Schuck Law’s attorneys prevailed multiple times in arguing that employees and their attorneys don’t need to give employers “extra” time to respond to a notice of a wage claim beyond what the plain text of Oregon law requires: that a notice of the wage claim must be sent before filing a lawsuit. Oregon law does not require the employee to wait a specific amount of time after sending the notice, but before filing the lawsuit. Prior to these cases, courts were interpreting Oregon law to insert additional requirements for notice to limit employee’s claims and deny attorney fees. Schuck Law’s attorneys were willing to fight for employees at the trial court level and on appeal to enforce the protections provided by Oregon law.
DECISION(S):
Trent v. Connor Enterprises Inc., 300 Or App 165 (2019) and 325 Or App 252 (2023)
Jones v. Four Corners Rod & Gun Club, 290 Or App 811 (2018), rev’d other grounds 366 Or 100 (2020).