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OR Rev Stat § 657.565 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.565 - Unlawful practices of employer.

(1) No employer or agent of any employer shall willfully refuse or fail to pay a contribution to the fund or to furnish any report, audit or information duly required by the Director of the Employment Department under this chapter. (2) No employer shall make a deduction from the wages or salary of any employee to pay any portion of the contribution which the employer is required to make.
OR Rev Stat § 657.571 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.571 - Quarterly or annual tax report; form; filing with Department of Revenue.

(1) Every employing unit shall make and file a quarterly report of taxes due under this chapter upon a combined quarterly tax report form prescribed by the Department of Revenue. The report shall be filed with the Department of Revenue at the times and in the manner provided by ORS 316.168 and 316.171. (2) The report of taxes due under this chapter may be filed annually, in the time, form and manner prescribed by the Department of Revenue, if: (a) The employment that is the subject of the report of taxes due under this chapter consists exclusively of domestic service in a private home, local college club or local chapter of a college fraternity or sorority; and (b) In any calendar quarter, total domestic service cash remuneration is $1,000 or more. [1999 c.461 §2 (enacted in lieu of 657.570); 2003 c.112 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 657.575 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.575 - Repayment of default by nonprofit employing unit; conditions.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, when a nonprofit employing unit is found by the Director of the Employment Department to be in default with respect to payment of taxes required by this chapter, the nonprofit employing unit may elect to satisfy the deficiency together with any interest and penalties thereon, by making reimbursement payments into the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund in an amount equivalent to the amount of regular benefits and one-half of extended benefits paid out to claimants who, during the period of noncompliance with this chapter, were paid wages by such nonprofit employing unit. However, the election to make reimbursement payments may not be made if the director finds that any part of the deficiency is due to an intent to postpone or avoid either payment of taxes due the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund or the election to make reimbursement payments pursuant to ORS 657.505 (8). (2) Reimbursement payments made pursuant to this section shall be deemed to satisfy any deficiency, together with any interest and penalties thereon. If a nonprofit employing unit elects to make reimbursement payments under this section, any payments previously made to satisfy that deficiency shall be credited to the reimbursement payments for which the nonprofit employing unit is liable. If all liabilities for benefit payments to claimants are met, any payments in excess of the reimbursement payments required, together with any interest and penalties thereon, shall be refunded to the nonprofit employing unit. [1989 c.329 §2; 2005 c.218 §18]
OR Rev Stat § 657.601 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.601 - Employment Department.

There is established an Employment Department. The department shall: (1) Administer the unemployment insurance laws of this state to support Oregonians during periods of unemployment; (2) Provide for the operation of a statewide employment service, including the establishment and maintenance of a system of public employment offices to promote employment of Oregonians; (3) Provide oversight, operation and management of a statewide comprehensive workforce and labor market information system; and (4) Provide child care advocacy, coordination of child care policy and planning, technical assistance to child care providers and certification of child care facilities to assist the employment of Oregonians and insure the health and well-being of the future workforce. [1969 c.597 §176; 1993 c.344 §4(1); part renumbered 657A.010 in 1993; 1995 c.278 §57; 2017 c.307 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 657.608 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.608 - Director; term; duties; compensation.

(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 and 171.565. (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]
OR Rev Stat § 657.610 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.610 - Director; powers and duties generally; rules.

The Director of the Employment Department may: (1) For purposes of administration and control, and with the approval of the Governor, organize and reorganize the department in whatever manner the director considers appropriate to carry out the duties, functions and powers of the department. (2) Appoint all subordinate officers and employees of the department, whether classified or unclassified, and prescribe their duties and compensation, subject to applicable provisions of the State Personnel Relations Law. (3) Delegate to departmental officers and employees such responsibility and authority as the director determines necessary. (4)(a) Determine all questions of general policy for this chapter; (b) Adopt rules for this chapter; and (c) Administer and enforce this chapter. (5) Sue and be sued in the name of the director, and shall have a seal bearing the name of the Employment Department. (6) Adopt proper rules to regulate the mode and manner of all investigations. (7) Prescribe the time, place and manner of making claims for benefits under this chapter, the kind and character of notices required thereunder and the procedure for investigating and deciding claims. (8) Enter into contracts relating to the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act deemed necessary by the director to fulfill the mission of the department. The director may enter into contracts with other states or governments, public bodies or persons to provide or receive services. Contracts entered into by the director shall be executed in the name of the state, by and through the Employment Department. [Amended by 1959 c.583 §23; 1969 c.597 §180; 1983 c.522 §7; 1993 c.344 §6; 1999 c.849 §§137,138; 2001 c.684 §§32,33; 2003 c.75 §52; 2003 c.199 §§1,2; 2015 c.27 §58; 2017 c.185 §17; 2017 c.297 §38]
OR Rev Stat § 657.615 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.615 - Investigations and recommendations to legislature.

The Director of the Employment Department may: (1) Carry on investigations of the operation of unemployment insurance in Oregon, including related subjects and publish the results thereof. (2) Investigate the operations of the fund, the relation of contribution rates to the risks of unemployment, the adequacy of contribution rates. (3) Recommend to the legislature from time to time any advisable changes in the contribution rates or benefits and any other changes in the state laws relating to unemployment insurance.
OR Rev Stat § 657.620 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.620 - Determination of adequate fund reserve; modification of benefits and eligibility regulations in case of emergency.

(1) The Director of the Employment Department shall, from time to time, after investigation, reasonable public notice, and a public hearing at which any interested party is afforded an opportunity to be heard, determine or redetermine what amount of reserve reasonably is needed in the fund to assure the payment of benefits under this chapter. (2) In the event of general and extended unemployment, such that the reserve of the fund is reduced below the amount of reserve so determined, the director may declare an emergency and announce a modified scale of benefits, an increased waiting period or other changes in the rules and regulations regarding eligibility for a receipt of benefits which the director considers necessary to maintain the reserves of the fund.
OR Rev Stat § 657.625 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.625 - Publication of rules, reports and information on Employment Department law.

(1) The Director of the Employment Department shall cause to be printed in proper form for distribution the classification, rates, rules, regulations and rules of procedure and furnish the same to any person upon application therefor. The fact that such classifications, rates, rules, regulations and rules of procedure are printed ready for distribution to all who apply for the same, shall be a sufficient publication of the same as required by this chapter. (2) The director may also publish from time to time any special reports of the results of any investigation which the director may have conducted. (3) The director shall publish in suitable form information concerning the rights of employees under this chapter and such other information concerning this chapter and the regulations pursuant thereto as the director considers suitable and proper, and require every employer to post such publications at the place of employment of the employer. [Amended by 1975 c.605 §31]
OR Rev Stat § 657.630 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.630 - Quasi-judicial powers in administrative hearings.

The Director of the Employment Department may act in the director’s own behalf or by any of the duly authorized agents or assistants of the director in the following: (1) To hold sessions at any place within the state. (2) To administer oaths. (3) To issue and serve by the director’s representative, or by any sheriff, subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, contracts, books, accounts, documents and testimony. The director may require the attendance and testimony of employers, their officers and representatives before any hearing of the director and the production by employers of books, records, papers and documents without payment or tender of witness fees on account of that attendance. (4) Generally to provide for the taking of testimony and for the recording of proceedings held in accordance with this chapter. [Amended by 1957 c.699 §10; 1985 c.404 §5; 1999 c.849 §§140,141; 2003 c.75 §53]
OR Rev Stat § 657.635 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.635 - Circuit court to enforce obedience to subpoenas.

The circuit court for any county or the judge thereof, on application of the Director of the Employment Department or any of the assistants of the director, shall compel obedience to subpoenas issued and served pursuant to ORS 657.630 and punish disobedience of any such subpoena or any refusal to testify at any session authorized in this chapter, or to answer any lawful inquiry of said director or any of the assistants of the director, in the same manner as a refusal to testify in the circuit court or the disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from said court is punished.
OR Rev Stat § 657.640 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.640 - Attorney General to represent director.

Upon request of the Director of the Employment Department, the Attorney General or, under the direction of the Attorney General, the district attorney of any county, shall institute or prosecute actions or proceedings for the enforcement of this chapter, when such actions or proceedings are within the county in which such district attorney was elected, and shall defend in like manner all suits, actions and proceedings brought against the director in the official capacity of the director. [Amended by 1971 c.418 §19]
OR Rev Stat § 657.642 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.642 - Alternative remedies for collection of taxes, interest and penalties; warrants; execution by sheriff.

(1) In any case in which the Director of the Employment Department may bring a civil action for the collection of taxes, interest and penalties under this chapter, the Employment Department may instead: (a) Assess a collection charge of $5 if the sum of the tax, penalty and interest then due exceeds $10. (b) Issue a warrant for the amount of the tax with the added penalties, interest, collection charge and the sheriff’s cost of executing the warrant. A copy of the warrant shall be mailed or delivered to the taxpayer by the department at the taxpayer’s last-known address. (2) At any time after issuing a warrant under this section, the department may record the warrant in the County Clerk Lien Record of any county of this state. Recording of the warrant has the effect described in ORS 205.125. After recording a warrant, the department may direct the sheriff for the county in which the warrant is recorded to levy upon and sell the real and personal property of the taxpayer found within that county, and to levy upon any currency of the taxpayer found within that county, for the application of the proceeds or currency against the amount reflected in the warrant and the sheriff’s cost of executing the warrant. The sheriff shall proceed on the warrant in the same manner prescribed by law for executions issued against property pursuant to a judgment, and is entitled to the same fees as provided for executions issued against property pursuant to a judgment. The fees of the sheriff shall be added to and collected as a part of the warrant liability. (3) In the discretion of the department a warrant under this section may be directed to any agent authorized by the department to collect taxes under this section, and in the execution of the warrant the agent has all of the powers conferred by law upon sheriffs, but is entitled to no fee or compensation in excess of actual expenses paid in the performance of such duty. (4) Until a warrant issued under this section is satisfied in full, the department has the same remedies to enforce the claim for taxes, penalties and interest against the taxpayer as if the state had recovered judgment against the taxpayer for the amount of the tax, penalties and interest. (5) Interest upon the taxes due as set forth in the warrant shall be paid and collected at the rate prescribed in ORS 657.515 (2). [1971 c.128 §2; 1983 c.696 §25; 2003 c.576 §217; 2011 c.661 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 657.646 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.646 - Use of warrant to collect amount of judgment.

In any case in which a judgment is rendered in favor of the Employment Department for amounts due under this chapter, the Director of the Employment Department may issue a warrant to collect the amount of the judgment. [2005 c.336 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 657.652 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.652 - Certificate as evidence in proceeding.

In any action, suit or proceeding brought by or against the Director of the Employment Department a certificate attested to by the director or the authorized representative of the director showing the amount of contributions, interest and penalties due from an employing unit shall be prima facie evidence of the payment by the employing unit of the amount of wages for employment set forth therein, of the levy of assessment, of the delinquency, and of the compliance by the director or the authorized representative of the director with all the provisions of this chapter relating to the computation and assessment of the contributions, interest and penalties specified in the certificate. [1963 c.354 §6 (657.552, 657.652, 657.679, 657.681 and 657.683 enacted in lieu of 657.472, 657.512, 657.550 and 657.672)]
OR Rev Stat § 657.655 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.655 - Certified copies of records as evidence.

If the original of any record, file, order, proceeding, decision, award or other document on file with the Employment Department is competent and admissible in evidence, a certified copy thereof furnished by the Director of the Employment Department under the seal of the department shall be received in evidence before the Employment Appeals Board or any deputy or officer thereof and in all courts. [Amended by 1959 c.583 §16; 1969 c.597 §184]
OR Rev Stat § 657.657 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.657 - Acquisition of land and offices.

(1) Subject to the approval of the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, the Director of the Employment Department may acquire by purchase office buildings, make alterations, modifications or additions thereto, and purchase land and construct thereon office buildings suitable for use as local offices of the Director of the Employment Department. The Director of the Employment Department, with the approval of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, may acquire by purchase office space for the central offices of the Employment Department and may expend such funds as may be necessary for the administration of such offices. (2) Any agreement made for the purchase of property pursuant to this section shall be further subject to the approval of the Governor and shall not subject the state to liability for payment of the purchase price or any part or portion thereof except from moneys allocated to the state by the United States Department of Labor for the administration of this chapter. (3) If the premises are purchased pursuant to this section, the Director of the Employment Department shall be housed therein, or if it is desirable to move a local employment service office so housed, other substantially similar space will be furnished by the state to the director without further payment therefor by the United States. [1957 c.609 §5; 1959 c.597 §1; 1961 c.490 §5; 1969 c.597 §185]
OR Rev Stat § 657.660 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.660 - Records and reports of employing units.

(1) Every employing unit shall keep true and accurate records of all persons employed by it and such records of hours worked, wages paid and other statistics as prescribed by the Director of the Employment Department for the administration of this chapter. (2) Such records shall be open to inspection by the director or an authorized representative of the director at any reasonable time. No person shall refuse to allow the director or authorized representative to inspect the payroll or other records or documents relative to the enforcement of this chapter. (3) The director may require from any employing unit such reports on the wages, hours, employment, unemployment and related matters concerning its employees as the director deems necessary to the effective administration of this chapter. (4) Every employing unit shall fully, correctly and promptly furnish the director all information required by the director to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter.
OR Rev Stat § 657.675 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.675

[Amended by 1959 c.376 §1; renumbered 657.695]
OR Rev Stat § 657.676 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.676 - Reconsideration of determinations; conditions; rules; hearing and review.

(1) Upon motion of the Director of the Employment Department or upon application of an interested employer, the director may reconsider a determination of employer subjectivity, tax rate or tax assessment, irrespective of whether the determination has become final. The director may reconsider a determination when there is evidence of: (a) Computation errors; (b) Clerical errors; (c) Misinformation provided to 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) The reconsideration shall be accomplished by the director or any employee the director may designate for the purpose, in accordance with rules adopted by the director. The director or designated employee may make a new determination, which is subject to hearing, review and appeal in accordance with ORS 657.485 and 657.679 to 657.684. [1977 c.538 §13; 2007 c.88 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 657.678 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.678

[1959 c.376 §3; renumbered 657.700]
OR Rev Stat § 657.679 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.679 - Determination that employing unit or employment is subject to this chapter; notice; application for hearing.

A determination of the Director of the Employment Department or the authorized representative of the director: (1) As to whether an employing unit is an employer subject to this chapter, or (2) That services performed by an individual for an employer liable for reimbursement payments in lieu of taxes is employment subject to this chapter, shall become final 20 days after written notice of the determination is mailed to the last-known address of the employing unit of record with the director unless within such time the employing unit files an application with the director for a hearing with respect thereto as provided in ORS 657.683. [1963 c.354 §2 (657.552, 657.652, 657.679, 657.681 and 657.683 enacted in lieu of 657.472, 657.512, 657.550 and 657.672); 1975 c.156 §4; 1977 c.538 §11]