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Wildfire smoke events are becoming more frequent and severe, creating new challenges for Oregon employers. This session will review Oregon OSHA’s wildfire smoke standard and explain how employers can recognize and respond to hazardous smoke conditions. Topics will include PM2.5 exposure levels, health effects of wildfire smoke, employer responsibilities under the rule, and practical approaches for protecting workers through planning, training, and appropriate control measures.

This course has been approved for one Construction Contractors Board continuing education credit.

Conflict at work is unavoidable — but damage from conflict is not.

Every workplace experiences disagreement: misunderstandings, personality differences, competing priorities, or conversations that simply go sideways. The difference between healthy teams and struggling teams isn’t the absence of conflict — it’s how people respond when it happens.

This training will equip you with essential techniques to transform workplace disagreements into opportunities for growth, focusing on active listening, managing emotions, and finding mutual solutions through strategies like separating people from problems, focusing on interests over positions, and fostering open dialogue — ultimately boosting productivity, strengthening teams, and creating a more positive environment.

This one-hour course covers classifying the building of a commercial building from the ground up, from site clearing to the final cleanup before move-in.

This course has been approved for one general agent continuing education credit.

In this online course, you will get to know the different resources in SAIF’s RTW program that may be contacting you during the course of a claim. Questions like who we are and what we do will be answered. We will also walk you through different forms and correspondence you might receive relating to helping you get valued employees back to work and we will also share why you are getting letters and forms, what do they mean, and what actions you should take.

This course has been approved for one general agent continuing education credit.

This webinar is designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed to correctly classify mercantile businesses under Oregon workers' compensation rules. Attendees will learn how to identify mercantile operations, distinguish between retail and wholesale classifications, and assign the correct class code based on the principal type of merchandise sold at each location. The course also covers combined, mixed, and warehouse operations, with practical examples and scenarios to help participants apply mercantile classification rules with confidence.

This course has been approved for one general agent continuing education credit.

Employee separations are a natural part of the employment lifecycle—but how they are handled can have a lasting impact on your people, your culture, and your reputation as an employer.

From resignations and internal transitions to layoffs, retirements, discharges, and even unexpected loss, each type of separation brings its own set of responsibilities, risks, and opportunities. Too often, organizations focus only on the immediate situation without fully considering the broader impact on the individual, the team, and the organization as a whole.

In this practical and thought-provoking session, we will explore the full spectrum of employee separations and what it means to handle each one with intention, consistency, and professionalism. Participants will gain insight into the processes, conversations, and considerations that help ensure employees leave with dignity—while protecting the organization and reinforcing a positive workplace culture.

We will also highlight tools, templates, and resources that can support effective decision-making and execution, helping you prepare for situations before they arise.

Because how an employee leaves your organization is just as important as how they were welcomed—and it plays a critical role in shaping your reputation as an employer of choice.

Designing safety training that people actually remember and use on the job can be a challenge. This session explores practical, real-world strategies for creating training that works and sticks. Participants will look at how training delivery has evolved, review trends in learner engagement, and explore a range of training methods including eLearning, instructor-led training, on-the-job learning, and collaborative approaches.

A central theme of this session is that there is no single “best” training method. Effective programs align the method with the learning goal, the audience, and the real-world application. Attendees will learn how adults prefer to learn and how to apply those principles to create training that is relevant, self-directed, and focused on problem-solving.

The session also tackles one of the biggest barriers to training effectiveness: how quickly people forget what they learn. You will walk away with practical techniques to improve retention by reinforcing key concepts, making training interactive, and ensuring content is clear, relevant, and easy to apply on the job.

The Oregon Friendly Driver course is a free, interactive training designed to help drivers safely and confidently share the road with everyone—from people walking and biking to those using mobility devices. Funded by the Oregon Department of Transportation and administered by Commute Options, this course supports safer, more respectful roadways across Oregon.

In this engaging webinar, participants will learn practical strategies for navigating everyday driving situations, as well as understand Oregon-specific traffic laws and infrastructure. The course also highlights common crash scenarios and how to avoid them. You’ll leave with a better understanding of your role in creating a culture of safety, courtesy, and shared responsibility on Oregon’s roads.

"People problems" in your business are challenging because they're legal, operational, and cultural all at once. And the cost of your decisions shows up everywhere: morale, turnover, and productivity. In this webinar, Barran Liebman Partner Chris Morgan will walk you through a practical approach to performance management that balances expectation-setting with direct feedback. He will also talk about how to address issues early and as they arise, as well as how to approach documentation, discipline, and termination in a way that balances compassion with protection of the organization.