The workplace watchdog suffers from chronic mismanagement, leaving workers exposed.
By Nigel Jaquiss
Oregon Journalism Project
Secretary of State Tobias Read released results of a blistering audit Nov. 20 of the Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries, the agency that serves as the state’s workplace watchdog.
“BOLI is an enforcement agency with an important role to protect Oregon’s workers,” state auditors wrote. “To be effective in this role, the agency must be efficient…