PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A year after Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries revealed an enormous backlog in wage claims, the agency is closer to ending the salary threshold it was “forced” to implement.

In the State Of the Worker Report uncovered on Wednesday, BOLI said it expects to lift the income threshold by the end of this year. It was first implemented in October 2024, with the bureau automatically dismissing wage claims from workers with an hourly pay exceeding $24.34 and annual earnings that exceed $52,710.

This policy came as Labor Commissioner Christina Stephenson announced the bureau was facing a significant lack of funding that impacted its staffing levels and therefore hindered its ability to address workers’ theft claims. Wage claims had also increased by more than 200% si

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