(Salem, OR) -- New funding from the Oregon Legislature is allowing the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries to increase investigations of wage theft. In late 2024, BOLI limited those investigations to workers earning less than 25 dollars and 34 cents an hour, in an effort to clear a backlog in the wake of underfunding. The legislature increased the agency's budget by 30 percent this year, allowing investigators to catch up. That additional money also allows BOLI to reopen claims that weren't investigated when the income threshold was in place.