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Oregon PHCC State Convention

May 30-31, 2024

Riverhouse Convention Center - Bend OR

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Thu, Apr 18 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM PDT 

This presentation will cover the top legal issues faced by individuals and business owners, and will cover how to properly draft business succession plans and personal estate plans that can help mitigate and prevent those issues. 

Additional items to be discussed include:

• Upkeep of corporate documents
• Liability and asset protection planning
• Business entity structure
• Employee retention
• The value of your personal estate and its impact on future generations

What you will learn:

• Why your personal estate planning is critical

• Why business succession planning is essential for your family and business

• Strategies for your family and business now and for the future

In February and March, Oregon PHCC, in cooperation with a number of public and private stakeholders, visited Portland, Salem, Eugene, Medford and Bend. At these free dinners across the state, our partners shared important updates, and they listened to the concerns attending the dinners.

 Check out these great resources offered by Federated Insurance! They update every month.

• Risk Management Corner tackles subjects related to workplace safety

• HR Question of the Month provides a human resources-related question and answer from independent legal professionals

• It’s Your Life discusses concepts related to life and disability income insurance.

Click the links below to read more!

Risk Management Corner: “Protecting Your Equipment With Preventative Maintenance”

HR Question of the Month: “Keeping Employees Motivated”

It's Your Life: “Preparing for the Future — Business Succession Planning for Families”

The following is an excerpt from a PHCC Solutions magazine article written by Sheryl S. Jackson for the upcoming Spring 2024 edition of the magazine. For full article click HERE

Message from PHCC—National Association President Joe Cornetta. For full article click HERE

Read February 2024 Pipeline HERE

By Alex Baumhardt Oregon Capital Chronicle

State environmental regulators will redo the year-long process of rulemaking and adopting landmark climate change regulations that were enacted three years ago.

The decision to do it all over again was announced Monday by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, a month after the state’s second highest court ruled in favor of natural gas utilities seeking to invalidate the Climate Protection Program. . . For full article click HERE.

By Jayati Ramakrishnan

The Portland City Council on Wednesday approved a slate of new policies intended to lower the cost of building new homes, including an expansion of tax breaks for new apartment buildings subject to the city’s inclusionary zoning mandate.

The inclusionary zoning policy requires large new apartment buildings to include affordable units. The tax breaks are intended to offset the losses from reduced rents in the affordable units, which officials expect could help more units get built. . . Click HERE to read the full article

By Mark Valentini, Director of Legislative Affairs

House and Senate leaders moved expeditiously to move a continuing budget resolution (CR) through Congress that keeps the government open through the end of winter as contentious political issues continue to be hashed out between House Republican leaders and the conservative Freedom Caucus.

The agreement is identical to the two-tiered CR that kept the U.S. government open through the new year. Under the new agreement signed by President Biden last week, the Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs will be funded until March 1, and remaining agencies will be funded until March 8. An agreement to fund the government through the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 could not be reached as Freedom Caucus leadership would not support it without substantial budget cuts and immigration reforms that would not pass the Senate. . . Click HERE to read full article.