now?</span><br style="font-size: 11px\; line-height: 17.6px\;" />\n<span style="font-size: 11px\; line-height: 17.6px\;">&bull\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\;The sharing economy: Are&nbsp\;</span>Uber<span style="font-size: 11px\; line-height: 17.6px\;">&nbsp\;drivers employees or contractors?</span><br style="font-size: 11px\; line-height: 17.6px\;" />\n<span style="font-size: 11px\; line-height: 17.6px\;">Against this backdrop\, state and local government has declared open season on Oregon businesses. Recent legislative sessions have imposed new minimum wage and sick time mandates on businesses. On top of that\, IP 28 will give voters a chance to impose a massive tax on Oregon businesses. The upcoming elections could bring a&nbsp\;</span>supermajority<span style="font-size: 11px\; line-height: 17.6px\;">&nbsp\;big enough to pass new and bigger taxes. In the meantime\,&nbsp\;</span>BOLI<span style="font-size: 11px\; line-height: 17.6px\;">&nbsp\;is taking pot shots at a businesses big and small.</span><br style="font-size: 11px\; line-height: 17.6px\;" />\n<span style="font-size: 11px\; line-height: 17.6px\;">The discussion will focus on how businesses can survive&mdash\;and maybe even thrive&mdash\;in Oregon&rsquo\;s open season.</span><br style="font-size: 11px\; line-height: 17.6px\;" />\n<span style="font-size: 11px\; line-height: 17.6px\;">Eric Fruits\, Ph.D. is president and chief economist at Economics International Corp.\, an Oregon based consulting firm specializing in economics\, finance\, and statistics. He is also an adjunct professor at Portland State University. His economic analysis has been published in The Economist\, the Wall Street Journal\, and USA Today as well as in top-tier academic journals. He has published studies on the employment and income impacts of minimum wage increases. He accurately forecasted the impacts of Measures 66 &amp\; 67 on Oregon employment. Dr. Fruits has testified in a special session of the Oregon Supreme Court on&nbsp\;</span>PERS<span style="font-size: 11px\; line-height: 17.6px\;">&nbsp\;reforms.</span><br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Gray Gables Estate 3009 SE Chestnut St Milwaukie\, OR 97267
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URL:https://portal.yourchamber.com/events/details/economic-forum-luncheon-05-25-2016-3381
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