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OR Rev Stat § 658.075 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 658 - Employment Agencies; Farm Labor Contractors and Construction Labor Contractors; Farmworker Camps|Section 658.075 - Agency to file security.

(1) Each employment agency shall maintain a corporate surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit issued by an insured institution as defined in ORS 706.008 of $5,000, payable to the people of the State of Oregon, conditioned that the employment agency will comply with ORS 658.005 to 658.245 and will pay: (a) All sums legally owing to any person when the employment agency or its agents have received such sums; (b) All damages occasioned to any person by reason of any willful misrepresentation, fraud, deceit or other unlawful act or omission by the employment agency, or its agents or employees acting within the scope of their employment; and (c) All sums legally owing to any employee of the employment agency. (2) For the purposes of this section, each general partner shall furnish the required bond or letter of credit. When an employment agency is operated by a limited liability company or corporation, the bond or letter of credit shall be in the name of the limited liability company or corporation. [1953 c.694 §7; 1961 c.380 §8; 1973 c.678 §6; 1981 c.318 §9; 1983 c.607 §2; 1987 c.306 §3; 1991 c.331 §101; 1997 c.55 §5; 1997 c.631 §519]
OR Rev Stat § 658.078 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 658 - Employment Agencies; Farm Labor Contractors and Construction Labor Contractors; Farmworker Camps|Section 658.078 - Record keeping.

(1) Each employment agency shall keep accurate and current records of all job orders, referrals, applications, advertisements and other records as determined by rule of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries to be reasonably necessary for the administration of ORS 658.005 to 658.245, and shall maintain those records separate from records of any other business conducted by the person, firm, organization, limited liability company or corporation operating the employment agency. (2) Whenever a charge for services is to be collected or is attempted to be collected from an applicant for employment, the agency shall, in addition to those records required in subsection (1) of this section, keep accurate and current records of all contracts and receipts of moneys received from applicants. (3) The commissioner or the commissioner’s representative may during normal business hours inspect the records of the employment agency pertaining to placements, and need not give notice before such inspection. An employment agency shall furnish to the commissioner upon request a true copy of its records pertaining to placement, or any portion thereof, and shall make such reports relating to complaints of applicants for employment or employees as the commissioner requires. [1961 c.380 §20; 1973 c.678 §7; 1981 c.318 §11; 1987 c.306 §5; 1997 c.55 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 658.115 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 658 - Employment Agencies; Farm Labor Contractors and Construction Labor Contractors; Farmworker Camps|Section 658.115 - Civil penalties.

(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 against any person, firm, organization, limited liability company or corporation that has violated any provisions of ORS 658.005 to 658.245 or 658.250 or the rules adopted pursuant thereto. (2) Civil penalties under this section shall be imposed as provided in ORS 183.745. (3) All penalties recovered under this section shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the General Fund and are available for general governmental expenses. [1961 c.380 §11; 1973 c.678 §11; 1975 c.144 §5; 1981 c.318 §14; 1997 c.55 §7; 2003 c.406 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 658.125 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 658 - Employment Agencies; Farm Labor Contractors and Construction Labor Contractors; Farmworker Camps|Section 658.125 - Judicial review.

A person aggrieved by an order of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries may obtain judicial review thereof in accordance with ORS chapter 183. [1953 c.694 §12; 1961 c.380 §12; 1971 c.734 §101; 1981 c.318 §15; 1997 c.55 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 658.145 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 658 - Employment Agencies; Farm Labor Contractors and Construction Labor Contractors; Farmworker Camps|Section 658.145 - Schedule of charges.

(1) Every employment agency shall publish a schedule of charges for service to be collected in the conduct of its business. In the schedule, the various employments shall be classified according to the method of computing the agency’s fee for services, and the maximum fee shall be fixed and shall include the charges for services of every kind rendered by the agency in each case or transaction on behalf of the prospective employer and a prospective employee. (2) Changes in the schedule may be made by posting a copy of a revised schedule in a conspicuous place in the employment agency. However, no change shall become effective until seven days after being posted in the agency. [1953 c.694 §14; 1961 c.380 §13; 1973 c.678 §12; 1981 c.318 §17; 1997 c.55 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 658.155 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 658 - Employment Agencies; Farm Labor Contractors and Construction Labor Contractors; Farmworker Camps|Section 658.155 - Posting and furnishing schedule of charges; charge in excess of schedule prohibited.

(1) A copy of the schedule of charges for service in effect with the changes noted thereon shall be kept posted in the employment agency in a conspicuous place. The posted schedule and the changes therein shall be in lettering or printing of not less than 12-point type. The date of the taking effect of the schedule and of each change therein shall appear on the posted copies and kept posted in a conspicuous place in the offices of the employment agency. (2) No charge for service to be collected shall be in excess of the schedule in the contract to procure employment between the agency and the applicant for employment. (3) An employment agency shall provide any person who requests a copy of its schedule of charges for services with a copy of the schedule in effect at the time the request is made. [1953 c.694 §15; 1961 c.380 §14; 1971 c.235 §1; 1973 c.678 §13; 1981 c.318 §18; 1997 c.55 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 658.165 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 658 - Employment Agencies; Farm Labor Contractors and Construction Labor Contractors; Farmworker Camps|Section 658.165 - Order necessary before referral or charge to be made; obtaining employment other than that ordered; disputes regarding fees.

(1) No employment agency shall accept a charge for service from an individual seeking employment or refer an individual to an employer without having first obtained, orally or in writing, a bona fide order from an employer seeking help which is to be answered by the individual. (2) If an employment agency sends an applicant for employment and the applicant, within 90 days after the date of referral, secures employment other than that position specified in the bona fide order from the employer to which the applicant was sent, but with the same employer, the agency shall be entitled to a fee for the employment of the applicant, payable by the applicant, computed under the terms of the schedule of charges in effect in the agency at the time of referral. The expiration date of the referral shall be stated in the contract. (3) In disputes between employment agencies concerning the earning of a fee for placement of an applicant, the fee shall be earned by the agency responsible for the applicant being placed. A reasonable effort shall be made by the billing agency to determine that it is entitled to the fee. The applicant shall be responsible for only one full fee for any single placement, and this fact shall be stated in the contract. [1953 c.694 §16; 1961 c.380 §15; 1973 c.678 §14]
OR Rev Stat § 658.168 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 658 - Employment Agencies; Farm Labor Contractors and Construction Labor Contractors; Farmworker Camps|Section 658.168 - Contract requirements.

(1) The contract between an employment agency and an applicant for whom such agency is to procure employment and from whom a charge for services is to be exacted or attempted to be collected shall be in writing. The agency shall give the applicant a copy of the contract. (2) The contract between the employment agency and the applicant shall include: (a) The name, address and telephone number of the employment agency. (b) The name of the applicant. (c) The date and consecutive number of the contract. (d) A statement that the applicant is under no financial obligation to the employment agency by the mere signing of the contract, and that the applicant is obligated for the charge of services of the agency only if the applicant accepts and actually starts work in a position made available as a direct result of efforts of the agency, if the position is one on which the agency has a bona fide job order at the time of the applicant’s referral to an employer or is a different position accepted by the applicant with the same employer within 90 days after the date of referral and involves skills the applicant had at the time of referral under a bona fide job order and if the charges for service are based upon the schedule of charges published by the agency pursuant to ORS 658.145. (e) The schedule of charges published by the agency pursuant to ORS 658.145. (f) Any other term, condition or understanding agreed upon between the agency and the applicant. (g) At the bottom of the contract, a notice to the effect that the contract is the property of the applicant and shall not be taken from the applicant. (3) Each contract shall be made in duplicate, both to be signed by the applicant and the person acting for the employment agency. One copy shall be given to the applicant and the other shall be kept on file at the agency. (4) No fee or charge may be required or accepted from an applicant for employment when the employment agency fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (1) of this section. [1981 c.318 §21; 1997 c.55 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 658.172 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 658 - Employment Agencies; Farm Labor Contractors and Construction Labor Contractors; Farmworker Camps|Section 658.172 - Job referral requirements.

(1) Any job referrals between an employment agency and an applicant for whom such agency is to procure employment and from whom a charge for services is to be exacted or attempted to be collected shall be in writing. The employment agency shall give the applicant a copy of the job referral document. (2) The job referral document, which shall be assigned the same number as the receipt of the job order by the agency, shall include: (a) The name, address and telephone number of the employment agency. (b) The date of issuing the job referral document. (c) The name of the applicant, the name and address of the person to whom the applicant is sent for interview and the address where the applicant is to report for employment. (d) The approximate amount of fee to be charged and to be collected from the applicant, if the applicant accepts employment, and a statement that the employer is not responsible for paying the fee. (e) The kind of work or employment. (f) The daily hours of work and the approximate wages or salary, including any consideration of privilege. (g) If any labor trouble exists at the place of employment, a statement of that fact. (3) The job referral document shall be signed by a representative of the employment agency, and shall be delivered to the applicant or sent by United States mail to the applicant. (4) No fee or charge shall be required or accepted from an applicant for employment when the employment agency fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (3) of this section. [1971 c.235 §3; 1973 c.678 §15; 1981 c.318 §19; 1985 c.394 §2; 1997 c.55 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 658.174 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 658 - Employment Agencies; Farm Labor Contractors and Construction Labor Contractors; Farmworker Camps|Section 658.174 - Contracts in violation of law prohibited.

No employment agency shall knowingly issue a contract for employment containing any term or condition that, if complied with, would be in violation of law, or attempt to fill an order for help to be employed in violation of law. [1973 c.678 §7b]
OR Rev Stat § 658.176 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 658 - Employment Agencies; Farm Labor Contractors and Construction Labor Contractors; Farmworker Camps|Section 658.176 - Fees and charges for services.

No fee or charge may be required or accepted from an individual seeking employment prior to the time such individual obtains employment and actually starts work. However, the employment agency may specify the terms of payment in the contract, or, after the applicant accepts employment, but before starting work, enter into an agreement for the payment of the agency’s charge, providing payment is to commence only upon the condition and after the date the applicant starts work. [1961 c.380 §17 (enacted in lieu of 658.175); 1973 c.678 §16]
OR Rev Stat § 658.195 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 658 - Employment Agencies; Farm Labor Contractors and Construction Labor Contractors; Farmworker Camps|Section 658.195 - Giving false information or making false representations; advertisements.

(1) No employment agency shall knowingly publish or cause to be published any false, fraudulent or misleading information, representation, notice or advertisement. (2)(a) All advertisements of an employment agency by means of cards, circulars or signs, and in newspapers and other publications, and all letterheads, receipts and blanks shall contain the name and address of the office of the employment agency. (b) For the purposes of this subsection, it is sufficient compliance if the name actually used by the agency in its business is a registered assumed business name or the name of a bona fide corporation that clearly identifies the agency and the fact it is an employment agency. (3) No employment agency shall knowingly give any false information or make any false promises or representations concerning an engagement or employment to any person who registers or applies for employment or help. (4) Except in an advertisement in a section of a publication that otherwise clearly designates the advertisement as that of an employment agency, every employment agency charging or collecting a fee for services from individuals seeking or obtaining employment shall use the word "agency" or "agencies" as part of its name or after its name. However, any employment agency that, as its sole means of procuring or attempting to procure employment or engagements for others, places the qualifications of applicants before prospective employers in areas exclusively outside the United States shall not be required to include the word "agency" or "agencies" in its title or in any other identifying materials used in the conduct of its business. [1953 c.694 §19; 1961 c.380 §21; 1973 c.678 §18; 1981 c.318 §23; 1987 c.306 §6; 1997 c.55 §14]
OR Rev Stat § 658.205 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 658 - Employment Agencies; Farm Labor Contractors and Construction Labor Contractors; Farmworker Camps|Section 658.205 - Prohibited agency employment activities.

(1) No employment agency shall send or cause to be sent any person as an employee to any illegally operated business the character of which the agency could have ascertained upon reasonable inquiry. (2) No employment agency shall knowingly permit any person of bad character to frequent, or be employed by, such agency. (3) No employment agency shall permit persons in its employment to use any names other than their legal names in the course of, and in respect to, their employment with the agency. However, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries may, waive the provisions of this subsection in individual cases for good cause shown by the person requesting the waiver. (4) No employment agency shall accept any application for employment of a minor or place or assist in placing any minor in employment if the employment would be in violation of any law regulating the employment of minors or of any rule, regulation or order adopted pursuant to such law. (5) No employment agency shall refer an individual seeking employment to any place where a strike, lockout or other labor dispute exists if it has knowledge or reasonably should have knowledge of the same, without notifying the individual of such conditions in writing. (6) No employment agency shall refer an applicant for employment without notifying such applicant whether a labor contract is in existence at the establishment to which the applicant is being sent, and whether union membership is required. (7) No employment agency shall divide charges for services with an employer, agent or employee of an employer or person to whom individuals are referred for employment. This subsection does not prohibit cooperative arrangements between employment agencies so long as an applicant for employment does not thereby pay more than one charge for all services performed. (8) No employment agency shall charge an applicant a charge for services for accepting employment with such employment agency or any subsidiary of that agency. (9) No employment agency shall charge an applicant a charge for services when help is furnished to an employer, an agent, any employee of an employer, a member or person who has a financial interest in such employment agency. (10) No employment agency shall request or accept an assignment of wages from an applicant for employment. [1953 c.694 §20; 1973 c.678 §19; 1981 c.318 §25]
OR Rev Stat § 658.210 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 658 - Employment Agencies; Farm Labor Contractors and Construction Labor Contractors; Farmworker Camps|Section 658.210 - Rules.

The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries may adopt rules reasonably necessary for the administration of ORS 658.005 to 658.245. [1973 c.138 §3; 1981 c.318 §26] Note: 658.210 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.
OR Rev Stat § 658.220 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 658 - Employment Agencies; Farm Labor Contractors and Construction Labor Contractors; Farmworker Camps|Section 658.220 - Injunctive relief for violation; authority of commissioner.

(1) When it appears to the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries that any person is engaged or about to engage in an act or practice that constitutes a violation of ORS 658.005 to 658.245 or the rules adopted pursuant thereto, the commissioner may, without bond, obtain an order from an appropriate circuit court enjoining any such act or practice. The court may award reasonable attorney fees to the commissioner if the commissioner prevails in an action under this subsection. The court may award reasonable attorney fees to a defendant who prevails in an action under this subsection if the court determines that the commissioner had no objectively reasonable basis for asserting the claim or no reasonable basis for appealing an adverse decision of the trial court. (2) In the manner described in ORS 651.060, the commissioner may conduct investigations, issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum, administer oaths, obtain evidence and take testimony in all matters relating to the duties required under ORS 658.005 to 658.245. [1973 c.678 §26; 1981 c.318 §27; 1981 c.897 §92; 1995 c.696 §44; 2007 c.277 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 658.245 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 658 - Employment Agencies; Farm Labor Contractors and Construction Labor Contractors; Farmworker Camps|Section 658.245 - Actions upon agency bonds or letters of credit.

Actions against any employment agency may be brought in the name of the person damaged upon one or more of the bonds or letters of credit maintained by the employment agency pursuant to ORS 658.075 and may be transferred and assigned as other claims for damages. The amount of damages claimed by the plaintiff determines the jurisdiction of the court in which action is to be brought. [1953 c.694 §24; 1961 c.380 §25; 1997 c.55 §15]
OR Rev Stat § 658.250 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 658 - Employment Agencies; Farm Labor Contractors and Construction Labor Contractors; Farmworker Camps|Section 658.250 - Employment listing service; rules.

(1) As used in this section, "employment listing service" means a business operated by a person that: (a) Provides lists of specified positions of employment available with an employer other than the employment listing service or that holds itself out to individuals as able to provide information about specific positions of employment with an employer other than the employment listing service; (b) Charges an individual a fee for its services; and (c) Does not arrange or set up interviews between an individual and a prospective employer or otherwise intercede between an individual and a prospective employer but may offer limited counseling and employment-related services to an individual that includes, but is not limited to, personal grooming and appearance and interview preparation. (2) A person who operates an employment listing service in this state shall provide to an individual a copy of: (a) The fee schedule that the employment listing service charges an individual for its services; (b) All contracts entered into between the employment listing service and the individual; and (c) Any changes in the fees that the employment listing service charges an individual who uses its services. (3) The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall adopt rules relating to: (a) The terms of contracts that an employment listing service requires an individual who uses its services to sign; (b) Fees charged by an employment listing service for its services; and (c) The methods that an employment listing service uses to confirm and keep current the lists of specified positions of employment available with an employer that the employment listing service provides to individuals. (4) In addition to the penalties provided under ORS 658.115 and 658.991, an employment listing service shall forfeit any fees received as a result of a violation of any provision of subsection (2) of this section. [2003 c.406 §2] Note: 658.250 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.