If a firm, by producing two more units of output can increase total revenue by $100, then the marginal benefit or marginal revenue per additional unit of output would be $50. This is computed by taking the change in total revenue divided by the change in output.
On June 12, 2015, the Oregon legislature passed Senate Bill 454, legislation that will require most employers with 10 or more employees in Oregon to provide employees with up to 40 hours per year of paid sick leave. As discussed below, Portland employers with six or more employees already must provide sick leave.
Oregon's minimum wage will remain $9.25 an hour in 2016, state officials announced Wednesday, marking the first time in five years the rate has not increased. The rate is adjusted every year to keep up with rising prices. This year, an index that measures consumer costs flatlined as gasoline prices tumbled.