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OR Rev Stat § 657.140 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.140 - Wages; exclusion of assistance to individuals under community work and training program.

As used in this chapter, "wages" or "remuneration" does not include the amount or value of public assistance provided in cash or in kind in consequence of participation in a community work and training program, as defined in ORS 411.855. [1961 c.631 §7; 1965 c.291 §5; 1967 c.130 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 657.142 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.142 - Inclusion of split week in calendar quarter; rules.

The Director of the Employment Department may prescribe by rule that a week shall be in, within or during the calendar quarter that includes the greater part of the week. [2021 c.43 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 657.144 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.144 - Notice to individual of effect of filing claim for benefits; earned income tax credits.

(1) An individual filing a new claim for benefits under this chapter shall, at the time the claim is filed with the Employment Department, be advised that: (a) Benefits are subject to federal and state income tax; (b) Federal and state law may require that a recipient of benefits make quarterly estimated tax payments during the tax year in which the benefits are received; (c) Federal and state law may impose penalties on a recipient of benefits for the failure to timely make estimated tax payments; and (d) A recipient of benefits may elect under ORS 657.146 to have amounts withheld from the recipient’s payment of benefits for federal and state income tax purposes at the amount specified in: (A) The federal Internal Revenue Code for the voluntary withholding of unemployment benefits for federal income tax purposes; and (B) ORS 657.146 for the voluntary withholding of unemployment benefits for state income tax purposes. (2) The Employment Department shall provide information to recipients of unemployment insurance benefits about the state and federal earned income tax credits. [1995 c.556 §54; 1997 c.133 §1; subsection (2) of 2017 Edition enacted as 2017 c.333 §2] Note: 657.144 (2) was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 657 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 657.146 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.146 - Withholding from benefits for tax purposes; rules.

(1) A claimant may elect to have an amount withheld from benefits otherwise payable to the claimant. (2) An election made under this section shall be on such form and in such manner as prescribed by the Employment Department. (3) A claimant making an election under this section may terminate the election at any time. (4) The amount to be withheld by the Employment Department from a payment of benefits to a claimant making the election under this section shall be the total of: (a) The amount determined under the rules of the federal Internal Revenue Code relating to the voluntary withholding of amounts from unemployment benefits, for federal income tax purposes; and (b) An amount equal to six percent of the payment to which the claimant would be entitled but for the election made under this section, for state income tax purposes. (5) Amounts withheld by the Employment Department pursuant to an election made under this section shall remain in the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund established under ORS 657.805. Those amounts allocable to federal income tax withholding shall be transferred by the Employment Department to the federal Internal Revenue Service in the time and manner provided by federal law and those amounts allocable to state income tax withholding shall be transferred to the Department of Revenue in the time and manner provided by the Department of Revenue by rule. [1995 c.556 §55; 1997 c.133 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 657.148 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.148 - Compliance with federal requirements for collection and payment of federal taxes.

For purposes of ORS 657.144 (1) and 657.146, the Employment Department shall follow the procedures and regulations adopted by the United States Department of Labor and the federal Internal Revenue Service that relate to the collection and payment of federal income tax withholding amounts on benefits paid to individuals under this chapter. [1995 c.556 §56; 1997 c.133 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 657.152 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.152 - Adjusting benefits to even dollar amounts.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, any amount of unemployment compensation payable to any individual for any week if not an even dollar amount, shall be rounded to the next lower full dollar amount. [1983 c.51 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 657.153 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.153 - Back pay not to be reduced by benefits received.

The amount of back pay paid by an employer, or awarded by a judge or arbitrator, to an individual may not be reduced to reflect the amount of benefits that the individual received during the period for which the back pay was paid or awarded. [2021 c.388 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 657.155 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.155 - Benefit eligibility conditions; rules.

(1) An unemployed individual shall be eligible to receive benefits with respect to any week only if the Director of the Employment Department finds that: (a) The individual has registered for work at and thereafter has continued to report at an employment office in accordance with such rules as the director may prescribe. However, the director may, by rule, waive or alter either or both of the requirements of this subsection as to individuals attached to regular jobs and as to such other types of cases or situations with respect to which the director finds that compliance with such requirements would be oppressive, or would be inconsistent with the purposes of this chapter; provided, that no such rule conflicts with ORS 657.255. (b) The individual has made a claim for benefits with respect to such week in accordance with ORS 657.260. (c) The individual is able to work, is available for work, and is actively seeking and unable to obtain suitable work. No individual participating in a community work and training program, as defined in ORS 411.855, shall, solely by reason thereof, be unavailable for work within the meaning of this section. (d) The individual has been unemployed for a waiting period of one week, unless the Governor has waived the required waiting period as provided in ORS 401.186. (e) The individual is not disqualified from benefits or ineligible for benefits under any other section of this chapter. (f) The individual is qualified for benefits under ORS 657.150. (2)(a) An individual who leaves the individual’s normal labor market area for the major portion of any week is presumed to be unavailable for work within the meaning of this section. (b) The presumption described in paragraph (a) of this subsection may be overcome if the individual establishes to the satisfaction of the director that the individual: (A) Has conducted a bona fide search for work and has been reasonably accessible to suitable work in the labor market area in which the individual spent the major portion of the week to which the presumption applies; or (B) Was required to be outside the individual’s normal labor market area to apply for suitable employment within the individual’s normal labor market. (3) The director shall either promptly allow credit or pay benefits for any week for which benefits are claimed or promptly give notice of denial thereof in the manner provided in ORS 657.267 and 657.268. [Amended by 1955 c.655 §7; 1961 c.631 §8; 1967 c.130 §11; 1973 c.398 §1; 1977 c.295 §3; 1979 c.521 §1; 1993 c.778 §11; 2008 c.23 §3; 2015 c.103 §1] Note: Section 4, chapter 23, Oregon Laws 2008, provides: Sec. 4. Sections 1 and 2 [401.186] of this 2008 Act and the amendments to ORS 657.155 by section 3 of this 2008 Act become operative when federal law permits without penalty a waiver under section 2 of this 2008 Act of the one-week waiting period required by ORS 657.155. [2008 c.23 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 657.156 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.156 - Reemployment service assistance; eligibility; rules.

(1) The Employment Department shall: (a) Identify eligible individuals who are likely to exhaust benefits payable under ORS 657.150 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 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.
OR Rev Stat § 657.159 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.159 - Claimants required to submit job qualifications to Oregon State Employment Service; use of information; referring claimant to available jobs.

(1) To satisfy the registration requirements of ORS 657.155 (1), an unemployed individual who submits a claim for benefits, at the request of the Director of the Employment Department or an authorized representative of the director, shall submit to the Oregon State Employment Service information regarding the individual’s job qualifications, training and experience as the director or an authorized representative of the director deems necessary to carry out job placement and counseling services for the individual. (2) Information submitted by an individual pursuant to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall be promptly used by the Oregon State Employment Service for matching against available job openings retained in Employment Department records. The results shall be made available to department placement personnel who will refer the claimant to any available, suitable job opening for which the individual qualifies, provided the referral is not in conflict with federal or state law. (3) In determining the amount and type of information an individual must submit to satisfy the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, the director or an authorized representative of the director shall consider, among other factors, the individual’s employer affiliation, the anticipated and actual duration of the individual’s period of employment, union membership and union hiring practices, state and local labor market conditions and information from past or prospective employers of the individual. (4) When this chapter requires individuals or employers to furnish information in writing or require a signed document or signature, the director may waive those requirements to implement the Employment Department Information Network project. [1979 c.149 §2; 1993 c.778 §20]
OR Rev Stat § 657.165 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.165 - Waiting period eligibility, condition, limitation.

No week shall be counted as a week of unemployment for the purposes of ORS 657.155 (1)(d): (1) Unless it occurs within the benefit year that includes the week for which the unemployed individual claims payment of benefits. (2) If benefits have been paid with respect thereto. (3) Unless the unemployed individual was eligible for benefits with respect thereto as provided in ORS 657.150, 657.155 to 657.176, 657.184, 657.186, 657.200 to 657.213 and 657.221, except for the requirements of ORS 657.155 (1)(d). [Amended by 1959 c.642 §2; 1975 c.257 §5; 1981 c.46 §1; 1983 c.508 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 657.167 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.167 - Amount and time period for payment of benefits to educational institution employees.

(1) Benefits based on service in an instructional, research or principal administrative capacity for an educational institution or institution of higher education shall be payable to an individual in the same amount, on the same terms and subject to the same conditions as benefits payable on the basis of other service subject to this chapter, except that benefits shall not be paid based on such services for any week of unemployment commencing during the period between two successive academic years or, when an agreement provides instead for a similar period between two regular terms whether or not successive or during a period of paid sabbatical leave provided for in the individual’s contract and if such individual performs such services in the first of such academic years or terms and if there is a contract or a reasonable assurance that such individual will perform services in any such capacity for any institution in the second of such academic years or terms. All services by an individual for an institution shall be deemed in instructional, research or principal administrative capacity if at least 50 percent of the individual’s time is spent in such activities. (2) With respect to any services described in subsection (1) of this section, compensation payable on the basis of such services shall be denied to any individual for any week that commences during an established and customary vacation period or holiday recess if such individual performs such services in the period immediately before such vacation period or holiday recess, and there is reasonable assurance that such individual will perform such services or any services described in ORS 657.221 (1) in the period immediately following such vacation period or holiday recess. (3) With respect to any services described in subsection (1) of this section, benefits based on such services shall be denied as specified in subsections (1) and (2) of this section to any individual who performed such service in an institution while in the employ of an education service district established by ORS chapter 334, providing 50 percent or more of the individual’s time is spent in instructional, research or principal administrative capacity in such institution. (4) The provisions of subsections (1), (2) and (3) of this section apply only to service performed for: (a) An educational institution or institution of higher education operated by a nonprofit employing unit; (b) This state; (c) A political subdivision of this state; or (d) An Indian tribe. [1971 c.463 §12; 1975 c.284 §1; 1977 c.241 §2; 1981 c.60 §1; 1983 c.528 §2; 1985 c.226 §2; 1985 c.748 §1; 2001 c.572 §8; 2005 c.218 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 657.170 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.170 - Extending base year; limitation.

(1) If the Director of the Employment Department finds that during the base year of the individual any individual has been incapable of work during the greater part of any calendar quarter, such base year shall be extended a calendar quarter. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no such extension of an individual’s base year shall exceed four calendar quarters. (2) If the director finds that during and prior to the individual’s base year the individual has had a period of temporary total disability caused by illness or injury and has received compensation under ORS chapter 656 for a period of temporary total disability during the greater part of any calendar quarter, the individual’s base year shall be extended as many calendar quarters as necessary to establish a valid claim, up to a maximum of four calendar quarters prior to the quarter in which the illness or injury occurred, if the individual: (a) Files a claim for benefits not later than the fourth calendar week of unemployment following whichever is the latest of the following dates: (A) The date the individual is released to return to work by the attending physician, as defined in ORS chapter 656, or a nurse practitioner authorized to provide compensable medical services under ORS 656.245; or (B) The date of mailing of a notice of claim closure pursuant to ORS chapter 656; and (b) Files such a claim within the three-year period immediately following the commencement of such period of illness or injury. (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, benefits payable as a result of the use of wages paid in a calendar quarter prior to the individual’s current base year shall not exceed one-third of such wages less benefits paid previously as a result of the use of such wages in computing a previous benefit determination. [Amended by 1953 c.646 §2; 1961 c.208 §1; 1989 c.235 §1; 1995 c.105 §5; 1999 c.313 §14; 2003 c.811 §§19,20; 2005 c.218 §§5,6; 2007 c.365 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 657.173 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.173 - Alternate base year; rules.

(1)(a) Notwithstanding ORS 657.010 (1), in the case of an individual who is not eligible for benefits under ORS 657.150 (2) using the definition in ORS 657.010 (1), "base year" means the last four completed calendar quarters preceding the benefit year, if use of this alternate definition of "base year" makes the individual eligible for benefits under ORS 657.150 (2). (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, a determination of eligibility under ORS 657.150 (2) may not be made using paragraph (a) of this subsection if the individual qualifies or would qualify for regular benefits under the unemployment law of another governmental jurisdiction using that jurisdiction’s standard base year. (c) Work and earnings in a calendar quarter that is included in a claim determined to be eligible using the base year as defined in paragraph (a) of this subsection cannot be included in the base year of a subsequent claim unless the subsequent claim’s base year is extended under ORS 657.170 to include the calendar quarter. (2)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the definition of "base year" that applies for the purposes of determining an individual’s eligibility for benefits under ORS 657.150 applies for all purposes under this chapter related to that individual’s claim. (b) When making a finding under ORS 657.170 (1), "base year" has the meaning given that term in ORS 657.010 (1). (3) The Director of the Employment Department shall adopt rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. [2009 c.71 §2; 2013 c.101 §1] Note: 657.173 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.
OR Rev Stat § 657.179 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.179 - Eligibility of individuals participating in certain federally approved training.

(1) Notwithstanding provisions of this chapter relating to being available for work, actively seeking work or refusing to accept work, an unemployed individual otherwise eligible for unemployment insurance benefits shall not be denied benefits because the individual is in training approved under Section 236 (a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974; nor shall such individual be denied benefits by reason of leaving work to enter such training if the work left is not suitable work. (2) As used in this section "suitable work" means work of a substantially equal or higher skill level than the individual’s past adversely affected employment (as defined for purposes of the Trade Act of 1974). Such work must pay wages which equal or exceed 80 percent of the individual’s average weekly wage as determined for the purposes of the Trade Act of 1974. [1982 s.s.1 c.30 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 657.184 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.184 - Benefits payable for service by aliens.

Benefits shall not be paid on the basis of services performed by an alien unless such alien is an individual who was lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence at the time such services were performed, was lawfully present for purposes of performing such services, or was permanently residing in the United States under color of law at the time such services were performed, including an alien who was lawfully present in the United States as a result of the application of the provisions of section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. [1977 c.241 §5; 1987 c.124 §1; 1991 c.685 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 657.186 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.186 - Benefits payable for service by athletes.

Benefits shall not be paid to any individual on the basis of any services, substantially all of which consist of participating in sports or athletic events or training or preparing to so participate, for any week of unemployment which commences during the period between two successive sport seasons if the individual performed such services in the first season and there is reasonable assurance that the individual will perform such services in the subsequent season. [1977 c.241 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 657.190 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance|Section 657.190 - Suitable work; factors to consider.

In determining whether any work is suitable for an individual, the Director of the Employment Department shall consider, among other factors, the degree of risk involved to the health, safety and morals of the individual, the physical fitness and prior training, experience and prior earnings of the individual, the length of unemployment and prospects for securing local work in the customary occupation of the individual and the distance of the available work from the residence of the individual. [Amended by 2001 c.657 §2; 2009 c.21 §55]