ORS § 657b.925 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657b / Section 657b.925
657B.925 Penalties for employer violation of requirements applicable to employer-offered benefit plans
Status: in_force

(1) If the Director of the Employment Department determines that an employer that offers benefits pursuant to a plan approved under ORS 657B.210 (Equivalent plans, generally) has at any time violated any requirements applicable to plans approved under ORS 657B.210 (Equivalent plans, generally) , the director may assess the following penalties against the employer:

(a) $1,000 for the first violation.

(b) $2,000 for the second and each subsequent violation.

(2) The director may waive collection of a penalty assessed under subsection (1) of this section if the employer corrects the violation within 30 days of receiving a notice of the violation and the notice is for a first violation.

(3) The director may waive collection of any penalties if the director determines the violation to be an inadvertent error by the employer.

(4) Monetary penalties collected under this section shall be deposited in the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund established under ORS 657B.430 (Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund) .

(5) The decision of the director to assess a penalty under this section shall become final unless within 20 days following the date of the notice informing the employer of the penalty, the employer submits a written request for a hearing under ORS 657B.410 (Appeals process, generally) to review the director’s decision. A decision of the director to assess a penalty under this section does not authorize the collection of the penalty until the decision becomes final. [2023 c.120 §7]

Note: Section 13 (3), chapter 120, Oregon Laws 2023, provides:

Sec 13. (3) Section 7, chapter 120, Oregon Laws 2023 [ 657B.925 (Penalties for employer violation of requirements applicable to employer-offered benefit plans) ], applies to penalties assessed on or after September 3, 2023. [2023 c.120 §13(3); 2023 c.292 §16b(3)]

Source: Section 657B.925 — Penalties for employer violation of requirements applicable to employer-offered benefit plans , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657B.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 658.437 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 658 / Section 658.437
658.437 Duties of labor contractors
Status: in_force

(1) Prior to beginning work on any contract or other agreement the labor contractor shall:

(a) Display the license or temporary permit to the person to whom workers are to be provided, or the person’s agent; and

(b) Provide the person to whom workers are to be provided, or the person’s agent with a copy of the license or temporary permit.

(2) Prior to allowing work to begin on any contract or agreement with a labor contractor, the person to whom workers are to be provided, or the person’s agent shall:

(a) Examine the license or temporary permit of the labor contractor; and

(b) Retain a copy of the license or temporary permit provided by the labor contractor pursuant to subsection (1)(b) of this section. [1989 c.164 §14; 2013 c.584 §15]

Source: Section 658.437 — Duties of labor contractors; duties of person to whom workers provided , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors658.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 659.875 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 659 / Section 659.875
659.875 Discrimination in issuance of benefits or coverage or payment for certain medical services prohibited
Status: in_force

(1) An individual may not, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of or otherwise be subjected to discrimination by any health benefit plan issued or delivered in this state, in the receipt of medical assistance as defined in ORS 414.025 (Definitions for ORS chapters 411, 413 and 414) or in the coverage of or payment for the services, drugs, devices, products and procedures described in ORS 743A.067 (Reproductive health services) .

(2) Violation of this section is an unlawful practice under ORS 659A.403 (Discrimination in place of public accommodation prohibited) .

(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to invalidate or limit the rights, remedies, procedures or legal standards available to individuals under ORS 659A.820 (Complaints) or 659A.885 (Civil action) or to supersede state or local laws that provide additional protections against discrimination on any basis described in subsection (1) of this section. [2017 c.721 §7]

Note: 659.875 (Discrimination in issuance of benefits or coverage or payment for certain medical services prohibited) was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 659 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 659.875 — Discrimination in issuance of benefits or coverage or payment for certain medical services prohibited , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors659.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 656.006 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 656 / Section 656.006
656.006 Effect on employers’ liability law
Status: in_force

This chapter does not abrogate the rights of the employee under the present employers’ liability law, in all cases where the employee, under this chapter is given the right to bring suit against the employer of the employee for an injury.

Source: Section 656.006 — Effect on employers’ liability law , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors656.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 658.830 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 658 / Section 658.830
658.830 Interagency coordination agreement
Status: in_force

The Department of Consumer and Business Services and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall adopt an interagency agreement to coordinate the application of all laws the department and the commissioner are charged with administering with respect to farm labor camps. [1989 c.164 §15]

Source: Section 658.830 — Interagency coordination agreement , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors658.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 656.258 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 656 / Section 656.258
656.258 Vocational assistance service payments
Status: in_force

The insurer or self-insured employer shall pay a vocational assistance provider for all vocational assistance services, including the cost of an evaluation to determine whether a worker is eligible for vocational assistance, that are performed at the request of the insurer or self-insured employer. Within 60 days after receiving a billing, the insurer or self-insured employer shall pay for all vocational assistance services performed, including those services performed in good faith without knowledge that the worker’s eligibility to receive vocational assistance has been terminated or that the worker has withdrawn or is otherwise ineligible for vocational assistance. [1985 c.600 §18]

Source: Section 656.258 — Vocational assistance service payments , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors656.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657.312 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657 / Section 657.312
657.312 Offset of moneys owed to debtor by federal and state governments against certain benefit overpayments
Status: in_force

(1) The Director of the Employment Department may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the federal government for the purposes of:

(a) Offsetting against liquidated state debt moneys that the federal government owes to the debtor; and

(b) Sharing information as necessary to make offsets under paragraph (a) of this subsection.

(2) The director may request an offset against liquidated state debt under this section only if:

(a) The debt is legally enforceable;

(b) The debt is past due;

(c) The debt was caused by the debtor’s:

(A) Willfully making a false statement or misrepresentation, or willfully failing to report a material fact, to obtain any benefits under this chapter;

(B) Failure to report earnings or to report earnings accurately; or

(C) Failure to make contributions to the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund for which the state has determined the debtor to be liable and that remain uncollected;

(d) The debtor’s appeal period for contesting the debt and the element of causation described in paragraph (c) of this subsection has expired; and

(e) The director has provided at least 60 days’ advance written notice to the debtor that the debt will be offset pursuant to this section and that the debtor has the right to request administrative review under rules adopted by the director pursuant to subsection (5) of this section.

(3) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) The director may pay a fee charged by the federal government for processing a request for an offset under subsection (1) of this section.

(b) The net amount received from the federal government after deduction of fees charged under paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be offset against the debt.

(4) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) The director may pay a fee charged by the Department of Revenue pursuant to ORS 293.250 (Collections Unit) for processing a request to offset against liquidated state debt a state tax refund owed to the debtor.

(b) The net amount received from the Department of Revenue after deduction of fees charged under paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be offset against the debt.

(5) The director shall adopt rules consistent with federal requirements for debt offsets requested under this section that establish the requirements for the advance written notice provided to debtors, and the procedures pursuant to which a debtor may obtain administrative review, under this section. [2013 c.45 §2; 2015 c.529 §1]

Source: Section 657.312 — Offset of moneys owed to debtor by federal and state governments against certain benefit overpayments; fees; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 663.100 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 663 / Section 663.100
663.100 Determination of agent
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, in determining whether a person is acting as an “agent” of a second person so as to make the second person responsible for the acts of the first person, the question of whether the specific acts performed were actually authorized or subsequently ratified is not controlling. [1971 c.729 §3; 1987 c.158 §133]

Source: Section 663.100 — Determination of agent , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors663.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 663.040 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 663 / Section 663.040
663.040 Filing charge of illegal election practice
Status: in_force

Any person may file with the Employment Relations Board a charge that employees eligible to vote in an election under this chapter have been coerced or restrained in the exercise of this right. The board shall investigate the charge. If, upon the basis of its findings, the board concludes that employees eligible to vote in the election were so coerced or restrained, the board may order another election. [Formerly 662.585; 1975 c.147 §14]

Source: Section 663.040 — Filing charge of illegal election practice; investigation; new election , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors663.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 658.210 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 658 / Section 658.210
658.210 Rules
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries may adopt rules reasonably necessary for the administration of ORS 658.005 (Definitions for ORS 658.005 to 658.245) to 658.245 (Actions upon agency bonds or letters of credit) . [1973 c.138 §3; 1981 c.318 §26]

Note: 658.210 (Rules) was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 658 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 658.210 — Rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors658.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 656.583 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 656 / Section 656.583
656.583 Paying agency may compel election and prompt action
Status: in_force

(1) The paying agency may require the worker or other beneficiaries or the legal representative of a deceased worker to exercise the right of election provided in ORS 656.578 (Workers’ election whether to sue third person or noncomplying employer for damages) by serving a written demand by registered or certified mail or by personal service upon such worker, beneficiaries or legal representative.

(2) Unless such election is made within 60 days from the receipt or service of such demand and unless, after making such election, an action against such third person is instituted within such time as is granted by the paying agency, the worker, beneficiaries or legal representative is deemed to have assigned the cause of action to the paying agency. The paying agency shall allow the worker, the beneficiaries or legal representative of the worker at least 90 days from the making of such election to institute such action. In any case where an insurer of a third person is also the insurer of the employer, notice of this fact must be given in writing by the insurer to the injured worker and to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services within 10 days after the occurrence of any accident which may result in the assertion of the claim against the third person by the injured worker. [Formerly 656.316; 1981 c.854 §43]

Source: Section 656.583 — Paying agency may compel election and prompt action , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors656.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 659a.805 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 659a / Section 659a.805
659A.805 Rules for carrying out ORS chapter 659A
Status: in_force

(1) In accordance with any applicable provision of ORS chapter 183, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries may adopt reasonable rules:

(a) Establishing what acts and communications constitute a notice, sign or advertisement that public accommodation or real property will be refused, withheld from, or denied to any person or that the person will be unlawfully discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, disability or:

(A) With respect to public accommodation, age.

(B) With respect to real property transactions, familial status or source of income.

(b) Establishing what inquiries in connection with employment and prospective employment express a limitation, specification or unlawful discrimination as to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, age or disability.

(c) Establishing what inquiries in connection with employment and prospective employment soliciting information as to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, age or disability are based on bona fide occupational qualifications.

(d) For internal operation and practice and procedure before the commissioner under this chapter.

(e) Covering any other matter required to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(2) In adopting rules under this section the commissioner shall consider the following factors, among others:

(a) The relevance of information requested to job performance in connection with which it is requested.

(b) Available reasonable alternative ways of obtaining requested information without soliciting responses as to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, age, disability, source of income or, with respect to real property transactions, familial status.

(c) Whether a statement or inquiry soliciting information as to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, age, disability, source of income or, with respect to real property transactions, familial status, communicates an idea independent of an intention to limit, specify or unlawfully discriminate as to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, age, disability, source of income or, with respect to real property transactions, familial status.

(d) Whether the independent idea communicated is relevant to a legitimate objective of the kind of transaction that it contemplates.

(e) The ease with which the independent idea relating to a legitimate objective of the kind of transaction contemplated could be communicated without connoting an intention to unlawfully discriminate as to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, age, disability, source of income or, with respect to real property transactions, familial status. [Formerly 659.103; 2003 c.521 §4; 2007 c.100 §10; 2007 c.903 §5a; 2021 c.367 §42]

Source: Section 659A.805 — Rules for carrying out ORS chapter 659A , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors659A.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 658.715 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 658 / Section 658.715
658.715 Farmworker camp operator requirements
Status: in_force

(1) A person may not operate a farmworker camp unless the person:

(a) Is a farm labor contractor licensed under ORS 658.405 (Definitions for ORS 658.405 to 658.511) to 658.511 (Wage claim against property services contractor or construction labor contractor) , and the contractor first obtains an indorsement to do so as provided in ORS 658.730 (Farm labor contractor indorsement to operate farmworker camp) ;

(b) Has a substantial ownership interest in the real property, subject to farm use special assessment under ORS 308A.050 (Legislative intent) to 308A.128 (Certain district assessments inapplicable to exclusive farm use zone farmland) , on which the camp is located or has any form of ownership interest in a business organization that operates the farmworker camp and files an income tax return reporting farm activity in the preceding tax year; or

(c) Is related by blood or marriage to any person who has a substantial ownership interest in the real property, subject to farm use special assessment under ORS 308A.050 (Legislative intent) to 308A.128 (Certain district assessments inapplicable to exclusive farm use zone farmland) , on which the camp is located or has any form of ownership interest in the business organization that operates the farmworker camp and files an income tax return reporting farm activity in the preceding tax year.

(2) Nothing in ORS 658.705 (Definitions for ORS 658.705 to 658.850) to 658.850 (Civil penalties) requires a permanent employee of a farmworker camp operator, who has no financial interest in the camp other than the wages paid to the employee, to obtain a camp indorsement. [1989 c.962 §3; 1991 c.67 §166; 1995 c.79 §335; 1999 c.314 §57; 2005 c.251 §1]

Source: Section 658.715 — Farmworker camp operator requirements , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors658.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 652.130 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 652 / Section 652.130
652.130 Payment of wages due persons employed on piece work scale or quantity basis in forest product industries
Status: in_force

Every person engaged in the business of logging or obtaining or securing sawlogs, poles, spars, piles, cordwood, posts or other timber or forest products, or engaged in the business of manufacturing sawlogs or other timber into lumber, and employing one or more employees on a piece work scale or quantity wage basis, shall furnish such employees at least once monthly, a statement of scale or quantity produced by them to their credit, and shall pay all wages or amounts so earned and due and payable under the law regulating paydays.

Source: Section 652.130 — Payment of wages due persons employed on piece work scale or quantity basis in forest product industries; furnishing statement of scale or quantity produced , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors652.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 652.360 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 652 / Section 652.360
652.360 Contract exempting employer from liability or penalty not valid
Status: in_force

(1) An employer may not by special contract or any other means exempt the employer from any provision of or liability or penalty imposed by ORS 652.310 (Definitions of employer and employee) to 652.414 (Procedure for payment from fund) or any statute relating to the payment of wages, except insofar as the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries in writing approves a special contract or other arrangement between the employer and one or more of the employer’s employees. The commissioner may not give approval unless the commissioner finds that such contract or arrangement will not prejudicially affect the interest of the public or of the employees involved, and the commissioner may at any time retract such approval, first giving the employer not less than 30 days’ notice in writing.

(2) A settlement between an employer and an employee of a known and identified claim arising under ORS 652.310 (Definitions of employer and employee) to 652.414 (Procedure for payment from fund) or any statute relating to the payment of wages does not require the commissioner’s approval if the settlement does not provide for the employee to relinquish a claim for additional or future violations. [Amended by 2001 c.116 §1]

Source: Section 652.360 — Contract exempting employer from liability or penalty not valid; exceptions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors652.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 658.453 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 658 / Section 658.453
658.453 Civil penalty
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries may assess a civil penalty not to exceed $2,000 for each violation by:

(a) A labor contractor who, without the license required by ORS 658.405 (Definitions for ORS 658.405 to 658.511) to 658.511 (Wage claim against property services contractor or construction labor contractor) , recruits, solicits, supplies or employs a worker.

(b) A labor contractor who fails to comply with ORS 658.415 (Application for license) (16).

(c) A labor contractor who fails to comply with ORS 658.440 (Requirements for labor contractors) (1), (2)(c) or (3).

(d) Any person who violates ORS 658.452 (Prohibitions relating to discharge of or discrimination against employee) .

(e) A labor contractor who fails to comply with ORS 658.417 (Additional requirements for forestation activities) (1).

(f) Any person who uses an unlicensed labor contractor without complying with ORS 658.437 (Duties of labor contractors) .

(2) Civil penalties under this section shall be imposed as provided in ORS 183.745 (Civil penalty procedures) .

(3) All penalties recovered under this section shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the Agricultural Worker Housing Development Account of the Oregon Housing Fund.

(4) After filing a complaint with the commissioner, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, a worker has a right of action against a labor contractor who violates ORS 658.417 (Additional requirements for forestation activities) (1) or (2), 658.440 (Requirements for labor contractors) or 658.452 (Prohibitions relating to discharge of or discrimination against employee) without exhausting any alternative administrative remedies. The action may not be commenced later than two years after the date of the violation giving rise to the right of action. The amount of damages recoverable for each violation under this subsection is actual damages or $1,000, whichever amount is greater. In any such action the court may award to the prevailing party, in addition to costs and disbursements, reasonable attorney fees at trial and appeal. [1979 c.883 §3; 1981 c.606 §5; 1981 c.897 §94; 1983 c.654 §7; 1989 c.164 §5; 1989 c.706 §21; 1991 c.734 §61; 1991 c.907 §3; 2001 c.310 §5; 2005 c.340 §5; 2007 c.160 §5; 2013 c.584 §20; 2017 c.676 §9; 2021 c.525 §26]

Source: Section 658.453 — Civil penalty; disposition of funds; civil action by worker , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors658.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 654.196 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 654 / Section 654.196
654.196 Rules on contents of piping systems
Status: in_force

(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may by rule require employers to provide information to employees relating to the contents of piping systems. The rules shall include, but need not be limited to requirements for:

(a) Labeling piping systems to provide notice about hazardous chemicals contained in the system; and

(b) Labeling a piping system that uses asbestos as a pipe insulation material.

(2) Every employer shall post a sign in the location where notices to employees are normally posted to inform employees that they have a right under this section and ORS 453.317 (Hazardous substance survey) (6) to information from the employer regarding hazardous substances found in the place of employment.

(3) The sign required under subsection (2) of this section shall include, but need not be limited to, the following information and shall be substantially in the following form:

You have a right under state law to information about hazardous substances found in your place of employment. For this information, contact your employer.

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or ORS 192.311 (Definitions for ORS 192.311 to 192.478) to 192.478 (Exemption for Judicial Department) , an employer may withhold the precise chemical name of a chemical only if the employer can substantiate that:

(a) The chemical name is a trade secret with commercial value that can be protected only by limiting disclosure; and

(b) The commercial value of the product cannot be preserved by withholding the processes, mixture percentages or other aspects of the production of the product instead of its chemical constituents.

(5) A trade secret designation claimed under subsection (4) of this section may be subject to yearly review.

(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or ORS 192.311 (Definitions for ORS 192.311 to 192.478) to 192.478 (Exemption for Judicial Department) , if a treating physician or health professional concludes that the chemical identity of a hazardous chemical used in an employer’s place of employment is necessary to prescribe necessary treatment for a patient, the employer may not require the physician or health professional to sign a confidentiality agreement as a condition to the release of the information by the employer, manufacturer or importer. [1985 c.683 §§3,4,5; 1999 c.232 §2; 2005 c.825 §18]

INJURED WORKERS’

Source: Section 654.196 — Rules on contents of piping systems; posting notice on right to be informed of hazardous substances; withholding of information under certain circumstances , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors654.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 659a.133 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 659a / Section 659a.133
659A.133 Medical examinations and inquiries of job applicants
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in this section, an employer violates ORS 659A.112 (Employment discrimination) if the employer conducts a medical examination of a job applicant, makes inquiries of a job applicant as to whether the applicant has a disability or makes inquiries as to the nature or severity of any disability of the applicant.

(2) An employer may make inquiries into the ability of a job applicant to perform job-related functions.

(3) An employer may require a medical examination after an offer of employment has been made to a job applicant and before the commencement of the employment duties of the applicant, and condition the employment on the results of the examination, if the following conditions are met:

(a) All individuals entering the employ of the employer must be subject to the examination regardless of disability.

(b) Information obtained regarding the medical condition or history of the applicant is collected and maintained on separate forms and in separate medical files and is treated as a confidential medical record, except as follows:

(A) Supervisors and managers may be informed regarding necessary restrictions on the work or duties of the employee and necessary accommodations.

(B) First aid and safety personnel may be informed, when appropriate, if the disability might require emergency treatment.

(C) Officers and employees of the Bureau of Labor and Industries investigating compliance with ORS 659A.112 (Employment discrimination) to 659A.139 (Construction of ORS 659A.103 to 659A.145) shall be provided relevant information on request.

(c) The results of an examination authorized under this subsection may only be used in the manner provided for in ORS 659A.112 (Employment discrimination) to 659A.139 (Construction of ORS 659A.103 to 659A.145) . [Formerly 659.447; 2007 c.70 §295; 2009 c.508 §11]

Source: Section 659A.133 — Medical examinations and inquiries of job applicants , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors659A.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657.830 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657 / Section 657.830
657.830 State Treasurer as custodian of funds
Status: in_force

(1) The State Treasurer shall be the custodian of the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund and the Unemployment Compensation Benefit Fund.

(2) After clearance thereof, the State Treasurer immediately shall deposit all moneys specified in ORS 657.805 (Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund) which are received from all sources as an accretion to the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund, with the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States as custodian of the trust fund created by the federal Social Security Act.

(3) All moneys specified in ORS 657.822 (Employment Department Special Administrative Fund) shall be deposited in the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund only for purposes of clearance. After clearance thereof, the State Treasurer immediately shall deposit all such moneys, less refunds made pursuant to the provisions of ORS 657.510 (Refunds) , in the Employment Department Special Administrative Fund.

(4) Refunds payable pursuant to ORS 657.510 (Refunds) may be paid upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer under direction of the administrator from the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund or the Employment Department Special Administrative Fund, as appropriate. [Amended by 1965 c.359 §8; 1967 c.435 §10; 1981 c.189 §3; 1995 c.37 §1]

Source: Section 657.830 — State Treasurer as custodian of funds , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 658.790 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 658 / Section 658.790
658.790 Uninhabitable camp
Status: in_force

(1) If any government agency authorized to enforce building, health or safety standards orders a camp vacated because the camp is not habitable, the camp operator shall provide lodging, without charge, that meets the health and safety standards of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, for seven days or until the camp is made habitable, whichever is less.

(2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section do not apply if the department determines that the cause of closure was beyond the control of the camp operator.

(3) In addition to other remedies provided by law, the department shall enforce the provisions of subsection (1) of this section. [1989 c.962 §17; 1997 c.27 §1]

Source: Section 658.790 — Uninhabitable camp , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors658.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 663.025 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 663 / Section 663.025
663.025 Filing of representation petition
Status: in_force

(1) A petition may be filed with the Employment Relations Board, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the board:

(a) By an employee or group of employees, or any individual or labor organization acting in their behalf, alleging that a substantial number of employees:

(A) Wish to be represented for collective bargaining and that their employer declines to recognize their representative as the representative defined in ORS 663.015 (Designated collective bargaining representatives to be exclusive) ; or

(B) Assert that the individual or labor organization that has been certified or is being currently recognized by their employer as the bargaining representative is no longer a representative as defined in ORS 663.015 (Designated collective bargaining representatives to be exclusive) ; or

(b) By an employer, alleging that one or more individuals or labor organizations have presented to the employer a claim to be recognized as the representative defined in ORS 663.015 (Designated collective bargaining representatives to be exclusive) .

(2) The board shall investigate the petition and if, upon the basis of its findings, the board has reasonable cause to believe that a question of representation exists, it shall provide for an appropriate hearing before the board itself, a member thereof or its agent appointed for that purpose. Written notice of the hearing shall be mailed by certified mail to the parties named in the petition not less than seven days before the hearing. If the board finds upon the record of the hearing that a question of representation exists, it shall conduct an election by secret ballot marked at the place of election and certify the results thereof.

(3) In determining whether or not a question of representation exists, the same regulations and rules of decision apply irrespective of the identity of the persons filing the petition or the kind of relief sought.

(4) Nothing in this chapter prohibits the waiving of hearings by stipulation for the purpose of a consent election in conformity with regulations and rules of decision of the board. [Formerly 662.555; 1975 c.147 §13; 2003 c.14 §409]

Source: Section 663.025 — Filing of representation petition; investigation; hearing; election , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors663.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 656.254 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 656 / Section 656.254
656.254 Medical report forms
Status: in_force

(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall establish medical report forms, in duplicate snap-outs where applicable, to be used by insurers, self-insured employers and physicians, including in such forms information necessary to establish facts required in the determination of the claim.

(2) The director shall establish sanctions for the enforcement of medical reporting requirements. Such sanctions may include, but are not limited to, forfeiture of fees and penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each occurrence.

(3) If the director finds that a health care practitioner has:

(a) Been found, pursuant to ORS 656.327 (Review of medical treatment of worker) , to have failed to comply with rules adopted pursuant to this chapter regarding the performance of medical services for injured workers or to have provided medical treatment that is excessive, inappropriate or ineffectual, the director may impose a sanction that includes forfeiture of fees and a penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each occurrence. If the failure to comply or perform is repeated and willful, the director may declare the health care practitioner ineligible for reimbursement for treating workers’ compensation claimants for a period not to exceed three years.

(b) Had the health care practitioner’s license revoked or suspended by the practitioner’s professional licensing board for a violation of that profession’s ethical standards, the director may declare the health care practitioner ineligible for reimbursement for treating workers’ compensation claimants for a period not to exceed three years or the period the practitioner’s license is suspended or revoked, whichever period is the longer.

(c) Engaged in any course of conduct demonstrated to be dangerous to the health or safety of a workers’ compensation claimant, the director may impose a sanction that includes forfeiture of fees and a penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each occurrence. If the conduct is repeated and willful, the director may declare the health care practitioner ineligible for reimbursement for treating workers’ compensation claimants for a period not to exceed three years.

(4) Any declaration that a health care practitioner is ineligible to receive reimbursement under this chapter shall not otherwise interfere with or impair treatment of any person by the health care practitioner.

(5) ORS 656.735 (Civil penalty for noncomplying employers) (4) to (6) and 656.740 (Review of proposed order declaring noncomplying employer or nonsubjectivity determination) also apply to orders and penalties assessed under this section. [1967 c.626 §§3,4; 1975 c.556 §40; 1979 c.839 §30; 1981 c.854 §15; 1987 c.233 §1; 1987 c.884 §27; 1995 c.94 §2; 1997 c.249 §200; 2003 c.170 §12; 2005 c.26 §7]

Source: Section 656.254 — Medical report forms; penalties and other sanctions; procedure for declaring health care practitioner ineligible for workers’ compensation reimbursement , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors656.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 659a.088 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 659a / Section 659a.088
659A.088 Violation of ORS 659A.086 as unlawful employment practice
Status: in_force

(1) Any violation of ORS 659A.086 (Employment rights of members of organized militia when called into active state service) (1) to (3) by an employer is an unlawful employment practice.

(2) Complaints alleging a violation of ORS 659A.086 (Employment rights of members of organized militia when called into active state service) (1) to (3) may be filed by employees with the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries in the manner provided by ORS 659A.820 (Complaints) . The commissioner shall enforce ORS 659A.086 (Employment rights of members of organized militia when called into active state service) in the manner provided in ORS chapter 659A regarding other unlawful employment practices.

(3) Violation of ORS 659A.086 (Employment rights of members of organized militia when called into active state service) (1) to (3) subjects the violator to the same civil remedies and penalties as provided in ORS chapter 659A. [Formerly 399.235]

Note: See note under 659A.086 (Employment rights of members of organized militia when called into active state service) .

(Notification to Director of Veterans’ Affairs)

Source: Section 659A.088 — Violation of ORS 659A.086 as unlawful employment practice; complaint; remedies and penalties , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors659A.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 660.158 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 660 / Section 660.158
660.158 Interstate agreements regarding courses of study
Status: in_force

(1) If there is an interstate agreement regarding apprenticeship courses of study between the State Apprenticeship and Training Council and an agency with similar functions in another state:

(a) Any course of study prescribed pursuant to ORS 660.157 (Standard courses of study for apprentices and trainees) is subject to the provisions of the interstate agreement.

(b) Each local joint committee of an occupation that is subject to the interstate agreement shall submit requests for changes in courses of study directly to the council.

(2) Reciprocal approval for federal purposes shall be accorded to apprentices, apprenticeship programs and standards that are registered by the United States Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship, or by the registration agency or council of any other state that has been recognized by the United States Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship, if reciprocal approval is requested by the program sponsor, even if the programs and their standards depart in some respects from the criteria of ORS 660.126 (Apprenticeship standards) and from the other provisions set forth in ORS 660.002 (Declaration of policy) to 660.210 (Tort liability of committees, officers, employees and agents) .

(3) Program sponsors seeking reciprocal approval must meet state wage and hour provisions, local wage provisions, apprenticeship ratio standards and licensing requirements. [1971 c.271 §8; 1979 c.831 §2; 1981 c.764 §17; 2011 c.140 §9]

Source: Section 660.158 — Interstate agreements regarding courses of study , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors660.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 654.174 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 654 / Section 654.174
654.174 Sanitation facilities for workers harvesting food crops
Status: in_force

(1) Employers of workers who are engaged in field activities for the growing and harvesting of food crops intended for human consumption shall provide for such workers at convenient locations, and in accordance with such rules as the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may prescribe:

(a) Toilet facilities that are maintained in clean and sanitary condition, of such design and construction as to provide privacy and to prevent crop contamination and, where practicable, one toilet for each sex.

(b) Handwashing facilities that provide clean water, soap or other suitable cleansing agent, paper towels and a method for disposal of used towels and wash water to avoid crop contamination.

(c) Clean, potable drinking water served in a sanitary manner, which may include but is not limited to containers with spigots and tight fitting lids and disposable cups sufficient in number for each worker.

(2) Every employer required to comply with subsection (1) of this section shall keep conspicuously posted a notice describing the requirements of that subsection and advising where complaints may be filed. The notice must be in the English language and in the language spoken by the majority of the employees.

(3) The director shall promulgate rules to implement subsections (1) and (2) of this section which shall not be less protective than the rules on those subjects that are operative on July 9, 1985. [1985 c.423 §§2,3,5]

Source: Section 654.174 — Sanitation facilities for workers harvesting food crops; employer to post notice; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors654.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 653.274 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 653 / Section 653.274
653.274 Mandatory reporting on economic impacts of agricultural overtime compensation requirements
Status: in_force

(1) No later than November 30, 2026, and every six years thereafter, the Employment Department, in consultation with the Bureau of Labor and Industries, the Department of Revenue and the State Department of Agriculture, shall submit a report, in the manner provided in ORS 192.245 (Form of report to legislature) , to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to agriculture, on the identified economic impacts of the overtime compensation requirements under ORS 653.272 (Overtime requirements for agricultural workers) .

(2) The report must consider all available relevant data related to the overtime compensation requirements under ORS 653.272 (Overtime requirements for agricultural workers) for calendar years 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 and must include, but need not be limited to, an examination of the following:

(a) Employment, wages and hours worked by agricultural workers whose employment is subject to ORS chapter 657.

(b) The total amount of wages paid to agricultural workers whose employment is subject to ORS chapter 657.

(c) Employment, wages and hours worked in the agricultural sector by quarter, including job vacancies available in natural resources, by quarter.

(d) Employment, wages and hours worked, separated by size of employer and agricultural sector.

(e) Recent national and regional trends related to the agricultural workforce, including wages, employment and labor costs. [2022 c.115 §6a]

Note: 653.274 (Mandatory reporting on economic impacts of agricultural overtime compensation requirements) was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 653 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 653.274 — Mandatory reporting on economic impacts of agricultural overtime compensation requirements , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors653.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 658.785 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 658 / Section 658.785
658.785 Revocation or suspension of registration
Status: in_force

The Department of Consumer and Business Services may revoke or suspend a registration upon the department’s own motion or upon complaint by an aggrieved individual if the:

(1) Camp is no longer in compliance with the provisions of ORS 658.705 (Definitions for ORS 658.705 to 658.850) to 658.850 (Civil penalties) or any rules adopted thereunder;

(2) Conditions under which the registration was accepted have changed or no longer exist;

(3) Information supplied by the operator or applicant regarding the farmworker camp included any material misrepresentation, false statement or willful concealment in the registration or in any procedure in the application process; or

(4) The department finds that the camp fails to comply with the requirements of ORS chapter 654 and the regulations adopted thereunder. [1989 c.962 §15; 1995 c.500 §6]

Source: Section 658.785 — Revocation or suspension of registration , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors658.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657b.420 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657b / Section 657b.420
657B.420 Appeals of decisions under equivalent employer plan
Status: in_force

The Director of the Employment Department shall establish by rule a method to resolve disputes between employers and employees concerning coverage and benefits provided under a plan approved under ORS 657B.210 (Equivalent plans, generally) that may, as appropriate, employ the appeals process established under ORS 657B.410 (Appeals process, generally) to provide employers and employees an opportunity to obtain review of a determination by the director. [2019 c.700 §32; 2023 c.292 §10]

Note: See note under 657B.410 (Appeals process, generally) .

Source: Section 657B.420 — Appeals of decisions under equivalent employer plan; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657B.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 652.320 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 652 / Section 652.320
652.320 Definitions for ORS 652.310 to 652.414
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 652.310 (Definitions of employer and employee) to 652.414 (Procedure for payment from fund) , unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries.

(2) “Court” means a court of competent jurisdiction and proper venue to entertain a proceeding referred to in ORS 652.310 (Definitions of employer and employee) to 652.414 (Procedure for payment from fund) .

(3) “Demand” means a written demand for payment made during business hours on an employer or any appropriate representative of an employer by an employee or by some person having and exhibiting due authority to act in said employee’s behalf.

(4) “Pay” means to deliver or tender compensation at a previously designated and reasonably convenient place in this state, during working hours, in legal tender or by order or negotiable instrument payable and paid in legal tender without discount on demand in this state or by deposit without discount in an employee’s account in a financial institution, as defined in ORS 706.008 (Additional definitions for Bank Act) , in this state, provided the employee and the employer have agreed to such deposit.

(5) “Payment” means the delivery, tender or deposit of compensation in the medium of payment described in subsection (4) of this section. Such delivery, tender or deposit shall be made to or for the account of the employee concerned or to or for the account of any person having due authority to act in said employee’s behalf.

(6) “Rate of payment” means the rate at which payment is made or is to be made in the manner described in this section.

(7) “Wage claim” means an employee’s claim against an employer for compensation for the employee’s own personal services, and includes any wages, compensation, damages or civil penalties provided by law to employees in connection with a claim for unpaid wages. [Amended by 1975 c.190 §1; 1975 c.488 §2; 1979 c.695 §1; 1999 c.59 §193; 1999 c.351 §39; 2001 c.7 §2]

Source: Section 652.320 — Definitions for ORS 652.310 to 652.414 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors652.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 653.280 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 653 / Section 653.280
653.280 Employer to safeguard employee’s trade equipment
Status: in_force

(1) An employer shall take all reasonable precautions to safeguard all trade equipment that is owned by an employee and is located on premises under the employer’s control.

(2) As used in ORS 653.285 (Liability of employer) and this section, unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) “Employee” and “employer” have the meaning provided for those terms in ORS 652.310 (Definitions of employer and employee) .

(b) “Premises” means the place where the employer and the employee of the employer are engaged in the furtherance of a common enterprise or the accomplishment of the same or related purposes in operation.

(c) “Trade equipment” is limited to musical instruments and sound equipment. [1975 c.488 §7; 2007 c.71 §206]

Source: Section 653.280 — Employer to safeguard employee’s trade equipment , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors653.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 658.427 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 658 / Section 658.427
658.427 Duty of commissioner to establish procedures for licensing of property services contractors
Status: in_force

(1) The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall establish, by rule, procedures for the licensing of property services contractors.

(2) Rules adopted under this section must require that a property services contractor provide the following information to the commissioner:

(a) The total number of employees employed by the property services contractor who perform janitorial services.

(b) The physical address of the work location or locations at which janitorial services are provided by an employee of the property services contractor.

(c) Demographic data that is voluntarily provided by employees relating to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status and age. [2017 c.676 §3; 2021 c.367 §31]

Source: Section 658.427 — Duty of commissioner to establish procedures for licensing of property services contractors; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors658.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657.025 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657 / Section 657.025
657.025 Employer
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, “employer” means any employing unit which employs one or more individuals in an employment subject to this chapter in each of 18 separate weeks during any calendar year, or in which the employing unit’s total payroll during any calendar quarter amounts to $1,000 or more.

(2) Whenever any helper, assistant or employee of an employer engages any other person in the work that the helper, assistant or employee is doing for the employer, with the employer’s actual, constructive or implied knowledge, the employer shall, for all purposes of this chapter, be deemed the employer of the other person, whether the other person is paid by the helper, assistant or employee or by the employer. All persons employed by an employer in all of the employer’s several places of employment maintained within the state shall be treated as employed by a single employer for the purposes of this chapter. [Amended by 1953 c.494 §1; 1955 c.655 §2; 1959 c.405 §1; 1971 c.463 §2; 1973 c.300 §1; 1975 c.257 §1; 1981 c.77 §1; 2007 c.46 §1]

Source: Section 657.025 — Employer , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 659a.196 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 659a / Section 659a.196
659A.196 Notice to employer
Status: in_force

(1) An eligible employee shall give the covered employer:

(a) Reasonable notice of the employee’s intention to take leave to attend a criminal proceeding; and

(b) Copies of any notices of scheduled criminal proceedings that the employee receives from a law enforcement agency under ORS 147.417 (Victim to be notified of constitutional rights) .

(2) All records kept by a covered employer regarding an eligible employee’s leave under ORS 659A.192 (Leave to attend criminal proceeding) or notices received under subsection (1) of this section are subject to the laws relating to confidentiality. [2003 c.603 §5]

Source: Section 659A.196 — Notice to employer; records confidential , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors659A.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 651.010 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 651 / Section 651.010
651.010 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “Bureau” means the Bureau of Labor and Industries.

(2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries. [Amended by 1979 c.659 §1; 1987 c.158 §123]

BUREAU OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES; COMMISSIONER

Source: Section 651.010 — Definitions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors651.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 663.020 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 663 / Section 663.020
663.020 Determination of appropriate unit for purposes of collective bargaining
Status: in_force

(1) The Employment Relations Board shall decide in each case whether the unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining is the employer unit, craft unit, plant unit, or subdivision thereof. However, the board shall not decide that:

(a) A unit is appropriate for such purposes if the unit includes both professional employees and employees who are not professional employees, unless a majority of the professional employees vote for inclusion in the unit;

(b) A craft unit is inappropriate for such purposes on the ground that a different unit has been established by a prior determination of the board unless a majority of the employees in the proposed craft unit vote against separate representation; or

(c) A unit is appropriate for such purposes if it includes, together with other employees, an individual employed as a guard to enforce against employees and other persons rules to protect property of the employer or to protect the safety of persons on the employer’s premises. However, no labor organization shall be certified as the representative of employees in a bargaining unit of guards if such organization admits to membership, or is affiliated directly or indirectly with an organization which admits to membership, employees other than guards.

(2) In determining whether a unit is appropriate for the purposes specified in subsection (1) of this section, the extent to which the employees have organized is not controlling. [Formerly 662.545]

Source: Section 663.020 — Determination of appropriate unit for purposes of collective bargaining , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors663.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657b.330 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657b / Section 657b.330
657B.330 Liability of certain officers, members, partners or employees for amounts in default
Status: in_force

(1) This section applies to an individual who is one or more of the following:

(a) An officer or employee of a corporation;

(b) A member or employee of a limited liability company; or

(c) A partner in or employee of a limited liability partnership.

(2) In the case of default by an employer subject to ORS 657B.320 (Delinquent contributions or grant repayments) , an individual described in subsection (1) of this section who is under a duty to perform the actions required of employers under ORS 657B.150 (Contributions) shall be personally liable for amounts due under ORS 657B.150 (Contributions) . More than one individual may be jointly and severally liable under this section for amounts due.

(3) If the Director of the Employment Department determines that an amount is due under this section, the director shall issue a notice of assessment to the individual liable under this section by mail to the individual’s last known address of record with the director.

(4) If the director has reason to believe that the individual liable under this section is insolvent, the director may issue a jeopardy assessment as provided under ORS 657B.370 (Computation and assessment of employer contributions and interest) (4).

(5) Amounts assessed under this section may be reviewed in the manner provided by ORS 657B.370 (Computation and assessment of employer contributions and interest) (5). [2019 c.700 §25]

Source: Section 657B.330 — Liability of certain officers, members, partners or employees for amounts in default , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657B.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 660.020 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 660 / Section 660.020
660.020 Necessity for written agreement
Status: in_force

(1) Every apprentice and either the apprentice’s program sponsor or the local joint committee shall sign a written apprenticeship agreement on a form approved by the State Apprenticeship and Training Council or on a form to which the council chairperson may grant interim approval. The agreement shall be signed and registered with the council as soon as practicable, but not later than 45 days after the start of the apprenticeship.

(2) When a training agent is unable or unwilling to fulfill its obligations under an apprenticeship agreement, the local joint committee may approve the transfer of the training agent’s obligation under the program standards to a subsequent approved training agent under the same program, with the consent of the apprentice. In such cases, it is not necessary to sign and register a new apprenticeship agreement, notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (1) of this section. [Amended by 1955 c.719 §1; 1957 c.270 §4; 1967 c.6 §7; 1981 c.764 §3; 2007 c.620 §3; 2011 c.140 §3]

Source: Section 660.020 — Necessity for written agreement; transfer of agreement to another employer , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors660.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657.156 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657 / Section 657.156
657.156 Reemployment service assistance
Status: in_force

(1) The Employment Department shall:

(a) Identify eligible individuals who are likely to exhaust benefits payable under ORS 657.150 (Amount of benefits) and who will need reemployment service assistance to make a successful transition to new employment; and

(b) Refer individuals identified under paragraph (a) of this subsection for any reemployment services available under state or federal law. Such services may include job search assistance, job placement services, counseling, testing, providing occupational and labor market information, assessment and referrals to employers.

(2) An eligible unemployed individual shall be eligible to receive benefits with respect to any week only if the individual participates in reemployment services including but not limited to job search assistance services, if the individual has been determined to be likely to exhaust regular benefits and to need reemployment services pursuant to a profiling system established by the Director of the Employment Department, unless the director determines that:

(a) The individual has completed such services; or

(b) There is justifiable cause for the individual’s failure to participate in such services.

(3) In adopting rules to carry out the provisions of this section, the director, insofar as practicable, shall comply with rules and policies of the United States Department of Labor. [1995 c.193 §2]

Note: 657.156 (Reemployment service assistance) was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 657 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 657.156 — Reemployment service assistance; eligibility; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 658.430 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 658 / Section 658.430
658.430 Form of license
Status: in_force

Each labor contractor license shall bear on its face such information as is prescribed by rules of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, including but not limited to:

(1) The name and address of the licensee and a statement that the license is not valid after the expiration date.

(2) The number, date of issuance and expiration date of the license.

(3) A statement that the license shall not be transferred or assigned. [1959 c.395 §8; 2013 c.584 §13]

Source: Section 658.430 — Form of license , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors658.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657.542 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657 / Section 657.542
657.542 Filing liens and warrants with Secretary of State
Status: in_force

(1) A copy of any statement of lien filed as provided in ORS 657.535 (Liens under ORS 657.525 or 657.530) or any warrant attaching the lien of ORS 657.540 (Lien on property of defaulting employer) may also be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. Filing in the office of the Secretary of State shall have no effect until a copy of the statement of lien or a warrant has been recorded with a county clerk.

(2) When a copy of the statement of lien or the warrant is filed with the Secretary of State in compliance with subsection (1) of this section, such filing shall have the same effect with respect to personal property as if the copy of the statement of lien or the warrant had been duly recorded with the county clerk in each county of this state.

(3) A copy of the statement of lien or the warrant so filed with the Secretary of State shall be filed and indexed by the Secretary of State in the same manner as is provided in ORS 79.0501 (UCC 9-501. Filing office) for the filing and indexing of financing statements. [1959 c.598 §9; 1961 c.726 §425; 1991 c.277 §2; 2001 c.445 §179]

Source: Section 657.542 — Filing liens and warrants with Secretary of State , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 652.900 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 652 / Section 652.900
652.900 Civil penalties
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries may assess a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 against any person who violates ORS 652.020 (Maximum working hours in certain industries) , 652.110 (Method of paying employees) , 652.140 (Payment of wages on termination of employment) , 652.145 (Payment of wages for seasonal farmworkers) , 652.260 (Payment to nurses providing home health or hospice services) , 652.610 (Itemized statement of amounts and purposes of deductions) (4) or 652.750 (Inspection of records by employee) or any rule adopted under those statutes.

(2) Civil penalties under this section shall be imposed as provided in ORS 183.745 (Civil penalty procedures) .

(3) All sums collected as penalties under this section shall be first applied toward reimbursement of costs incurred in determining the violations, conducting hearings under this section and addressing and collecting the penalties. The remainder, if any, of the sums collected as penalties under this section shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the General Fund and is available for general governmental expenses. [1989 c.852 §3; 1991 c.734 §59; 2001 c.690 §2; 2007 c.276 §2; 2007 c.546 §3; 2007 c.676 §2; 2009 c.141 §3]

Source: Section 652.900 — Civil penalties , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors652.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 658.435 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 658 / Section 658.435
658.435 Expiration and renewal of licenses
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, each labor contractor license shall expire one year following the date of its issuance unless sooner revoked by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries.

(2) Applications for renewal of the license shall be made 30 days prior to the expiration date by payment of the fee established under ORS 658.413 (Fee schedule for licenses, indorsements and renewals) , but the commissioner may require any person seeking renewal to file a new application under ORS 658.415 (Application for license) (1) and (2) and may conduct a new investigation of the applicant’s character, competence and reliability, and of any other matter relating to the manner by which the applicant proposes to conduct and has conducted operations as a labor contractor.

(3) If the commissioner finds that an applicant has operated as an Oregon licensed labor contractor, other than as an employee under ORS 658.411 (Licensing subject to employee indorsement) , for at least two years in compliance with ORS 658.405 (Definitions for ORS 658.405 to 658.511) to 658.511 (Wage claim against property services contractor or construction labor contractor) and with any other laws pertaining to the conduct of labor contractors, and that no valid claims for unpaid wages have been made against the applicant, at the request of the applicant the commissioner may renew the license for a term of two or four years. The fee for a license renewed for two or four years is the annual fee established for the license under ORS 658.413 (Fee schedule for licenses, indorsements and renewals) multiplied by the number of years in the renewal term. Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 658.405 (Definitions for ORS 658.405 to 658.511) to 658.511 (Wage claim against property services contractor or construction labor contractor) , the fee described in this subsection must accompany an application for renewal under this subsection. [1959 c.395 §7; 1975 c.502 §5; 1985 c.252 §1; 1989 c.930 §3; 1999 c.399 §6; 2013 c.584 §14; 2017 c.208 §2]

Source: Section 658.435 — Expiration and renewal of licenses; exception , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors658.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657.300 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657 / Section 657.300
657.300 False statements or failure to report material fact by employer
Status: in_force

No employer or employer’s agent shall intentionally and willfully make or cause to be made false statements or willfully fail to report a material fact regarding the claim of a claimant or regarding a claimant or claimant’s eligibility for benefits under this chapter. [Amended by 1983 c.395 §3; 1985 c.748 §3]

Source: Section 657.300 — False statements or failure to report material fact by employer , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 656.031 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 656 / Section 656.031
656.031 Coverage for municipal volunteer personnel
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in ORS 404.215 (Workers’ compensation coverage) , all municipal personnel, other than those employed full-time, part-time, or substitutes therefor, shall, for the purpose of this chapter, be known as volunteer personnel and shall not be considered as workers unless the municipality has filed the election provided by this section.

(2) The county, city or other municipality utilizing volunteer personnel as specified in subsection (1) of this section may elect to have such personnel considered as subject workers for purposes of this chapter. Such election shall be made by filing a written application to the insurer, or in the case of a self-insured employer, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, that includes a resolution of the governing body declaring its intent to cover volunteer personnel as provided in subsection (1) of this section and a description of the work to be performed by such personnel. The application shall also state the estimated total number of volunteer personnel on a roster for each separate category for which coverage is elected. The county, city or other municipality shall notify the insurer, or in the case of self-insurers, the director, of changes in the estimated total number of volunteers.

(3) Upon receiving the written application the insurer or self-insured employer may fix assumed wage rates for the volunteer personnel, which may be used only for purposes of computations under this chapter, and shall require the regular payment of premiums or assessments based upon the estimated total numbers of such volunteers carried on the roster for each category being covered. The self-insured employer shall submit such assumed wage rates to the director. If the director finds that the rates are unreasonable, the director may fix appropriate rates to be used for purposes of this section.

(4) The county, city or municipality shall maintain separate official membership rosters for each category of volunteers. A certified copy of the official membership roster shall be furnished the insurer or director upon request. Persons covered under this section are entitled to the benefits of this chapter and they are entitled to such benefits if injured as provided in ORS 656.202 (Compensation payable to subject worker in accordance with law in effect at time of injury) while performing any duties arising out of and in the course of their employment as volunteer personnel, if the duties being performed are among those:

(a) Described on the application of the county, city or municipality; and

(b) Required of similar full-time paid employees.

(5) The filing of claims for benefits under this section is the exclusive remedy of a volunteer or a beneficiary of the volunteer for injuries compensable under this chapter against the state, its political subdivisions, their officers, employees, or any employer, regardless of negligence. [Formerly 656.088; 1969 c.527 §1; 1977 c.72 §1; 1979 c.815 §2; 1981 c.854 §5; 1981 c.874 §1; 2009 c.718 §14a]

Source: Section 656.031 — Coverage for municipal volunteer personnel , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors656.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 656.240 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 656 / Section 656.240
656.240 Deduction of benefits from sick leave payments paid to employees
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, an employer, with the consent of the worker, may deduct from any sick leave payments made to an individual amounts equal to benefits received by the individual under this chapter with respect to the same injury that gave rise to the sick leave. However, the deduction of sick leave shall not exceed an amount determined by taking the worker’s daily wage for the period less daily time loss benefits received under this chapter divided by the worker’s daily wage. [1969 c.398 §2; 1983 c.816 §5]

Source: Section 656.240 — Deduction of benefits from sick leave payments paid to employees , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors656.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 663.175 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 663 / Section 663.175
663.175 Authority of board to prevent unfair labor practices
Status: in_force

As provided in ORS 663.175 (Authority of board to prevent unfair labor practices) to 663.260 (Service of process on union) , the Employment Relations Board may prevent any person from engaging in an unfair labor practice listed in ORS 663.120 (Employer unfair labor practices) to 663.165 (Procedure for terminating or modifying existing collective bargaining contract) . This power is not affected by any other means of adjustment or prevention established by agreement, law, ordinance, regulation or otherwise. [1971 c.729 §19]

Source: Section 663.175 — Authority of board to prevent unfair labor practices; authority not to affect other lawful adjustment means , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors663.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 652.190 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 652 / Section 652.190
652.190 Payment of wages to surviving spouse or dependent children
Status: in_force

All wages earned by an employee, not exceeding $10,000, shall, upon the employee’s death, become due and payable to the employee’s surviving spouse, or if there is no surviving spouse, the dependent children, or their guardians or the conservators of their estates, in equal shares, to the same extent as if the wages had been earned by such surviving spouse or dependent children. As used in this section, “wages” means compensation of employees based on time worked or output of production and includes every form of remuneration payable for a given period to an individual for personal services. [Amended by 1971 c.448 §1; 1981 c.594 §1; 1997 c.52 §1]

Source: Section 652.190 — Payment of wages to surviving spouse or dependent children , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors652.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 659a.815 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 659a / Section 659a.815
659A.815 Advisory agencies and intergroup-relations councils
Status: in_force

(1) The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall create such advisory agencies and intergroup-relations councils as the commissioner believes necessary to aid in effectuating the purposes of this chapter. The commissioner may empower advisory agencies and councils:

(a) To study the problems of discrimination in all or specific fields of human relationships or in specific instances of discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, age, disability, familial status or source of income.

(b) To foster, through community effort or otherwise, goodwill, cooperation and conciliation among the groups and elements of the population of the state.

(c) To make recommendations to the commissioner for the development of policies and procedures in general and in specific instances, and for programs of formal and informal education.

(2) The advisory agencies and councils shall be composed of representative citizens, serving without pay, but with reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses in accordance with laws and regulations governing state officers.

(3) The commissioner may make provision for technical and clerical assistance to the advisory agencies and councils and for the expenses of the assistance. [Formerly 659.115; 2007 c.100 §11; 2021 c.367 §43]

(Complaint, Investigation and Hearing Procedures)

Source: Section 659A.815 — Advisory agencies and intergroup-relations councils , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors659A.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 658.452 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 658 / Section 658.452
658.452 Prohibitions relating to discharge of or discrimination against employee
Status: in_force

A labor contractor or employer may not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee because:

(1) The employee has made a claim against the labor contractor or employer for compensation for the employee’s own personal services.

(2) The employee has caused to be instituted any proceedings under or related to ORS 658.405 (Definitions for ORS 658.405 to 658.511) to 658.511 (Wage claim against property services contractor or construction labor contractor) .

(3) The employee has testified or is about to testify in any such proceedings.

(4) The employee has discussed or consulted with anyone concerning the employee’s rights under ORS 658.405 (Definitions for ORS 658.405 to 658.511) to 658.511 (Wage claim against property services contractor or construction labor contractor) . [1975 c.397 §4; 1981 c.606 §4; 2013 c.584 §19]

Source: Section 658.452 — Prohibitions relating to discharge of or discrimination against employee , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors658.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 655.535 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 655 / Section 655.535
655.535 Charging claims costs
Status: in_force

Claims payments and administrative costs of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall be charged by the department to the Department of Corrections or the Oregon Youth Authority pursuant to ORS 278.435 (Fund to operate on actuarially sound basis) . [1963 c.527 §§8,12; 1981 c.211 §1; 1987 c.320 §242; 1991 c.566 §10; 2013 c.229 §16]

Source: Section 655.535 — Charging claims costs , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors655.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 656.772 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 656 / Section 656.772
656.772 Annual audit of State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation by Secretary of State
Status: in_force

(1) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) The Secretary of State shall conduct an annual audit of the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation and the Industrial Accident Fund pursuant to ORS 297.210 (Audits of accounts of state agencies and state-aided institutions and agencies) . As part of this audit, the Secretary of State shall contract with a firm qualified to perform an independent actuarial review.

(b) The firm conducting the review required by paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be familiar with the accounting standards applicable to the reserves under review, shall meet all appropriate standards of practice established by the Casualty Actuarial Society, shall employ a staff that includes no fewer than three people who have attained fellowship in the Casualty Actuarial Society and shall maintain limits of errors and omission insurance as prescribed by the Secretary of State.

(c) The Secretary of State shall determine the scope of the review required by paragraph (a) of this subsection, which shall include, but is not limited to:

(A) A review of the sources and uses of the moneys in the Industrial Accident Fund;

(B) A reconciliation of changes in actuarial assumptions and reserve values from the prior year;

(C) An examination of the development of claim reserve inadequacies or redundancies over time;

(D) An assessment of the future financial viability of the Industrial Accident Fund; and

(E) An evaluation of losses and loss adjustment expense reserves discounted by a rate determined by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services that is consistent with discount rates generally applied by insurers authorized to underwrite workers’ compensation insurance in Oregon.

(d) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation shall cooperate with the actuarial firm in all respects and shall permit the firm full access to all information the firm deems necessary for a true and complete review. Information provided to the actuarial firm conducting the annual review is subject to the same limitations on public inspections as required for the records of the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation.

(e) The audit required by paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be conducted using both generally accepted accounting principles and the statutory accounting principles published by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

(f) The cost of the audit required by paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be paid by the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation.

(2) The Secretary of State shall issue an annual report to the Governor, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on the results of the audit and review. The audit and the report of the review performed by the independent actuarial firm shall be available for public inspection, in accordance with the Secretary of State’s established rules and procedures governing public disclosure of audit documents. [2001 c.724 §1]

Note: 656.772 (Annual audit of State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation by Secretary of State) and 656.774 (Annual report by State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation to Secretary of State) were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 656 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 656.772 — Annual audit of State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation by Secretary of State; scope of review; report of audit , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors656.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657.805 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657 / Section 657.805
657.805 Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund
Status: in_force

There hereby is created the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund. The fund shall consist of:

(1) All contributions received and collected under this chapter.

(2) Interest earned upon any moneys in the fund.

(3) Any property or securities acquired through the use of moneys belonging to the fund and all earnings of such property or securities.

(4) All other moneys or property, including securities, of any kind whatsoever received for the fund from any other source whatsoever.

(5) All moneys credited to this state’s account in the unemployment trust fund pursuant to section 903 of the Social Security Act, as amended. [Amended by 1957 c.609 §1; 1965 c.359 §7; 2021 c.638 §10]

Source: Section 657.805 — Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657b.350 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657b / Section 657b.350
657B.350 Third party administrator
Status: in_force

(1) The Director of the Employment Department may enter into an agreement with a third party to implement this chapter and to serve as the administrator of the program established under ORS 657B.340 (Family and medical leave insurance program) . The director may enter into such an agreement only on a competitive bid basis.

(2) Every service provided by a third party administrator pursuant to an agreement entered into under this section is subject to the same requirements provided under this chapter as if the services had been provided by the director.

(3) A third party administrator that enters into an agreement with the director under this section is subject to oversight by the director.

(4) Costs incurred by the director pursuant to an agreement with a third party administrator entered into under this section may not be recovered by an increase in the contribution rate determined by the director under ORS 657B.150 (Contributions) . [2019 c.700 §34]

Source: Section 657B.350 — Third party administrator; agreements; oversight by director , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657B.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 659a.180 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 659a / Section 659a.180
659A.180 Postings by employer
Status: in_force

A covered employer shall post a notice of the requirements of ORS 659A.150 (Definitions for ORS 659A.150 to 659A.186) to 659A.186 (Exclusivity of provisions) in every establishment of the employer in which employees are employed. The Bureau of Labor and Industries shall provide notices to covered employers meeting the requirements of this section. [Formerly 659.490]

Source: Section 659A.180 — Postings by employer , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors659A.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 659.800 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 659 / Section 659.800
659.800 Use of force or misrepresentation to prevent employment prohibited
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall, by force, threats, or intimidation, prevent, or endeavor to prevent, any person employed by another from continuing or performing work, or from accepting any new work or employment.

(2) No person shall circulate any false written or printed matter, or be concerned in the circulation of any such matter, to induce others not to buy from or sell to or have dealings with any person, for the purpose or with the intent to prevent such person from employing any person, or to force or compel such person to employ or discharge from employment anyone, or to alter the mode of carrying on business, or to limit or increase the number of employees or the rate of wages or time of service. [Formerly 659.240]

Source: Section 659.800 — Use of force or misrepresentation to prevent employment prohibited , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors659.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657.088 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657 / Section 657.088
657.088 Employment
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this chapter, “employment” does not include officiating services performed by individuals in recreational, interscholastic or intercollegiate sporting events or contests.

(2) As used in this section:

(a) “Officiating services” means overseeing the play of a sporting event or contest, judging whether the rules are being followed and penalizing participants for infringing the rules.

(b) “Sporting event or contest” means any sporting competition in which the participants are not professional athletes or contestants or are not remunerated for their participation.

(3) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to officiating services performed for:

(a) A nonprofit employing unit;

(b) This state;

(c) A political subdivision of this state; or

(d) An Indian tribe. [2011 c.106 §2]

Source: Section 657.088 — Employment; certain sports officiating services excluded; exceptions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657.205 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657 / Section 657.205
657.205 Deduction of retirement pay
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (2) to (5) of this section, an individual is disqualified for benefits for any week with respect to which the individual is receiving, will receive, or has received a governmental or other pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or other similar periodic payment based on the previous work of the individual, if payment is received under a plan maintained or contributed to by a base year employer of the individual.

(2) In determining disqualification for any week under subsection (1) of this section, if the remuneration and payments referred to in subsection (1) of this section cover a period greater than and include such week, a pro rata share of such remuneration and payments shall be apportioned to such week or weeks. Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, such payments made in a lump sum upon separation or in weekly or other installments shall be considered as payments with respect to weeks following separation without regard to the existence or lack thereof of an employee-employer relationship during the weeks such pay is allocated pursuant to rules of the Director of the Employment Department.

(3) An individual is not disqualified for benefits and the director may not reduce benefits under this section to an individual who:

(a) If otherwise eligible, is entitled to benefits for any week;

(b) Is a dislocated worker who has been terminated as a result of any permanent closure of or any substantial layoff at a plant, facility or enterprise; and

(c) Elects to receive a payment referred to in subsection (1) of this section in a lump sum.

(4) If payments referred to in subsection (1) of this section are being received by an individual under the federal Social Security Act, the director shall take into account the individual’s contribution and make no reduction in the weekly benefit amount.

(5) If under this section the remuneration and payments, or the pro rata share thereof, in any week are less than the benefits which would otherwise be due under this chapter for such week, such individual is entitled to receive for such week, if otherwise eligible, benefits reduced by the amount of such remuneration and payments. [Amended by 1955 c.655 §13; 1957 c.699 §4; 1963 c.468 §1; 1969 c.569 §2; 1973 c.380 §1; 1975 c.661 §1; 1977 c.294 §3; 1979 c.185 §1; 1981 c.62 §1; 1983 c.157 §1; 1985 c.432 §1; 1987 c.270 §1; 2001 c.663 §1]

Source: Section 657.205 — Deduction of retirement pay; exceptions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 656.445 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 656 / Section 656.445
656.445 Advancement of funds from Workers’ Benefit Fund for compensation due workers insured by insurer in default
Status: in_force

(1) If an insurer defaults in payment of compensation due an injured worker, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may advance funds from the Workers’ Benefit Fund to injured workers who have not received payment of compensation due from the insurer in default.

(2) The maximum expenditures that may be made under this section may not exceed the amount of securities on deposit for the insurer pursuant to ORS 731.628 (Deposit required of workers’ compensation insurers) .

(3) The director shall adopt rules to regulate, manage and disburse moneys in the Workers’ Benefit Fund for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section. The rules shall include but not be limited to eligibility criteria, procedures for distributing funds, accounting procedures and a maximum expenditure limitation on payments made under subsection (1) of this section from the fund. [2001 c.974 §6]

Source: Section 656.445 — Advancement of funds from Workers’ Benefit Fund for compensation due workers insured by insurer in default; limitations; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors656.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 651.070 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 651 / Section 651.070
651.070 Duty to prepare model respectful workplace policy and create informational materials identifying harms caused by workplace bullying
Status: in_force

(1) The Bureau of Labor and Industries shall prepare a model respectful workplace policy that employers may adopt. In preparing the model policy, the bureau shall take into consideration existing respectful workplace policies.

(2) The bureau shall create informational materials that identify the harms to employees and employers caused by workplace bullying and make the materials available to employers. [2023 c.165 §1]

Note: 651.070 (Duty to prepare model respectful workplace policy and create informational materials identifying harms caused by workplace bullying) was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 651 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

ADMINISTRATION OF LABOR LAWS GENERALLY; FUNDS AND EXPENDITURES

Source: Section 651.070 — Duty to prepare model respectful workplace policy and create informational materials identifying harms caused by workplace bullying , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors651.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657.280 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657 / Section 657.280
657.280 General procedure and records concerning disputed claims
Status: in_force

(1) The manner in which disputed claims shall be presented and the reports thereon required from the claimant and from the employers shall be in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the Director of the Employment Department.

(2) A full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings in connection with the disputed claim. All testimony at any hearing upon a disputed claim shall be recorded but need not be transcribed unless the disputed claim is appealed further. [Amended by 1983 c.522 §3; 1999 c.849 §§127,128; 2003 c.75 §50]

Source: Section 657.280 — General procedure and records concerning disputed claims , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 654.005 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 654 / Section 654.005
654.005 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “Board” means the Workers’ Compensation Board created by ORS 656.712 (Workers’ Compensation Board) .

(2) “Department” means the Department of Consumer and Business Services.

(3) “Director” means the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services.

(4) “Employee” includes:

(a) Any individual, including a minor whether lawfully or unlawfully employed, who engages to furnish services for a remuneration, financial or otherwise, subject to the direction and control of an employer.

(b) Salaried, elected and appointed officials of the state, state agencies, counties, cities, school districts and other public corporations.

(c) Any individual who is provided with workers’ compensation coverage as a subject worker pursuant to ORS chapter 656, whether by operation of law or by election.

(5) “Employer” includes:

(a) Any person who has one or more employees.

(b) Any sole proprietor or member of a partnership who elects workers’ compensation coverage as a subject worker pursuant to ORS 656.128 (Sole proprietors, limited liability company members, partners, independent contractors may elect coverage by insurer) .

(c) Any successor or assignee of an employer. As used in this paragraph, “successor” means a business or enterprise that is substantially the same entity as the predecessor employer according to criteria adopted by the department by rule.

(6) “Owner” means every person having ownership, control or custody of any place of employment or of the construction, repair or maintenance of any place of employment.

(7) “Person” means one or more individuals, legal representatives, partnerships, joint ventures, associations, corporations (whether or not organized for profit), business trusts, any organized group of persons, the state, state agencies, counties, municipal corporations, school districts and other public corporations or subdivisions.

(8) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) “Place of employment” includes:

(A) Every place, whether fixed or movable or moving, whether indoors or out or underground, and the premises and structures appurtenant thereto, where either temporarily or permanently an employee works or is intended to work; and

(B) Every place where there is carried on any process, operation or activity related, either directly or indirectly, to an employer’s industry, trade, business or occupation, including a labor camp, wherever located, provided by an employer for employees or by another person engaged in providing living quarters or shelters for employees.

(b) “Place of employment” does not include:

(A) Any place where the only employment involves nonsubject workers employed in or about a private home; and

(B) Any corporate farm where the only employment involves the farm’s family members, including parents, spouses, sisters, brothers, daughters, sons, daughters-in-law, sons-in-law, nieces, nephews or grandchildren. [Amended by 1973 c.833 §4; 1975 c.102 §2; 1977 c.804 §34; 1987 c.373 §30; 1993 c.744 §17; 1999 c.433 §1; 2007 c.612 §1]

Source: Section 654.005 — Definitions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors654.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 656.140 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 656 / Section 656.140
656.140 Coverage of persons operating equipment for hire
Status: in_force

(1) Any person, or persons operating as partners, who have an ownership or leasehold interest in equipment and are engaged in the business of operating such equipment for hire, may elect to cover themselves under the Workers’ Compensation Law by filing with an insurer a written application to become entitled as subject workers to the benefits of the Workers’ Compensation Law.

(2) As used in this section “equipment” means:

(a) A motor vehicle used in the transportation of logs, poles or pilings.

(b) A motor vehicle used in the transportation of rocks, gravel, sand or dirt.

(c) A backhoe or other similar equipment used for digging and filling ditches or trenches.

(d) A tractor.

(e) Any other motor vehicle or heavy equipment of a kind commonly operated for hire.

(3) The insurer may accept such application and fix a classification and an assumed monthly wage at which such person, or persons operating as partners, shall be carried on the payroll as workers for purposes of computations under this chapter.

(4) When the application is accepted, such person, or persons operating as partners, become subject workers. Thereupon, such person, or persons operating as partners, shall be subject to this chapter as a subject employer notwithstanding ORS 656.023 (Who are subject employers) and shall be entitled to benefits as subject workers.

(5) No claim shall be allowed or paid under this section, except upon corroborative evidence in addition to the evidence of the claimant.

(6) Any person, or persons operating as partners, electing coverage under this section, have the same duties and responsibilities of any other subject employer in the event they hire one or more subject workers.

(7) The rights given to a person, or persons operating as partners, and their beneficiaries pursuant to this section for injuries compensable under this chapter are in lieu of any remedies they might otherwise have for such injuries against the person for whom services are being performed. [1969 c.463 §2; 1975 c.556 §24; 1981 c.854 §10; 1981 c.876 §4]

Source: Section 656.140 — Coverage of persons operating equipment for hire , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors656.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 663.290 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 663 / Section 663.290
663.290 Place of service of court process
Status: in_force

All process of any court to which application may be made under this chapter may be served wherever the defendant or other person required to be served resides or may be found. [1971 c.729 §42]

Source: Section 663.290 — Place of service of court process , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors663.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657.255 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657 / Section 657.255
657.255 Method of payment of benefits
Status: in_force

(1) Benefits shall be payable from the fund and shall be paid through employment offices, in accordance with such regulations as the Director of the Employment Department may prescribe.

(2) In the event of the death of any person to whom benefits are due under this chapter, but which benefits remain unpaid in whole or in part, such benefits may be paid to any person or persons designated by the director in the following order:

(a) Surviving spouse.

(b) Surviving children, including adopted children.

(c) Mother or father of the deceased.

Source: Section 657.255 — Method of payment of benefits; payment of benefits due deceased person; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 659a.144 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 659a / Section 659a.144
659A.144 Required accommodations in transient lodging
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “Lift system” means a system that:

(A) Is used to transfer a person to a bed, toilet, shower or bathtub, but does not provide the person with independent mobility;

(B) May be a manual lift, an electronic lift or a lift that uses a track system; and

(C) May require operation by an assistant.

(b) “Transient lodging” means a unit consisting of a room or suite of rooms that:

(A) Is not occupied as a principal residence;

(B) Is typically occupied for periods of fewer than 30 consecutive days; and

(C) Includes services that are part of the regularly charged cost of occupancy, including maid and linen services.

(2) A transient lodging provider shall ensure that at least one room or suite of rooms of the transient lodging facility has a lift system or multiple lift systems that enable a person with a disability to access the following in the room or suite of rooms occupied by the person with a disability:

(a) A bed;

(b) A toilet; and

(c) A shower or bathtub.

(3) A lift system shall be made available by a transient lodging provider at no cost to a person with a disability, but the person is responsible for providing:

(a) The person’s own sling or other personal equipment that is required to use the lift system; and

(b) Any assistant necessary for the operation of the lift system.

(4) A transient lodging provider is not liable for any injury caused by the use of a lift system, unless the injury is caused by the gross negligence or recklessness of the provider in relation to the provision and maintenance of the lift system.

(5) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) The requirements of this section apply only to transient lodging facilities that:

(A) Consist of 175 or more rooms or suites of rooms; and

(B) Are newly constructed or that are altered in a manner that affects or could affect the usability of the facility in a manner that requires the facility to be in compliance with the accessibility standards established by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

(b) For the purpose of this subsection, the usability of a facility is not affected by cosmetic changes, including, but not limited to, changes in:

(A) Floor coverings;

(B) Wall coverings;

(C) Soft or hard surfaces, including upholstery, drapery, window treatments, countertops, vanities and cabinetry; and

(D) Furnishings, including furniture or fixtures.

(6) Any violation of this section is an unlawful practice. [2009 c.841 §2]

Source: Section 659A.144 — Required accommodations in transient lodging; liability; limitations on applicability , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors659A.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 656.634 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 656 / Section 656.634
656.634 Trust fund status of Industrial Accident Fund
Status: in_force

(1) The Industrial Accident Fund is a trust fund exclusively for the uses and purposes declared in this chapter, except that this provision shall not be deemed to amend or impair the force or effect of any law of this state specifically authorizing the investment of moneys from the fund.

(2) Subject to the right of the State of Oregon to direct legislatively the disposition of any surplus in excess of reserves and surplus deemed actuarially necessary according to recognized insurance principles, and necessary in addition thereto to assure continued fiscal soundness of the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation both for current operations and for future capital needs, the State of Oregon declares that it has no proprietary interest in the Industrial Accident Fund or in the contributions made to the fund by the state prior to June 4, 1929. The state disclaims any right to reclaim those contributions and waives any right of reclamation it may have had in that fund. [Formerly 656.454; 1967 c.335 §55; 1982 s.s.3 c.2 §4]

Source: Section 656.634 — Trust fund status of Industrial Accident Fund , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors656.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657b.023 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657b / Section 657b.023
657B.023 Determining family member by reason of affinity
Status: in_force

In order to determine whether an individual qualifies as a family member by reason of affinity, as that term is used in ORS 657B.010 (Definitions) , consideration shall be given to whether there exists a significant personal bond attributed to factors, established by the Director of the Employment Department by rule, that, when examined in total, resemble a family relationship. [2023 c.203 §10]

Source: Section 657B.023 — Determining family member by reason of affinity , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657B.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 660.354 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 660 / Section 660.354
660.354 Oregon Youth Employment Fund
Status: in_force

The Oregon Youth Employment Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Oregon Youth Employment Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for the purposes of ORS 660.353 (Oregon Youth Employment Program) . [2011 c.702 §5; 2015 c.366 §68]

Source: Section 660.354 — Oregon Youth Employment Fund , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors660.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657b.250 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657b / Section 657b.250
657B.250 Portability of benefits and retention of eligibility status between jobs
Status: in_force

(1) An employee who is a covered individual under the program established under ORS 657B.340 (Family and medical leave insurance program) retains such status until the employee qualifies for coverage under a plan approved under ORS 657B.210 (Equivalent plans, generally) .

(2) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) An employee who has ceased to be covered by a plan approved under ORS 657B.210 (Equivalent plans, generally) , is, if otherwise eligible, automatically qualified to receive family and medical leave insurance benefits under the program established under ORS 657B.340 (Family and medical leave insurance program) .

(b) Notwithstanding ORS 657B.210 (Equivalent plans, generally) (3), an employee who was eligible for benefits under a plan approved under ORS 657B.210 (Equivalent plans, generally) is automatically eligible for benefits under a plan that is offered by a new employer and that has been approved under ORS 657B.210 (Equivalent plans, generally) .

(c) For purposes of this subsection, an employee has ceased to be covered by an approved plan if:

(A) The employee takes family leave, medical leave or safe leave after the employee has separated from employment with an employer that offered a plan approved under ORS 657B.210 (Equivalent plans, generally) ;

(B) The employer has withdrawn from the plan as provided under ORS 657B.240 (Withdrawal from plan) ;

(C) The Director of the Employment Department has terminated the plan under ORS 657B.220 (Director review of benefits provided under equivalent plan) ; or

(D) The director finds that the employer is insolvent or has discontinued doing business in this state. [2019 c.700 §47]

Source: Section 657B.250 — Portability of benefits and retention of eligibility status between jobs , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657B.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 654.150 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 654 / Section 654.150
654.150 Sanitary facilities at construction projects
Status: in_force

(1) At the site of every construction project estimated to cost $1 million or more the employer or owner of such place of employment shall provide toilet facilities and facilities for maintaining personal cleanliness for the use of employees on the construction project. Flush toilets shall be provided and the washing facilities shall consist of warm water, wash basins and soap. A building or a mobile, self-contained unit may be provided for such facilities. The number, types and maintenance of facilities shall conform to minimum standards set by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to highway construction or maintenance projects or to electricity, water, sewer or gas transmission facility construction or maintenance projects.

(3) The director may, by order, exempt or partially exempt, individual or classes of construction projects from the requirements of subsection (1) of this section when conditions are such that compliance is impractical or impossible. [1975 c.751 §2; 1993 c.450 §1]

Source: Section 654.150 — Sanitary facilities at construction projects; standards; exemptions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors654.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 653.490 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 653 / Section 653.490
653.490 Local work schedule requirements
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “Enact” includes but is not limited to adopt, amend, refer or pass with a delayed operative or effective date.

(b) “Local government” includes a county, city, district or other public corporation, authority or entity organized and existing under statute or city or county charter.

(c) “Work schedule” means the days and times during which an employee is required by an employer to perform the duties for which the employee will receive compensation. “Work schedule” does not include employee time off for medical reasons or sick time.

(2) The State of Oregon preempts all charter and statutory authority of local governments to enact a requirement relating to work schedules.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, a local government may set work schedule requirements:

(a) For public employers; and

(b) In specifications for public contracts or subcontracts entered into by the local government. [2015 c.591 §1; 2017 c.691 §14]

Note: 653.490 (Local work schedule requirements) was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 653 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

DOMESTIC WORKERS’ PROTECTION ACT

Source: Section 653.490 — Local work schedule requirements; preemption; exceptions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors653.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 654.165 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 654 / Section 654.165
654.165 Employees not required to work bare-handed or rubber-gloved on high voltage lines
Status: in_force

No employer shall require an employee to perform bare-handed or rubber-gloved work on a live electrical line with a voltage of 5,000 volts or greater. [1991 c.549 §2]

Note: 654.165 (Employees not required to work bare-handed or rubber-gloved on high voltage lines) was added to and made a part of 654.001 (Short title) to 654.295 (Application of Oregon Safe Employment Act) by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 654.165 — Employees not required to work bare-handed or rubber-gloved on high voltage lines , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors654.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 653.326 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 653 / Section 653.326
653.326 Employment of professionally trained minors allowed with permit
Status: in_force

(1) The Bureau of Labor and Industries may by special permit authorize a child under 18 years of age to engage in employment otherwise prohibited by law if the child has successfully completed professional training for such employment conducted by any school district, or training that the bureau considers equivalent thereto, and the child:

(a) Has graduated from high school; or

(b) Is employed during such time as public schools are not in session for a period exceeding 30 days.

(2) The bureau or a person authorized by the bureau shall investigate periodically the conditions of the employment for which a special permit has been issued, to determine whether the permit should be continued. [1967 c.347 §2; 1995 c.343 §51; 2013 c.296 §25]

Source: Section 653.326 — Employment of professionally trained minors allowed with permit , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors653.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 656.751 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 656 / Section 656.751
656.751 State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation created
Status: in_force

(1) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation is created as an independent public corporation. The corporation shall be governed by a board of five directors appointed by the Governor. Two members shall be chosen to represent the public. Of the remaining three members, a board member must be insured by the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation at the time of appointment and for one year prior to appointment, or an employee of such an employer. Members of the board are subject to confirmation by the Senate pursuant to section 4, Article III of the Oregon Constitution.

(2) No member of the board of directors shall have any pecuniary interest, other than an incidental interest which is disclosed and made a matter of public record at the time of appointment to the board, in any corporation or other business entity doing business in the workers’ compensation insurance industry.

(3) The term of office of a member is four years, but a member serves at the pleasure of the Governor. Before the expiration of the term of a member, the Governor shall appoint a successor. A member is eligible for reappointment. If there is a vacancy for any cause, the Governor shall make an appointment to become immediately effective for the unexpired term.

(4) A member of the board of directors is entitled to compensation and expenses as provided in ORS 292.495 (Compensation and expenses of members of state boards and commissions) .

(5) The board of directors shall select one of its members as chairperson and another as vice chairperson, for such terms and with such duties and powers as the board of directors considers necessary for performance of the functions of those offices. A majority of the members of the board of directors constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.

(6) The board of directors shall meet at least once every three months at a time and place determined by the board of directors. The board of directors shall meet at such other times and places specified by the call of the chairperson or of a majority of the members of the board of directors.

(7) It is the function of the board of directors to establish the policies for the operation of the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation, consistent with all applicable provisions of law.

(8) The board shall file with the Legislative Assembly and the Governor, not later than April 15 of each year, a report covering the activities and operations of the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation for the preceding year. [1979 c.829 §2; 1981 c.854 §51]

Source: Section 656.751 — State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation created; board; members’ qualifications; terms; compensation; expenses; function; report , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors656.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 654.991 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 654 / Section 654.991
654.991 Penalties
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to ORS 153.022 (Authority of agency to specify rule violation as particular level of violation) , any employer who willfully violates any provision of, or any regulation, rule, standard or order promulgated pursuant to, ORS 654.001 (Short title) to 654.295 (Application of Oregon Safe Employment Act) , 654.412 (Definitions for ORS 654.412 to 654.423) to 654.423 (Use of physical force by health care employee in self-defense against assault) and 654.750 (Definitions for ORS 654.750 to 654.780) to 654.780 (Providing basic information to employees) , and that violation is found to have caused or materially contributed to the death of any employee, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both; except that if the conviction is for a violation committed after a first conviction of such person, punishment shall be by a fine of not more than $20,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both. For the purposes of this subsection, a violation is willful if it is committed knowingly by an employer or supervisory employee who, having a free will or choice, intentionally or knowingly disobeys or recklessly disregards the requirements of a regulation, rule, standard or order. ORS 161.085 (Definitions with respect to culpability) shall apply to terms used in this section.

(2) Any person who gives advance notice of any inspection to be conducted under ORS 654.001 (Short title) to 654.295 (Application of Oregon Safe Employment Act) , 654.412 (Definitions for ORS 654.412 to 654.423) to 654.423 (Use of physical force by health care employee in self-defense against assault) and 654.750 (Definitions for ORS 654.750 to 654.780) to 654.780 (Providing basic information to employees) , without authority from the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services or the designees of the director, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both.

(3) Whoever knowingly makes a false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to ORS 654.001 (Short title) to 654.295 (Application of Oregon Safe Employment Act) , 654.412 (Definitions for ORS 654.412 to 654.423) to 654.423 (Use of physical force by health care employee in self-defense against assault) and 654.750 (Definitions for ORS 654.750 to 654.780) to 654.780 (Providing basic information to employees) shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both.

(4) Punishment under this section does not affect or lessen the civil liability of the offender. [1973 c.833 §38 (enacted in lieu of 654.990); 1977 c.455 §1; 1999 c.1051 §321]

Source: Section 654.991 — Penalties , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors654.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 660.329 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 660 / Section 660.329
660.329 Wage standards for participants of workforce programs funded by certain state and federal funds
Status: in_force

(1) This section applies to an entity that provides paid work experience to an individual participating in a workforce program that is funded in whole or in part by the following sources:

(a) State funds that are allocated to and made available for reallocation by local workforce development boards to the entity for workforce programs.

(b) Funds allotted to the state pursuant to the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act that are allocated to and available for reallocation by local workforce development boards to the entity for workforce programs in accordance with the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

(2) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) An entity described in subsection (1) of this section shall:

(A) Notwithstanding ORS 653.025 (Minimum wage rate) , pay wages to individuals participating in the program at a rate that is:

(i) Equivalent to an entry-level training wage as determined by the entity pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection; and

(ii) In alignment with the wage progression schedule established by the entity under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph;

(B) Establish a wage progression schedule that includes the step progression requirements and the rate calculation formula upon which the entity shall make determinations about a participating individual’s eligibility to increase the individual’s wage rate from an entry-level training wage to a wage rate that is equivalent to the average area wage standard for an hour’s work in the same trade or occupation in the locality where the labor is performed;

(C) Develop a training plan for individuals participating in the program that includes, at a minimum:

(i) The entry-level training wage that will be paid to the individual;

(ii) A statement that the individual shall be paid according to the wage progression schedule established by the entity, along with a description of the requirements that the individual must meet in order to progress to a higher wage rate under the wage progression schedule;

(iii) A statement that the entry-level training wage paid to the individual may not be less than the federal minimum wage rate or the applicable state minimum wage rate, whichever is greater; and

(iv) A statement explaining that the entry-level training wage paid to the individual is a minimum standard and that a higher wage rate shall be paid to the individual if so required under other applicable federal or state laws, regulations or a collective bargaining agreement; and

(D) Provide each individual participating in the program with a copy of the training plan described in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph on the date on which the individual first begins participating in the program.

(b) For purposes of paragraph (a)(A) of this subsection, the entry-level training wage shall be a percentage amount of the average area wage standard for an hour’s work in the same trade or occupation in the locality where the labor is performed, but in no event may the entry-level training wage be less than the applicable state minimum wage rate under ORS 653.025 (Minimum wage rate) .

(c) Each individual who performs work for an entity described in this section shall be considered an employee of the entity for purposes of state wage and hour laws and state laws prohibiting employment discrimination and retaliation. [2023 c.343 §2]

Source: Section 660.329 — Wage standards for participants of workforce programs funded by certain state and federal funds , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors660.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 659a.306 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 659a / Section 659a.306
659A.306 Requiring employee to pay for medical examination as condition of continued employment prohibited
Status: in_force

(1) It is an unlawful employment practice for any employer to require an employee, as a condition of continuation of employment, to pay the cost of any medical examination or the cost of furnishing any health certificate.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, it is not an unlawful employment practice for an employer to require the payment of medical examination or health certificate costs:

(a) From health and welfare fringe benefit moneys contributed entirely by the employer; or

(b) By the employee if the medical examination or health certificate is required pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, state or federal statute or city or county ordinance. [Formerly 659.330]

Source: Section 659A.306 — Requiring employee to pay for medical examination as condition of continued employment prohibited; exceptions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors659A.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 661.020 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 661 / Section 661.020
661.020 Labor not a commodity
Status: in_force

(1) The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce.

(2) The right to enter into the relation of employer and employee, to change that relation, to assume and create a new relation for employer and employee or to work and labor as an employee, shall be held and construed to be a personal and not a property right.

Source: Section 661.020 — Labor not a commodity; employment rights are personal , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors661.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 662.080 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 662 / Section 662.080
662.080 Hearing and findings of certain facts are prerequisites to injunction
Status: in_force

No court, nor any judge thereof, shall have jurisdiction to issue a temporary or permanent injunction in any case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, except after hearing the testimony of witnesses in open court, with opportunity for cross-examination, in support of the allegations of a complaint made under oath, and testimony in opposition thereto, if offered, and except after findings of fact by the court, to the effect:

(1) That unlawful acts have been threatened and will be committed unless restrained, or have been committed and will be continued unless restrained, but no injunction or temporary restraining order shall be issued on account of any threat or unlawful act excepting against the persons, association or organization making the threat or committing the unlawful act or actually authorizing or ratifying the same after actual knowledge thereof.

(2) That substantial and irreparable injury to complainant’s property will follow.

(3) That as to each item of relief granted greater injury will be inflicted upon complainant by the denial of relief than will be inflicted upon defendants by the granting of relief.

(4) That complainant has no adequate remedy at law.

(5) That the public officers charged with the duty to protect complainant’s property are unable or unwilling to furnish adequate protection.

Source: Section 662.080 — Hearing and findings of certain facts are prerequisites to injunction , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors662.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657.050 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657 / Section 657.050
657.050 Employment
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this chapter, “employment” does not include:

(a) Domestic service performed in a private home, local college club or local chapter of a college fraternity or sorority, unless the domestic service is performed for an employing unit that paid to individuals employed in the domestic service cash remuneration of $1,000 or more in a calendar quarter in the current calendar year or the preceding calendar year.

(b) Child care service provided through the Department of Human Services to an individual who is the recipient of public assistance.

(c) Service not in the course of the employer’s trade or business or that does not promote or advance the trade or business of the employer unless the service is performed in each of 18 weeks in a calendar year or total payroll for the service is $1,000 or more during any calendar quarter.

(d) Child care service provided in the home of the child care provider by the provider.

(2) The provisions of subsection (1)(b) and (d) of this section do not apply to services performed for:

(a) A nonprofit employing unit;

(b) This state;

(c) A political subdivision of this state; or

(d) An Indian tribe. [Amended by 1959 c.405 §3; 1975 c.156 §1; 1977 c.446 §2; 1993 c.444 §1; 1995 c.139 §1; 1997 c.58 §1; 2001 c.572 §6; 2005 c.218 §12; 2007 c.46 §2]

Source: Section 657.050 — Employment; domestic service, child care service and certain service not in course of employer’s trade excluded; exceptions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 656.640 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 656 / Section 656.640
656.640 Creation of reserves
Status: in_force

The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may set aside such other reserves within the Industrial Accident Fund as are deemed necessary. [Formerly 656.468; 1981 c.854 §46]

Source: Section 656.640 — Creation of reserves , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors656.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 653.651 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 653 / Section 653.651
653.651 Enforcement
Status: in_force

(1) An employee asserting a violation of ORS 653.641 (Unlawful practices) (2) or (3) may file a complaint with the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries under ORS 659A.820 (Complaints) or a civil action as provided in ORS 659A.885 (Civil action) .

(2) The commissioner has the same enforcement powers with respect to the rights established under ORS 653.601 (Definitions for ORS 653.601 to 653.661) to 653.661 (Preemption) as are established in ORS chapters 652 and 653. [2015 c.537 §13]

Source: Section 653.651 — Enforcement , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors653.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657.150 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657 / Section 657.150
657.150 Amount of benefits
Status: in_force

(1) An individual shall be paid benefits for weeks during the benefit year in an amount that is to be determined by taking into account the individual’s work in subject employment in the base year as provided in this section.

(2) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) To qualify for benefits an individual must have:

(A) Worked in subject employment in the base year with total base year wages of $1,000 or more and have total base year wages equal to or in excess of one and one-half times the wages in the highest quarter of the base year; and

(B) Have earned wages in subject employment equal to six times the individual’s weekly benefit amount in employment for service performed subsequent to the beginning of a preceding benefit year if benefits were paid to the individual for any week in the preceding benefit year.

(b) If the individual does not meet the requirements of paragraph (a)(A) of this subsection, the individual may qualify for benefits if the individual has worked a minimum of 500 hours in employment subject to this chapter during the base year.

(3) If the wages paid to an individual are not based upon a fixed period of time or if wages are paid at irregular intervals or in such manner as not to extend regularly over the period of employment, for the purposes of subsections (2) to (5) of this section, the individual’s wages shall be allocated in accordance with rules prescribed by the Director of the Employment Department. Such rules shall, insofar as possible, produce results the same as those that would exist if the individual had been paid wages at regular intervals. The director may adopt rules to attribute hours of work to an individual if the individual is not paid on an hourly basis or if the employer does not report the number of hours worked.

(4) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) An eligible individual’s weekly benefit amount shall be 1.25 percent of the total wages paid in the individual’s base year. However, such amount shall not be less than the minimum, nor more than the maximum weekly benefit amount.

(b) The minimum weekly benefit amount shall be 15 percent (0.1500) of the state average weekly covered wage for the preceding calendar year, effective for any benefit year commencing on and after the week that includes July 4, 1975, and the week that includes each July 4 thereafter.

(c) The maximum weekly benefit amount shall be:

(A) Fifty-five percent (0.5500) of the state average weekly covered wage for calendar year 1979, effective for any benefit year commencing with and after the week that includes July 4, 1980, and through any benefit year commencing with the week that includes June 27, 1981.

(B) Fifty-five percent (0.5500) of the state average weekly covered wage for calendar year 1980, effective for any benefit year commencing with and after the week that includes July 4, 1981, through any benefit year commencing with the week that includes September 27, 1981.

(C) Fifty-eight percent (0.5800) of the state average weekly covered wage for calendar year 1980, effective for any benefit year commencing with and after the week that includes October 4, 1981, through any benefit year commencing with the week that includes June 27, 1982.

(D) Sixty percent (0.6000) of the state average weekly covered wage for calendar year 1981, effective for any benefit year commencing with and after the week that includes July 4, 1982, through any benefit year commencing with the week that includes June 27, 1983.

(E) Sixty-four percent (0.6400) of the state average covered weekly wage for the preceding calendar year, effective for any benefit year commencing with and after the week that includes July 4, 1983, and the week that includes each July 4 thereafter.

(d) All weekly benefit amounts, if not a multiple of $1, shall be computed to the next lower multiple of $1.

(e) For the purposes of this subsection, the state average weekly covered wage means an amount determined by the Employment Department by dividing the total wages paid by subject employers during the year by 52 times the average monthly employment reported by subject employers for the year.

(5) Benefits paid to an eligible individual in a benefit year shall not exceed 26 times the individual’s weekly benefit amount, or one-third of the base year’s wages paid, whichever is the lesser. If such amount is not a multiple of $1, it shall be computed to the next lower multiple of $1.

(6) An eligible unemployed individual who has employment in any week shall have the individual’s weekly benefit amount reduced, but not below zero, by the amount of earnings paid or payable that exceeds the greater of:

(a) Ten times the minimum hourly wage established by the laws of this state; or

(b) One-third of the individual’s weekly benefit amount.

(7) Payment that has been, is or will be paid to an individual for a holiday or vacation shall be considered as earnings in the determination of the amount of benefits payable with respect to the week in which the holiday or vacation falls in the same manner as provided in subsection (6) of this section. However, if payment for the holiday or vacation is paid more than 45 days prior to the holiday or vacation or is delayed more than 45 days following the end of the week in which the holiday or vacation falls, the provisions of this section do not apply and previously reduced benefits shall be adjusted accordingly.

(8) Payment that has been or is paid to an individual as back pay shall be considered as earnings in the determination of the amount of benefits payable with respect to the period for which the back pay has been or is paid.

(9) Payment that has been, or will be, made to an individual as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, including the organized militia of the State of Oregon, for the performance of inactive duty training shall not be considered as earnings in the determination of the amount of benefits payable. [1955 c.655 §15; 1957 c.699 §1; 1959 c.567 §1; 1961 c.211 §1; 1963 c.441 §1; 1967 c.434 §1; 1969 c.569 §1; 1971 c.463 §13; 1971 c.521 §1; 1973 c.146 §1; 1973 c.535 §1; 1975 c.661 §2; 1977 c.670 §1; 1981 c.77 §10; 1981 c.751 §1; 1983 c.51 §1; 1987 c.257 §1; 1989 c.897 §1; 1995 c.104 §1; 1995 c.105 §4; 1995 c.153 §1; 2020 s.s.2 c.1 §§1,3; 2021 c.388 §§5,6]

Source: Section 657.150 — Amount of benefits; length of employment and wages necessary to qualify for benefits; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 656.752 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 656 / Section 656.752
656.752 State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation
Status: in_force

(1) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation is created for the purpose of transacting workers’ compensation insurance and reinsurance business. The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation also may insure an Oregon employer against any liability such employer may have on account of bodily injury to a worker of the employer arising out of and in the course of employment as fully as any private insurance carrier.

(2) The functions of the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation shall be:

(a) To confer with and solicit employers and to determine, handle, audit and enforce collection of premiums, assessments and fees of insured employers insured with the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation;

(b) To make insurance available to as many Oregon employers as inexpensively as may be consistent with the overall integrity of the Industrial Accident Fund, in accordance with ORS 656.634 (Trust fund status of Industrial Accident Fund) and sound principles of insurance;

(c) To receive and handle and process the claims of workers and beneficiaries of workers injured in the employ of insured employers insured with the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation; and

(d) To perform all other functions which the laws of this state specifically authorize or which are necessary or appropriate to carry out the functions expressly authorized.

(3) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation in its name may sue and be sued.

(4) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may authorize self-insured employers or other insurers to use any physical rehabilitation center operated by the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation on such terms as the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation deems reasonable.

(5) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation in its own name, may acquire, lease, rent, own and manage real property. It may construct, equip and furnish buildings or other structures as are necessary to accommodate its needs. It may purchase, rent, lease or otherwise acquire for its use all supplies, materials, equipment and services necessary to carry out its functions. It may sell or otherwise dispose of any property acquired under this subsection.

(6) Any real property acquired and owned by the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation under this section shall be subject to ad valorem taxation.

(7) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may furnish advice, services and excess workers’ compensation and employer liability insurance to any employer qualified as a self-insured employer under the provisions of ORS 656.407 (Qualifications of insured employers) , on such terms and conditions as the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation deems reasonable.

(8) With the approval of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may provide reinsurance coverage to Oregon employers on such terms and conditions as the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation deems reasonable.

(9) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may contract with the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to provide claim management services for claims filed under ORS 655.505 (Definitions for ORS 655.505 to 655.555) to 655.555 (Rules for administration of fund for injuries of adults in custody) by adults in custody of institutions of the Department of Corrections. [1965 c.285 §55; 1965 c.564 §7; 1967 c.253 §1; 1969 c.247 §2; 1971 c.262 §1; 1977 c.659 §3; 1979 c.815 §10; 1979 c.829 §5a; 1981 c.854 §52; 1981 c.876 §7; 1990 c.1 §3; 2007 c.326 §1; 2019 c.213 §150]

Source: Section 656.752 — State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation; purpose and functions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors656.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657.329 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657 / Section 657.329
657.329 Applicability of ORS 657.321 to 657.329
Status: in_force

ORS 657.321 (Definitions for ORS 657.321 to 657.329) to 657.329 (Applicability of ORS 657.321 to 657.329) shall apply to individuals meeting the requirements thereof for the week ending January 16, 1971, and any week thereafter. [1971 c.2 §6]

Source: Section 657.329 — Applicability of ORS 657.321 to 657.329 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 656.587 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 656 / Section 656.587
656.587 Paying agency must join in any compromise
Status: in_force

Any compromise by the worker or other beneficiaries or the legal representative of the deceased worker of any right of action against an employer or third party is void unless made with the written approval of the paying agency or, in the event of a dispute between the parties, by order of the Workers’ Compensation Board. [Formerly 656.318; 1990 c.2 §34]

Source: Section 656.587 — Paying agency must join in any compromise , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors656.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 654.172 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 654 / Section 654.172
654.172 Exemption from inspection or investigation for certain agricultural activities
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Oregon Safe Employment Act, an employer engaged in agricultural activities with 10 or fewer agricultural employees is exempt from inspection or investigation under ORS 654.067 (Inspection of places of employment) under the following conditions:

(a) There has not been a complaint filed pursuant to ORS 654.062 (Notice of violation to employer by worker) or, within the preceding two-year period, an accident at the employer’s agricultural place of employment resulting in death or serious disabling injury from violation of the Oregon Safe Employment Act or rules adopted pursuant thereto.

(b) The employer and principal supervisors of the agricultural employees annually attend four hours of instruction on agricultural safety rules and procedures at a course conducted or approved by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services.

(c) The agricultural activities are inspected once every four years by an individual acting in a safety consultant capacity, and all violations found upon inspection are remedied within 90 days of the date of inspection.

(2) In order to promote communication and understanding between the director and agricultural interests, the director shall appoint an agricultural advisory committee of seven agricultural employers, each with 10 or fewer agricultural employees, to review and consult with the director on the administration of the Oregon Safe Employment Act with regard to agricultural activities. [Formerly 654.154]

Source: Section 654.172 — Exemption from inspection or investigation for certain agricultural activities , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors654.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 660.205 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 660 / Section 660.205
660.205 Certification of program completion for certain apprentices
Status: in_force

(1) There shall be a uniform system of certification in those apprenticeable occupations for which the State Apprenticeship and Training Council determines certification is required. Such certification shall be awarded to apprentices successfully completing such an apprenticeship program and shall signify the apprentice’s attainment of the status of journeyworker. The council shall prescribe by rule a singular form of certification card for apprenticeable occupations and the conditions for its issuance.

(2) Only the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries may prepare or issue or cause to be prepared or issued a card or other form of documentation purporting to certify or otherwise representing the bearer to be a journeyworker in an apprenticeable occupation.

(3) The commissioner may establish and charge a fee for the issuance of certification in an amount not to exceed $25.

(4) The provisions of this section first apply to apprentices who successfully complete an apprenticeship program after January 1, 1990. [1989 c.1061 §2; 2011 c.140 §11]

Source: Section 660.205 — Certification of program completion for certain apprentices; card; rules; fee , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors660.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 656.560 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 656 / Section 656.560
656.560 Default in payment of premiums, fees, assessments or deposit
Status: in_force

(1) When any payment of premiums, fees and assessments required by this chapter to be made by an employer insured with the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation on the account of the employer or on account of workers employed by that employer becomes due, interest at the rate of one percent per month or fraction thereof shall be added to the amount of such payment commencing with the first day of the month following the date upon which such payment became due.

(2) If any employer insured with the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation fails to make and maintain the deposit provided in ORS 656.552 (Deposit of cash, bond or letter of credit to secure payment of employer’s premiums) or fails to make payment of premiums, fees and assessments required within 30 days after a written demand by the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation, such employer is in default and is also subject to a penalty of 10 percent of the amount then due. The written demand shall be mailed to the employer at the last-known address of the employer by registered or certified mail. A copy of the demand shall at the same time be sent to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services.

(3) The amount at any time due, together with interest thereon, and penalty for nonpayment thereof, may be collected by the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation in the same action.

(4) Every employer in default, as provided in this section, upon receipt of notice thereof, shall display such notice of default by posting it in a place accessible to the workers in such manner as to inform the workers of such default. [Amended by 1965 c.285 §73a; 1969 c.248 §1; 1971 c.73 §1; 1975 c.556 §44; 1981 c.854 §39]

Source: Section 656.560 — Default in payment of premiums, fees, assessments or deposit; remedies , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors656.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 658.418 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 658 / Section 658.418
658.418 Exemption from certain requirements
Status: in_force

Upon written application from a labor contractor, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries may exempt the labor contractor from the provisions of ORS 658.440 (Requirements for labor contractors) (1)(i) and, for a labor contractor engaged in forestation or reforestation of lands, from the provisions of ORS 658.415 (Application for license) (3) for the license year if the commissioner finds that the labor contractor:

(1) Operates as a sole proprietor;

(2) Engages in activities pursuant to contracts for less than $25,000; and

(3) Employs two or fewer individuals in the performance of work on all contracts performed in the license year. [1985 c.454 §2; 2005 c.340 §4; 2013 c.584 §10]

Source: Section 658.418 — Exemption from certain requirements , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors658.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 662.130 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 662 / Section 662.130
662.130 Contempt proceedings
Status: in_force

(1) In all cases arising under ORS 662.010 (Labor disputes) to 662.130 (Contempt proceedings) in which a person is charged with contempt in a court of this state, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury wherein the contempt has been committed; provided, this right shall not apply to contempts committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to interfere directly with the administration of justice or to the misbehavior, misconduct or disobedience of any officer of the court in respect to the writs, orders or process of the court.

(2) The defendant in any proceeding for contempt of court may file with the court a demand for the retirement of the judge sitting in the proceeding, if the contempt arises from an attack upon the character or conduct of such judge and if the attack occurred elsewhere than in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to interfere directly with the administration of justice. Upon the filing of any such demand the judge shall thereupon proceed no further, but another judge shall be designated as provided by law. The demand shall be filed prior to the hearing in the contempt proceeding.

(3) Except as provided in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, proceedings for imposition of sanctions for contempt shall be conducted as provided under ORS 33.015 (Definitions for ORS 33.015 to 33.155) to 33.155 (Applicability) . [Amended by 1991 c.724 §29]

Source: Section 662.130 — Contempt proceedings; jury trial; change of judge , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors662.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657.608 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657 / Section 657.608
657.608 Director
Status: in_force

(1) The Employment Department shall be under the supervision and control of a director appointed by the Governor. The term of office of the Director of the Employment Department is four years, but the director may be removed at any time during a term at the pleasure of the Governor. The appointment of the director is subject to confirmation by the Senate in the manner provided in ORS 171.562 (Procedures for confirmation) and 171.565 (Vote required for confirmation) .

(2) The director is responsible for providing for programs to deliver to the public services assigned to the department and for undertaking long-range planning necessary for the effective delivery of those services.

(3) The director shall receive such salary as may be provided by law or, if not so provided, as may be fixed by the Governor, and shall be reimbursed for all expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of official duties. Such compensation shall be paid out of the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund or the Child Care Fund, as appropriate. [1959 c.583 §3; 1969 c.597 §179; 1969 c.695 §13; 1983 c.522 §6; 1983 c.740 §246; 1993 c.344 §5]

Source: Section 657.608 — Director; term; duties; compensation , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657.350 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657 / Section 657.350
657.350 Rules for administering training program
Status: in_force

The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall promulgate rules as necessary for the administration of ORS 657.335 (Definitions for ORS 657.335 to 657.360) to 657.360 (When employer charged for benefits) , including but not limited to procedures for approval, undertaking periodic reviews for continued approval, or for disapproval of career and technical training for an individual. [1969 c.156 §8; 1971 c.82 §5; 1991 c.685 §8; 1997 c.61 §11; 2001 c.684 §31; 2009 c.94 §27; 2015 c.366 §96; 2019 c.384 §6]

Source: Section 657.350 — Rules for administering training program , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 653.626 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 653 / Section 653.626
653.626 Medical verification
Status: in_force

(1) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) If an employee takes more than three consecutive scheduled workdays of sick time for a purpose described in ORS 653.616 (Allowable uses of sick time) (1) to (4), an employer may require the employee to provide verification from a health care provider of the need for the sick time, or certification of the need for leave for purposes of ORS 659A.272 (Employer required to provide leave) as provided in ORS 659A.280 (Notice to employer) .

(b) If the need for sick time is foreseeable and is projected to last more than three scheduled workdays and an employee is required to provide notice under ORS 653.621 (Minimum use increments) , the employer may require that verification or certification be provided before the sick time commences or as soon as otherwise practicable.

(c) If the employee commences sick time without providing prior notice required by the employer under ORS 653.621 (Minimum use increments) :

(A) Medical verification shall be provided to the employer within 15 calendar days after the employer requests the verification; or

(B) Certification provided as specified in ORS 659A.280 (Notice to employer) shall be provided to the employer within a reasonable time after the employee receives the request for certification.

(2) The employer shall pay any reasonable costs for providing medical verification or certification required under this section, including lost wages, that are not paid under a health benefit plan in which the employee is enrolled.

(3) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) An employer may not require that the verification or certification required under this section explain the nature of the illness or details related to the domestic violence, sexual assault, harassment, or stalking that necessitates the use of sick time.

(b) If an employer suspects that an employee is abusing sick time, including engaging in a pattern of abuse, the employer may require verification from a health care provider of the need of the employee to use sick time, regardless of whether the employee has used sick time for more than three consecutive days. As used in this paragraph, “pattern of abuse” includes, but is not limited to, repeated use of unscheduled sick time on or adjacent to weekends, holidays, vacation days or paydays.

(4) As used in this section, “health care provider” has the meaning given that term in ORS 659A.150 (Definitions for ORS 659A.150 to 659A.186) . [2015 c.537 §8]

Source: Section 653.626 — Medical verification , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors653.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 656.798 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 656 / Section 656.798
656.798 Duty of insurer, self-insured employer and self-insured employer group to provide information to director
Status: in_force

Every workers’ compensation insurer, self-insured employer and self-insured employer group shall provide to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services all information requested by the director for the purpose of assessing the impact of ORS 656.795 (Informational materials for nurse practitioners) and 656.797 (Certification by nurse practitioner of review of required materials) and the amendments to ORS 656.005 (Definitions) , 656.245 (Medical services to be provided) , 656.250 (Limitation on compensability of physical therapist services) , 656.252 (Medical report regulation) , 656.262 (Processing of claims and payment of compensation) , 656.268 (Claim closure) , 656.325 (Required medical examination) , 656.340 (Vocational assistance procedure) , 656.726 (Duties and powers to carry out workers’ compensation and occupational safety laws) , 657.170 (Extending base year) , 659A.043 (Reinstatement of injured worker to former position) , 659A.046 (Reemployment of injured worker in other available and suitable work) , 659A.049 (Rights of reinstatement and reemployment protected) and 659A.063 (State to continue group health benefits for injured worker and covered dependents) by sections 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25 and 27, chapter 811, Oregon Laws 2003. [2003 c.811 §31]

Note: See note under 656.795 (Informational materials for nurse practitioners) .

Source: Section 656.798 — Duty of insurer, self-insured employer and self-insured employer group to provide information to director , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors656.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657.265 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657 / Section 657.265
657.265 Notice of claim filing to employing unit or agent of employing unit
Status: in_force

When a claimant files an initial claim or an additional claim, the Employment Department promptly shall give written notice of the claim filing to the claimant’s most recent employing unit or agent of the employing unit. If the claimant did not receive or will not receive remuneration from qualifying employment, as described in ORS 657.176 (Grounds and procedure for disqualification) , in an amount greater than or equal to four times the claimant’s weekly benefit amount from the claimant’s most recent employing unit, the Employment Department shall notify the claimant’s next previous employing unit or units or agents of the employing unit or units until the Employment Department has notified all of the claimant’s former employing units, or the agents of the employing units, that, in the aggregate, have paid or will pay the claimant remuneration from qualifying employment, as described in ORS 657.176 (Grounds and procedure for disqualification) , in an amount that is equal to or exceeds four times the claimant’s weekly benefit amount. [Amended by 1961 c.252 §3; 1965 c.210 §1; 1967 c.435 §3; 1969 c.597 §177; 1971 c.77 §1; 1975 c.257 §6; 1977 c.295 §6; 1981 c.77 §11; 1981 c.751 §3; 1983 c.395 §1; 1983 c.508 §7; 1983 c.522 §1; 1993 c.778 §4; 2009 c.115 §4; 2011 c.22 §1]

Source: Section 657.265 — Notice of claim filing to employing unit or agent of employing unit , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 658.015 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 658 / Section 658.015
658.015 Exemptions from ORS 658.005 to 658.245
Status: in_force

(1) ORS 658.005 (Definitions for ORS 658.005 to 658.245) to 658.245 (Actions upon agency bonds or letters of credit) do not apply to:

(a) Labor contractors subject to ORS 658.405 (Definitions for ORS 658.405 to 658.511) to 658.511 (Wage claim against property services contractor or construction labor contractor) ; or

(b) A temporary staffing agency as defined in ORS 676.695 (Definitions for ORS 676.695 to 676.725) .

(2) ORS 658.005 (Definitions for ORS 658.005 to 658.245) to 658.245 (Actions upon agency bonds or letters of credit) do not apply to any nonprofit organization or corporation organized for the purpose of economic adjustment, civic betterment and the giving of professional guidance and placement to its members, when all of the following requirements are met:

(a) None of its directors, officers or employees are deriving any profit beyond a nominal salary for services performed on its behalf.

(b) Membership dues and fees are used solely for the maintenance of the organization or corporation.

(c) No fee is charged for employment services.

(d) On request of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, the organization or corporation files with the commissioner, on or before the first day of April of each year, a copy of its constitution or articles of incorporation and its bylaws, together with a sworn statement setting forth its place of business; the names and addresses of its officers, directors and employees, the salaries they receive and the services they actually perform; and the various benefits furnished to its members.

(3) As used in subsection (2) of this section:

(a) “Civic betterment” means the promotion of the common good and general welfare of the people of this state or any political subdivision therein.

(b) “Economic adjustment” means the promotion of a program by which individuals are helped to acquire new professional skills, add to their existing professional skills or change their type of profession.

(4) ORS 658.005 (Definitions for ORS 658.005 to 658.245) to 658.245 (Actions upon agency bonds or letters of credit) do not apply to a bona fide labor organization of workers or a nonprofit organization or corporation that has been formed in good faith for the regulation, promotion and advancement of the general professional interests of its members and that incidentally maintains a placement service principally engaged in securing employment for such members. [1953 c.694 §25; 1959 c.395 §16; 1961 c.380 §2; 1973 c.678 §2; 1979 c.224 §3; 1981 c.318 §3; 1987 c.306 §4; 1995 c.343 §55; 2013 c.584 §2; 2022 c.92 §8]

Source: Section 658.015 — Exemptions from ORS 658.005 to 658.245 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors658.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 659a.043 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 659a / Section 659a.043
659A.043 Reinstatement of injured worker to former position
Status: in_force

(1) A worker who has sustained a compensable injury shall be reinstated by the worker’s employer to the worker’s former position of employment upon demand for such reinstatement, if the position exists and is available and the worker is not disabled from performing the duties of such position. A worker’s former position is available even if that position has been filled by a replacement while the injured worker was absent. If the former position is not available, the worker shall be reinstated in any other existing position that is vacant and suitable. A certificate by the attending physician or a nurse practitioner authorized to provide compensable medical services under ORS 656.245 (Medical services to be provided) that the physician or nurse practitioner approves the worker’s return to the worker’s regular employment or other suitable employment shall be prima facie evidence that the worker is able to perform such duties.

(2) Such right of reemployment shall be subject to the provisions for seniority rights and other employment restrictions contained in a valid collective bargaining agreement between the employer and a representative of the employer’s employees.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section:

(a) The right to reinstatement to the worker’s former position under this section terminates when whichever of the following events first occurs:

(A) A medical determination by the attending physician or, after an appeal of such determination to a medical arbiter or panel of medical arbiters pursuant to ORS chapter 656, has been made that the worker cannot return to the former position of employment.

(B) The worker is eligible and participates in vocational assistance under ORS 656.340 (Vocational assistance procedure) .

(C) The worker accepts suitable employment with another employer after becoming medically stationary.

(D) The worker refuses a bona fide offer from the employer of light duty or modified employment that is suitable prior to becoming medically stationary.

(E) Seven days elapse from the date that the worker is notified by the insurer or self-insured employer by certified mail that the worker’s attending physician or a nurse practitioner authorized to provide compensable medical services under ORS 656.245 (Medical services to be provided) has released the worker for employment unless the worker requests reinstatement within that time period.

(F) Three years elapse from the date of injury.

(b) The right to reinstatement under this section does not apply to:

(A) A worker hired on a temporary basis as a replacement for an injured worker.

(B) A seasonal worker employed to perform less than six months’ work in a calendar year.

(C) A worker whose employment at the time of injury resulted from referral from a hiring hall operating pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement.

(D) A worker whose employer employs 20 or fewer workers at the time of the worker’s injury and at the time of the worker’s demand for reinstatement.

(4) Notwithstanding ORS 659A.165 (Notice to employer) , a worker who refuses an offer of employment under subsection (3)(a)(D) of this section and who otherwise is entitled to family leave under ORS 659A.150 (Definitions for ORS 659A.150 to 659A.186) to 659A.186 (Exclusivity of provisions) :

(a) Automatically commences a period of family leave under ORS 659A.150 (Definitions for ORS 659A.150 to 659A.186) to 659A.186 (Exclusivity of provisions) upon refusing the offer of employment; and

(b) Need not give additional written or oral notice to the employer that the employee is commencing a period of family leave.

(5) Any violation of this section is an unlawful employment practice. [Formerly 659.415; 2003 c.811 §§21,22; 2005 c.22 §§469,470; 2007 c.365 §11; 2007 c.633 §§4,5]

Source: Section 659A.043 — Reinstatement of injured worker to former position; certificate evidencing ability to work; effect of collective bargaining agreement; termination of right to reinstatement; when reinstatement right terminates , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors659A.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657.475 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657 / Section 657.475
657.475 Where a number of the same workers are normally employed by several employers
Status: in_force

(1) Where a number of workers are normally employed in employment in the course of a year by several employers, such employers, with the approval of the Director of the Employment Department, may appoint an agent who shall maintain such records and prepare and file such returns and reports as are required under this chapter in respect to such workers, including returns and reports of wages paid and payable to such workers, and may pay the employers’ contributions levied under this chapter in respect to wages paid and payable to such workers and shall perform such other acts on behalf of such employers as the director may authorize, all in the same manner as though such agent were the employer of such workers.

(2) The director may, by regulation, provide for the manner of crediting to each such employer the employment experience of such group of employers who have appointed such agent with respect to such workers, for the purpose of any classification of employers made pursuant to this chapter for the determination of future rates of employers’ contributions.

(3) Any of such employers who operate or do business in more than one place may, with the approval of the director, appoint a separate agent in each such place.

(4) This section shall not be construed to make such agent the employer of such workers, or relieve any employer of obligations to comply with the terms of this chapter, except to the extent that such obligations are discharged by such agent.

Source: Section 657.475 — Where a number of the same workers are normally employed by several employers; records; contributions; charging benefits , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 656.795 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 656 / Section 656.795
656.795 Informational materials for nurse practitioners
Status: in_force

The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall develop and make available to nurse practitioners informational materials about the workers’ compensation system, including, but not limited to, the management of indemnity claims, standards for authorization of temporary disability benefits, return to work responsibilities and programs, and general workers’ compensation rules and procedures for medical service providers. [2003 c.811 §29]

Note: 656.795 (Informational materials for nurse practitioners) to 656.798 (Duty of insurer, self-insured employer and self-insured employer group to provide information to director) were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 656 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 656.795 — Informational materials for nurse practitioners , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors656.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 658.019 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 658 / Section 658.019
658.019 Rehabilitation services agency exemption
Status: in_force

(1) ORS 658.005 (Definitions for ORS 658.005 to 658.245) to 658.245 (Actions upon agency bonds or letters of credit) do not apply to a rehabilitation services agency.

(2) As used in this section:

(a) A “rehabilitation services agency” means an individual, partnership or corporation that:

(A) Holds itself out to the public as such;

(B) Is certified by the Department of Consumer and Business Services to perform rehabilitation services pursuant to ORS chapter 656;

(C) Exclusively provides services to clients who are injured workers or individuals with physical or mental disabilities; and

(D) Receives the major portion of the fee for services to the clients from a government agency, an insurer, self-insured employer or person other than the client.

(b) “Services to the client” may include, but are not limited to medical evaluation, physical rehabilitation, vocational rehabilitation, employment counseling, job analysis, job site modification, job placement, on-the-job training or other short term training program. [1983 c.475 §2; 1989 c.224 §124; 2007 c.70 §288]

Source: Section 658.019 — Rehabilitation services agency exemption , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors658.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 659a.320 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 659a / Section 659a.320
659A.320 Discrimination based on information in credit history prohibited
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, it is an unlawful employment practice for an employer to obtain or use for employment purposes information contained in the credit history of an applicant for employment or an employee, or to refuse to hire, discharge, demote, suspend, retaliate or otherwise discriminate against an applicant or an employee with regard to promotion, compensation or the terms, conditions or privileges of employment based on information in the credit history of the applicant or employee.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to:

(a) Employers that are federally insured banks or credit unions;

(b) Employers that are required by state or federal law to use individual credit history for employment purposes;

(c) The application for employment or the employment of a public safety officer who will be or who is:

(A) A member of a law enforcement unit;

(B) Employed as a peace officer commissioned by a city, port, school district, mass transit district, county, university under ORS 352.121 (University police departments and officers) or 353.125 (Creation of police department and commission of police officers) , Indian reservation, the Superintendent of State Police under ORS 181A.340 (Commissioning of humane special agents) , the Criminal Justice Division of the Department of Justice, the Oregon State Lottery Commission or the Governor or employed as a regulatory specialist by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission; and

(C) Responsible for enforcing the criminal laws of this state or laws or ordinances related to airport security; or

(d) The obtainment or use by an employer of information in the credit history of an applicant or employee because the information is substantially job-related and the employer’s reasons for the use of such information are disclosed to the employee or prospective employee in writing.

(3) An employee or an applicant for employment may file a complaint under ORS 659A.820 (Complaints) for violations of this section and may bring a civil action under ORS 659A.885 (Civil action) and recover the relief as provided by ORS 659A.885 (Civil action) (1) and (2).

(4) As used in this section, “credit history” means any written or other communication of any information by a consumer reporting agency that bears on a consumer’s creditworthiness, credit standing or credit capacity. [2010 c.102 §2; 2011 c.210 §6; 2011 c.506 §54; 2012 c.54 §25; 2012 c.67 §16; 2013 c.180 §49; 2015 c.614 §165; 2021 c.351 §293]

Source: Section 659A.320 — Discrimination based on information in credit history prohibited; exceptions; remedies for violation , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors659A.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 653.022 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 653 / Section 653.022
653.022 “Piece-rate-work-day” defined for ORS 653.020
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 653.020 (Excluded employees) (1), “piece-rate-work-day” means any day during which an employee performs any agricultural labor on a piece-rate basis for not less than one hour. For the purposes of this section, “employee” does not include any individual

employed by an employer in agriculture if such individual is the parent, spouse, child or other member of the employer’s immediate family. [1971 c.758 §2; 1989 c.446 §3]

Source: Section 653.022 — “Piece-rate-work-day” defined for ORS 653.020 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors653.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 658.780 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 658 / Section 658.780
658.780 Protest of registration
Status: in_force

Any individual may protest the registration of any proposed farmworker camp and the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall give the individual an opportunity to state the reasons for the objection. [1989 c.962 §14; 1995 c.500 §5]

Source: Section 658.780 — Protest of registration , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors658.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 653.035 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 653 / Section 653.035
653.035 Deducting value of lodging, meals and other benefits furnished by employer
Status: in_force

(1) Employers may deduct from the minimum wage to be paid employees under ORS 653.025 (Minimum wage rate) , 653.030 (Commissioner may prescribe lower rates in certain cases) or 653.261 (Minimum employment conditions) , the fair market value of lodging, meals or other facilities or services furnished by the employer for the private benefit of the employee.

(2) Employers may include commission payments to employees as part of the applicable minimum wage for any pay period in which the combined wage and commission earnings of the employee will comply with ORS 653.010 (Definitions for ORS 653.010 to 653.261) to 653.261 (Minimum employment conditions) . In any pay period where the combined wage and commission payments to the employee do not add up to the applicable minimum wage under ORS 653.010 (Definitions for ORS 653.010 to 653.261) to 653.261 (Minimum employment conditions) , the employer shall pay the minimum rate as prescribed in ORS 653.010 (Definitions for ORS 653.010 to 653.261) to 653.261 (Minimum employment conditions) .

(3) Employers, including employers regulated under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, may not include any amount received by employees as tips in determining the amount of the minimum wage required to be paid by ORS 653.010 (Definitions for ORS 653.010 to 653.261) to 653.261 (Minimum employment conditions) . [1967 c.596 §§6, 7; 1977 c.238 §3]

Source: Section 653.035 — Deducting value of lodging, meals and other benefits furnished by employer; treatment of commissions and tips , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors653.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 659a.355 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 659a / Section 659a.355
659A.355 Discrimination based on wage inquiry or wage complaint
Status: in_force

(1) It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discharge, demote or suspend, or to discriminate or retaliate against, an employee with regard to promotion, compensation or other terms, conditions or privileges of employment because the employee has:

(a) Inquired about, discussed or disclosed in any manner the wages of the employee or of another employee; or

(b) Made a charge, filed a complaint or instituted, or caused to be instituted, an investigation, proceeding, hearing or action based on the disclosure of wage information by the employee.

(2) This section does not apply to an employee who has access to wage information of employees as part of the job functions of the employee’s position and discloses the wages of those employees to individuals not authorized access to the information, unless the disclosure is in response to a charge or complaint or is in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing or action, including but not limited to an investigation conducted by the employer. [2015 c.307 §2]

Source: Section 659A.355 — Discrimination based on wage inquiry or wage complaint; exception , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors659A.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 653.050 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 653 / Section 653.050
653.050 Employers to post summary of law and rules
Status: in_force

Every employer required by ORS 653.025 (Minimum wage rate) or by any rules, orders or permit issued under ORS 653.030 (Commissioner may prescribe lower rates in certain cases) or 653.261 (Minimum employment conditions) to pay a minimum wage to any of the employer’s employees shall keep summaries of ORS 653.010 (Definitions for ORS 653.010 to 653.261) to 653.261 (Minimum employment conditions) and summaries of all rules adopted by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries pursuant to ORS 653.010 (Definitions for ORS 653.010 to 653.261) to 653.261 (Minimum employment conditions) and 653.307 (Annual employment certificates) posted in a conspicuous and accessible place in or about the premises where the employees are employed. Employers may obtain the summaries from the website of the Bureau of Labor and Industries or upon request from the bureau, the first copy of which shall be furnished without charge. In addition, upon request, the bureau shall furnish the complete text of all rules adopted pursuant to ORS 653.010 (Definitions for ORS 653.010 to 653.261) to 653.261 (Minimum employment conditions) and 653.307 (Annual employment certificates) to any employer without charge. [1967 c.596 §10; 1977 c.238 §4; 1985 c.99 §6; 2011 c.348 §4; 2013 c.296 §20]

Source: Section 653.050 — Employers to post summary of law and rules; Bureau of Labor and Industries to furnish summaries and copies , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors653.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 660.405 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 660 / Section 660.405
660.405 Grant program for collaborative pilot projects that employ workforce benefits navigators
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “Community-based organization” has the meaning given that term in ORS 660.390 (Grant program for development of post-secondary career pathway programs) .

(b) “Comprehensive one-stop center” has the meaning given that term in 34 C.F.R. 361.305.

(c) “Workforce benefits navigator” means an individual who:

(A) Is employed at a comprehensive one-stop center or a community-based organization to advise and assist individuals from priority populations in accessing workforce programs and applying for benefits and services that are available under the programs;

(B) Has comprehensive knowledge and understanding of workforce programs and the benefits and services that are available under those programs;

(C) Is aware of the cultural and linguistic differences of individuals from priority populations, including knowledge of the lived experiences of such individuals; and

(D) Is trained in trauma-informed practices.

(2) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission, in consultation with the State Workforce and Talent Development Board, shall establish and administer a program to award grants for pilot projects implemented by local workforce development boards that partner with comprehensive one-stop centers or community-based organizations to employ a workforce benefits navigator to connect individuals from priority populations to workforce programs and to increase access for such individuals to services and benefits made available under those workforce programs.

(3) The commission shall establish criteria and standards by which local workforce development boards may submit proposals to receive a grant under this section.

(4) The commission may adopt any rules necessary for carrying out the provisions of this section. [2022 c.28 §11]

Source: Section 660.405 — Grant program for collaborative pilot projects that employ workforce benefits navigators; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors660.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 659a.233 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 659a / Section 659a.233
659A.233 Discrimination for reporting certain violations or testifying at unemployment compensation hearing prohibited
Status: in_force

It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discharge, demote, suspend or in any manner discriminate or retaliate against an employee with regard to promotion, compensation or other terms, conditions or privileges of employment for the reason that the employee has in good faith reported possible violations of ORS chapter 441 or of ORS 443.400 (Definitions for ORS 443.400 to 443.455) to 443.455 (Civil penalties) or has testified in good faith at an unemployment compensation hearing or other hearing conducted pursuant to ORS chapter 657. [Formerly 659.035]

Source: Section 659A.233 — Discrimination for reporting certain violations or testifying at unemployment compensation hearing prohibited , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors659A.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 656.017 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 656 / Section 656.017
656.017 Employer required to pay compensation and perform other duties
Status: in_force

(1) Every employer subject to this chapter shall maintain assurance with the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services that subject workers of the employer and their beneficiaries will receive compensation for compensable injuries as provided by this chapter and that the employer will perform all duties and pay other obligations required under this chapter, by qualifying:

(a) As a carrier-insured employer; or

(b) As a self-insured employer as provided by ORS 656.407 (Qualifications of insured employers) .

(2) Notwithstanding ORS chapter 278, this state shall provide compensation insurance for its employees through the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation.

(3) Any employer required by the statutes of this state other than this chapter or by the rules, regulations, contracts or procedures of any agency of the federal government, this state or a political subdivision of this state to provide or agree to provide workers’ compensation coverage, either directly or through bond requirements, may provide such coverage by any method provided in this section. [1975 c.556 §21 (enacted in lieu of 656.016); 1977 c.659 §1; 1979 c.815 §1; 1981 c.854 §3; 1985 c.731 §30]

Source: Section 656.017 — Employer required to pay compensation and perform other duties; state not authorized to be direct responsibility employer , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors656.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 660.014 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 660 / Section 660.014
660.014 Committees not state agencies
Status: in_force

Local joint committees formed under ORS 660.135 (Local joint committees) , trade committees for apprenticeship and training formed under ORS 660.145 (Trade apprenticeship and training committees) and state joint committees formed under ORS 660.155 (State joint committees) shall not be considered state agencies for any purpose. [1997 c.31 §2]

Source: Section 660.014 — Committees not state agencies , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors660.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657.105 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657 / Section 657.105
657.105 Wages
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, and subject to ORS 657.115 (Wages) to 657.140 (Wages) , “wages” means all remuneration for employment, including the cash value, as determined by the Director of the Employment Department under the regulations of the director, of all remuneration paid in any medium other than cash.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, noncash remuneration paid for services performed in agricultural labor or domestic service shall not be considered remuneration or wages for any purpose under this chapter. [Amended by 1975 c.257 §4; 1977 c.446 §6]

Source: Section 657.105 — Wages; generally , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 663.265 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 663 / Section 663.265
663.265 Application of ORS 663.270 to 663.295 to hearings and investigations
Status: in_force

ORS 663.270 (Access of board to evidence relating to subject matter of investigation or proceedings) to 663.295 (Governmental officers and agencies to furnish evidence related to board proceedings) apply to all hearings and investigations which, in the opinion of the Employment Relations Board, are necessary and proper for the exercise of the powers vested in it by this chapter. [1971 c.729 §37]

Source: Section 663.265 — Application of ORS 663.270 to 663.295 to hearings and investigations , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors663.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 663.210 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 663 / Section 663.210
663.210 Enforcement of orders by Court of Appeals
Status: in_force

The Employment Relations Board may petition the Court of Appeals for the enforcement of an order and for appropriate temporary relief or restraining order, and shall file in the court the record in the proceedings. On the filing of the petition the court shall cause notice thereof to be served upon such person, and thereupon it has jurisdiction of the proceeding and the question determined therein. It may grant such temporary relief or restraining order as it considers just and proper, and make and enter a judgment enforcing, modifying and enforcing as so modified, or setting aside in whole or in part the order of the board. [1971 c.729 §26; 2003 c.576 §537]

Source: Section 663.210 — Enforcement of orders by Court of Appeals; injunctive relief; notice of filing enforcement petition; authority of court in reviewing order , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors663.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 651.020 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 651 / Section 651.020
651.020 Bureau of Labor and Industries
Status: in_force

The Bureau of Labor and Industries hereby is established as a separate department of this state. [Amended by 1979 c.659 §2]

Source: Section 651.020 — Bureau of Labor and Industries , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors651.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 656.328 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 656 / Section 656.328
656.328 List of authorized providers and standards of professional conduct for providers of independent medical examinations
Status: in_force

(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall maintain a list of providers that are authorized to perform independent medical examinations.

(2) A provider on the list maintained by the director under subsection (1) of this section may be excluded from the list by the director after a finding of a violation of standards of professional conduct for conducting independent medical examinations adopted by the appropriate health professional regulatory board. The director shall adopt by rule standards of professional conduct for providers performing independent medical examinations if the appropriate health professional regulatory board has not adopted standards pertaining to independent medical examinations. The rules adopted by the director under this subsection may be consistent with the guidelines of conduct published by the Independent Medical Examination Association in effect on June 4, 2007. The decision of the director to exclude a provider from the list maintained under subsection (1) of this section is subject to review under ORS 656.704 (Actions and orders regarding matters concerning claim and matters other than matters concerning claim) .

(3) The director, in consultation with the advisory committee on medical care of the Workers’ Compensation Division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, the Workers’ Compensation Management-Labor Advisory Committee and affected interest groups shall develop, and the director shall adopt by rule:

(a) Professional licensing training requirements and educational materials for physicians participating in the workers’ compensation system and conducting independent medical examinations required under ORS 656.325 (Required medical examination) (1); and

(b) A process for investigating and reviewing complaints about independent medical examinations conducted under the requirements of ORS 656.325 (Required medical examination) (1) that includes, but is not limited to, standards for referring complaints to the appropriate health professional regulatory board and an appeals process for a physician who disagrees with an action taken by the director under subsection (2) of this section. [2005 c.675 §5; 2007 c.300 §1]

Source: Section 656.328 — List of authorized providers and standards of professional conduct for providers of independent medical examinations; exclusion; complaints; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors656.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 657.290 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 657 / Section 657.290
657.290 Continuous jurisdiction of director
Status: in_force

(1) The Director of the Employment Department, upon motion of the director or upon application of any party to a claim for benefits, may at any time reconsider any final decision under this chapter. Reconsideration may occur when there is evidence of:

(a) Errors of computation;

(b) Clerical errors;

(c) Misinformation provided a party by the Employment Department;

(d) Facts not previously known to the department; or

(e) Errors caused by misapplication of law by the department.

(2) Such reconsideration shall be accomplished by the director or any employee the director may designate for the purpose, in accordance with such regulations as the director may prescribe, and may include the making of a new decision which, if made, shall award, deny, terminate, continue, increase or decrease benefits to the extent found necessary and appropriate for the correction of previous error respecting such benefits. However, any such new decision shall be subject to hearing, review and appeal in accordance with ORS 657.265 (Notice of claim filing to employing unit or agent of employing unit) , 657.266 (Initial determination of eligibility and amount of benefits) to 657.269 (Decision final unless hearing requested) and 657.270 (Hearing upon decision) to 657.282 (Judicial review of decisions under ORS 657.275) .

(3) The Employment Appeals Board upon its own motion or upon application of any party in interest may in its discretion at any time after the same was made and irrespective of whether it has become final under this chapter, reconsider any previous decision of the Employment Appeals Board. Such reconsideration shall be accomplished by the Employment Appeals Board or special referee designated for the purpose and may include the making of a new decision to the extent necessary and appropriate for the correction of previous error of fact or law. Such new decision shall be subject to judicial review in accordance with ORS 657.282 (Judicial review of decisions under ORS 657.275) . [Amended by 1959 c.583 §20; 1961 c.252 §4; 1965 c.210 §4; 1975 c.257 §7; 1983 c.522 §5; 1985 c.565 §88; 1993 c.778 §10]

Source: Section 657.290 — Continuous jurisdiction of director; reconsideration of previous decisions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 656.799 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 656 / Section 656.799
656.799 Informational materials for other health care professionals
Status: in_force

(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall develop and make available to medical service providers informational materials about the workers’ compensation system including, but not limited to, the management of indemnity claims, standards for the authorization of temporary disability benefits, return to work responsibilities and programs, and workers’ compensation rules and procedures for medical service providers.

(2) Prior to providing compensable medical services or authorizing temporary disability benefits under ORS 656.245 (Medical services to be provided) , a medical service provider must certify, in a form acceptable to the director, that the medical service provider has reviewed the materials developed under this section.

(3) As used in this section, “medical service provider” means a:

(a) Doctor or physician licensed by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners for the State of Oregon under ORS chapter 684 or a similarly licensed doctor or physician in any country or in any state, territory or possession of the United States;

(b) Physician assistant licensed by the Oregon Medical Board in accordance with ORS 677.505 (Application of provisions governing physician assistants to other health professions) to 677.525 (Fees) or a similarly licensed physician assistant in any country or in any state, territory or possession of the United States; or

(c) Doctor of naturopathy or naturopathic physician licensed by the Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine under ORS chapter 685 or a similarly licensed doctor or physician in any country or in any state, territory or possession of the United States. [2007 c.252 §7; 2009 c.43 §8; 2011 c.117 §2]

Source: Section 656.799 — Informational materials for other health care professionals; certification of review of materials , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors656.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 660.155 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 660 / Section 660.155
660.155 State joint committees
Status: in_force

(1) State joint apprenticeship committees may be formed in each apprenticeable occupation for the purpose of promoting and coordinating the apprenticeship goals of that occupation and of developing statewide standards and related instructional material for a course of study in that occupation. If only one joint committee exists for a particular occupation, that local joint committee has the same duties and powers as a state joint committee formed pursuant to this section. This subsection does not apply to training programs.

(2) State joint committees shall be composed of one member representing training agents and one member representing employees from each local joint committee for that occupation. Training agent members of a local joint committee shall choose the training agent representative to the state joint committee, and employee members shall choose the employee representative. The training agent and employee members of trade committees shall be members of the state joint committee for their respective occupations, but shall be counted in determining a quorum for the state joint committee only if present. An alternate member for each principal member from a local joint committee shall also be selected in the same manner as the principal members are selected. Each alternate member has full authority to exercise the powers of the principal member for whom the alternate was selected when that principal member is unable to perform as a committee member.

(3) Each state joint committee shall elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson, one of whom shall represent training agents, the other of whom shall represent employees. The committee may also elect such other officers as it determines appropriate. All officers elected pursuant to this subsection shall serve such terms and have such duties and powers as the committee determines appropriate for the performance of their functions.

(4) Meetings may be called by the chairperson or at the request of the majority of the members of the committee. Each state joint committee may also formulate such rules as it deems necessary for the time, place and orderly conduct of its meetings. Each committee shall transmit to the State Apprenticeship and Training Council a written record of each such meeting. [1967 c.6 §22; 1971 c.271 §4; 1977 c.490 §4; 1981 c.764 §15; 2007 c.71 §216; 2007 c.620 §11]

Source: Section 660.155 — State joint committees; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors660.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 654.770 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 654 / Section 654.770
654.770 Basic information available to agricultural employers for employees
Status: in_force

The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall develop and make available basic information for agriculture employers to use in informing and training employees pursuant to ORS 654.780 (Providing basic information to employees) . The information shall include, but need not be limited to, proper personal hygiene, protective safety equipment, general safety rules, proper work clothing, employee rights with respect to this chapter and common symptoms of hazardous chemical exposure. The basic information shall be made available in English, Spanish and any other language determined necessary by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services after consideration of any input received from stakeholders. [1987 c.832 §4; 2005 c.22 §460; 2011 c.352 §1]

Source: Section 654.770 — Basic information available to agricultural employers for employees; content; language , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors654.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 659a.406 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 659a / Section 659a.406
659A.406 Aiding or abetting certain discrimination prohibited
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise authorized by ORS 659A.403 (Discrimination in place of public accommodation prohibited) , it is an unlawful practice for any person to aid or abet any place of public accommodation, as defined in ORS 659A.400 (Place of public accommodation defined) , or any employee or person acting on behalf of the place of public accommodation to make any distinction, discrimination or restriction on account of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status or age if the individual is 18 years of age or older. [Formerly 30.685; 2003 c.521 §2; 2007 c.100 §6; 2021 c.367 §38]

Source: Section 659A.406 — Aiding or abetting certain discrimination prohibited , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors659A.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 656.794 — OR Code / Title 51 / Chapter 656 / Section 656.794
656.794 Advisory committee on medical care
Status: in_force

There shall be created an advisory committee on medical care. This committee shall consist of members appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to advise the director on matters relating to the provision of medical care to workers. The director by rule shall determine the composition of the committee. Membership of the committee shall include representatives of the types of health care providers that are most representative of health care providers providing medical care services to injured workers. The committee shall also include one representative of insurers, one representative of employers, one representative of workers, one representative of managed care organizations and other persons as the director may determine are necessary to carry out the purpose of the committee. Members of the committee shall be paid travel and other necessary expenses for service as a member. Such payments shall be made from the Consumer and Business Services Fund. [1965 c.285 §27; 1981 c.535 §46; 1981 c.854 §54; 1987 c.884 §26; 1999 c.879 §1]

INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS ABOUT WORKERS’ COMPENSATION SYSTEM

Source: Section 656.794 — Advisory committee on medical care; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors656.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).