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Companies are instituting casual dress, student debt forgiveness and other programs to attract and retain millennials, the newest members of the workforce. “Millennials are changing the world we live in,” said Peter Kaplan, managing partner of the Melville, N.Y.,  office ...

Sheet metal workers, plumbers and pipe fitters have some of the highest injury rates in the building industry, and McKinstry has spearheaded a coalition to do something about it. McKinstry, a Seattle-based mechanical contractor with an office in Portland, has ...

Organizations known for having a good company culture say it’s important to focus on and value employees because that made them more productive and more likely to stay with the company, reducing the expense and inefficiency of employee turnover. “People ...

It’s too soon to tell what effect a recent change in Idaho’s noncompete law will have, but detractors worry it will make Idaho less competitive in the entrepreneurial marketplace. The bill, H0487, was passed this spring by the Idaho Legislature ...

Paylocity has hired 100 employees in the past year and expects to hire up to 500 people in the next three years. Heartland RV has also found talent for its new manufacturing facility in Nampa. For companies looking to relocate, ...

While human resources departments traditionally run on paper – from job applications to timesheets – increasingly, companies are considering solutions that let them store the information electronically. Nationwide and worldwide consulting firms have encouraged corporations to replace paper-based human resources ...

As projects to create creative office space continue to abound in Portland, interior design has branched out. Spaces increasingly have more fun amenities and ambiences more like a home than a workplace. The current market for interior office design “isn’t ...

As high profile cyber attacks make headlines and spur legislation in Congress, smaller ones are spurring IT officers to work more closely with employees, who are seen as the first line of defense in deterring hackers. Employees are often tricked ...

When it comes to law-office technology, there are the must-haves, the don’t-needs and the wish lists. “It’s easy to fall into the trap of seeing something flashy and imagining how it’s going to make your firm more efficient,” said Michael ...

New federal overtime rules may affect law firms more in the advice they give than in any changes they make to their own operations. New guidelines from the U.S. Department of Labor effective in Decem­ber will push the minimum salary ...