reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
OR Rev Stat § 660.170 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.170 - State Director of Apprenticeship and Training; commissioner authority to employ others.

(1) Subject to confirmation by the State Apprenticeship and Training Council, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall appoint a State Director of Apprenticeship and Training. The director shall be well qualified, shall serve as council secretary and shall be responsible to the commissioner for the administration of ORS 660.002 to 660.210, including supervision of all office and field staff. (2) The commissioner, with the advice and consent of the council, may appoint such other personnel and incur such other expenses as may be necessary to aid the council and the director in carrying out their duties and functions under ORS 660.002 to 660.210. [Amended by 1967 c.6 §24; 1981 c.764 §18]
OR Rev Stat § 660.190 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.190 - Community college training program advisory committee.

Each community college operating a preemployment or trade extension training program in an apprenticeable occupation shall appoint at least one employee member and one training agent member of an appropriate local joint committee to the advisory committee for that training program. [1977 c.155 §2; 1981 c.764 §19; 2007 c.620 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 660.205 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.205 - Certification of program completion for certain apprentices; card; rules; fee.

(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]
OR Rev Stat § 660.210 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.210 - Tort liability of committees, officers, employees and agents; limitations; punitive damages excluded.

(1) In any action based on tort, as defined in ORS 30.260, the liability of any local joint committee formed under ORS 660.135, trade committee for apprenticeship and training formed under ORS 660.145 or state joint committee formed under ORS 660.155, and the liability of its officers, employees and agents acting within the scope of their employment or duties, shall not exceed: (a) $50,000 to any claimant for any number of claims for damage to or destruction of property, including consequential damages, arising out of a single accident or occurrence. (b) $100,000 to any claimant as general and special damages for all other claims arising out of a single accident or occurrence unless those damages exceed $100,000, in which case the claimant may recover additional special damages, but in no event shall the total award of special damages exceed $100,000. (c) $500,000 for any number of claims arising out of a single accident or occurrence. (2) No award for damages on any claim subject to this section shall include punitive damages. The limitation imposed by this section on individual claimants includes damages claimed for loss of services or loss of support arising out of the same tort, as defined in ORS 30.260. (3) In any action subject to this section in which the amount awarded to or settled upon multiple claimants exceeds $500,000, any party may apply to any circuit court to apportion to each claimant the proper share of the total amount limited by subsection (1) of this section. The share apportioned each claimant shall be in the proportion that the ratio of the award or settlement made to the claimant bears to the aggregate awards and settlements for all claims arising out of the occurrence. (4) The liability of a committee described in subsection (1) of this section and one or more of its officers, employees or agents, or two or more officers, employees or agents of the committee, on claims arising out of a single accident or occurrence, shall not exceed in the aggregate the amounts limited by subsection (1) of this section. [1999 c.642 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 660.220 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.220 - Outreach to veterans by Bureau of Labor and Industries; rules.

(1) The Bureau of Labor and Industries shall develop and administer a program to conduct outreach to veterans to: (a) Inform them about trade careers; and (b) Connect them with available apprenticeship opportunities. (2) The bureau may issue grants to trade unions and trade associations to be used to conduct outreach through job fairs or similar recruitment methods. (3) The bureau may enter into one or more agreements with other state agencies, including the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, the Employment Department and the Department of Transportation, for the purpose of identifying veterans for outreach purposes. (4) The bureau shall adopt rules to administer and implement the provisions of this section. (5) As used in this section, "veteran" means a resident of Oregon who: (a) Is a veteran as defined in ORS 408.225; or (b) Served in the Oregon National Guard or a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States. [2019 c.528 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 660.300 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.300 - Definitions for ORS 660.300 to 660.364.

As used in ORS 660.300 to 660.364: (1) "Chief elected official" means a county commissioner, a county judge or the mayor of the City of Portland. (2) "Federal Act" or "federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act" means the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.). (3) "Local workforce development area" means the City of Portland or a county when the city or county has been designated as a local workforce development area under ORS 660.324. "Local workforce development area" may include two or more counties that have joined together to form a local workforce development area and that have been designated as a local workforce development area under ORS 660.324. (4) "Local workforce development board" means a board established pursuant to section 3122 of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. (5) "Maritime sector" includes but is not limited to: (a) Enterprises engaged in the design, construction, manufacture, acquisition, operation, supply, repair or maintenance of marine vessels or component parts of marine vessels; (b) Enterprises engaged in managing or operating shipping lines; (c) Customs brokerage services, shipyards, shipping and freight forwarding services, dry docks, marine railways and marine repair shops; (d) Enterprises engaged in commercial or recreational fishing; (e) Enterprises and academic institutions engaged in scientific research of ocean processes, marine life or other ocean resources; and (f) Enterprises engaged in marine tours or travel, water sports or other marine leisure activities. (6) "Participant" means a person receiving services under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.). (7) "Participant records" means records relating to matters such as grades, conduct, personal and academic evaluations, results of psychometric testing, counseling, disciplinary actions, if any, and other personal matters. (8) "State workforce agencies" means state agencies that administer workforce programs. (9) "Workforce development" means services designed to help individuals attain employment and progress along career pathways and to help businesses better achieve business goals by more easily finding skilled employees. "Workforce development" includes: (a) Education, training and apprenticeship services; (b) Labor market analysis; (c) Employment and reemployment services; (d) Employee recruitment and retention services; and (e) Convening, coordinating, oversight and evaluation services for business and state workforce agencies. (10) "Workforce programs" means programs that have a primary mission of helping individuals become employed, retain employment, increase wages and progress along career pathways and that are responsible for outcomes related to the primary mission. [Formerly 285A.443; 2014 c.49 §2; 2015 c.366 §57; 2017 c.185 §23; 2017 c.297 §1; 2017 c.738 §1; 2021 c.100 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 660.302 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.302 - Findings and policy.

(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that: (a) A robust and effective workforce system is necessary to produce a highly skilled workforce, to advance more Oregonians into family wage jobs and to help Oregon businesses compete in a global economy. (b) Oregon’s economy is strongest when all workers are self-sufficient and all businesses can find the talented workforce they need to grow. (2) The Legislative Assembly declares that: (a) It will be beneficial to consolidate state-level coordination, employer engagement and oversight responsibilities within the State Workforce and Talent Development Board and to align state investments in workforce development, economic development and education to meet the needs of identified key industries in this state. (b) It is the policy of this state to promote the coordinated provision of education, employment, economic development and job training to: (A) Develop a workforce system that is flexible, accountable, outcome-focused and data-driven; (B) Meet the needs of employers for skilled, committed and innovative employees; (C) Deliver an effective, efficient, highly integrated and responsive workforce system; (D) Offer services; (E) Ensure equity in program access, services and outcomes for populations that have historically experienced high levels of unemployment, underemployment and poverty; (F) Provide greater economic security and grow a more inclusive and dynamic economy; (G) Support the economic health of local communities throughout this state with workforce solutions that meet community needs and advance the prosperity of Oregonians and Oregon-based businesses; (H) Build on the WorkSource Oregon network of state workforce agencies, local workforce development boards, public and private secondary and post-secondary institutions of education and other public and private partners to deliver a comprehensive, robust and outcome-oriented array of services to unemployed and underemployed individuals and to businesses seeking employees; (I) Support the achievement of Oregon’s 40-40-20 goal in conjunction with the education system and private industry to ensure that more Oregonians may access opportunities to gain skills and earn credentials to support their employment goals; and (J) Support the continuing economic health of the maritime sector in Oregon and provide opportunities for Oregonians to acquire family wage jobs in the maritime sector. [2014 c.49 §1; 2017 c.185 §24; 2017 c.297 §2; 2017 c.738 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 660.310 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.310 - Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and alternative education programs.

For the purposes of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-128), an individual enrolled in an alternative education program as provided by ORS 336.615 to 336.665 may be considered to be an out-of-school youth. [2015 c.239 §2; 2017 c.17 §53]
OR Rev Stat § 660.312 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.312 - Education and Workforce Policy Advisor; duties; rules.

(1) The Governor shall be responsible for a coordinated and comprehensive response to education and workforce issues. The Governor shall appoint an Education and Workforce Policy Advisor, who serves at the pleasure of the Governor. The advisor shall, with the advice of such advisory committees as may be appointed or assigned, advise the Governor on policy, planning and coordination for education and workforce development in Oregon. (2) The duties of the advisor shall include: (a) Guiding the development of state-level policy related to education and workforce issues; (b) Providing general direction and serving as a liaison between state and local efforts in education, training and workforce development; (c) Ensuring, through collaboration with the leadership of local workforce development boards, the alignment of statewide and local strategic plans, and the periodic reporting of performance in the implementation of such plans; and (d) Consulting with local workforce development boards on the development and implementation of a workforce performance measurement system. (3) In the performance of duties, the advisor shall collectively involve state agencies, including but not limited to: (a) The Department of Education; (b) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission; (c) The Oregon Business Development Department; (d) The Employment Department; (e) The Department of Human Services; (f) The Bureau of Labor and Industries; (g) The Department of Corrections; and (h) The public universities with governing boards listed in ORS 352.054. (4) The advisor shall seek input from key interested parties to help guide policy development, including but not limited to representatives of: (a) Businesses and industry organizations; (b) Labor and labor organizations; (c) Local education providers, community colleges and other public and private post-secondary institutions of education and their governing boards; (d) Local government; (e) Student, teacher, parent and faculty organizations; (f) Community-based organizations; (g) Public-private partnership organizations; (h) Independent nonprofit and proprietary post-secondary colleges and schools; and (i) The State Workforce and Talent Development Board and local workforce development boards. (5) The advisor shall meet, on a regularly scheduled basis, with the local workforce development boards and such others as necessary to ensure that local interests are represented. The advisor shall seek input, advice and feedback on policy issues affecting state and local education and workforce development from interested parties and any advisory committees appointed or assigned under this section. (6) Pursuant to ORS chapter 183, the advisor may adopt rules necessary to carry out the duties of the advisor. [Formerly 285A.455; 2011 c.637 §280; 2013 c.747 §170; 2013 c.768 §148a; 2014 c.49 §§3,4; 2015 c.366 §58; 2017 c.185 §25; 2017 c.297 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 660.321 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.321 - State Workforce and Talent Development Board.

(1) A State Workforce and Talent Development Board shall be created under section 3111 of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to assist in the development of the Workforce and Talent Development Plan established under ORS 660.324, to carry out the other functions described by the federal Act and to provide strategic planning and recommendations related to state talent development. (2) The membership of the board must be in accordance with the requirements of section 3111(b) of the federal Act. (3) Representatives of business described in section 3111(b)(1)(C)(i) of the federal Act who are appointed to the board must be confirmed by the Senate in the manner prescribed under ORS 171.562 and 171.565. (4) The Governor shall select a chairperson in accordance with the requirements of section 3111(c) of the federal Act. (5) The Governor shall appoint one member who is a representative of a local workforce development board. (6) A majority of the board must be representatives of business, as described in section 3111(b)(1)(C)(i) of the federal Act. (7) Members of the Legislative Assembly appointed to the board are nonvoting members of the board and may act in an advisory capacity only. (8) To transact business at a meeting of the board, a quorum of voting members must participate. A quorum consists of a majority of the voting members. At least 25 percent of the members participating must be representatives of business, as described in section 3111(b)(1)(C)(i) of the federal Act. (9) Members of the board are not entitled to compensation, but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred by them in the performance of their official duties in the manner and amount provided for in ORS 292.495. [Formerly 411.926; 2005 c.242 §1; 2011 c.272 §8; 2014 c.49 §5; 2017 c.185 §27; 2017 c.297 §5a]
OR Rev Stat § 660.327 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.327 - Duties of local workforce development boards.

In accordance with section 3122 of the federal Act, each local workforce development board shall: (1) Consistent with section 3123 of the federal Act, in partnership with the chief elected official for the local area involved, develop and submit a local plan to the Governor. The local plan must: (a) Be developed by the local workforce development board with local workforce partners; (b) Identify strategies and outcomes that the local workforce development board will implement in the local workforce development area; (c) Make all parties to the local plan accountable for carrying out the strategies and achieving the outcomes identified in the local plan; and (d) Be submitted to and approved by the State Workforce and Talent Development Board. (2) Consistent with section 3151(d) of the federal Act, with the agreement of the chief elected official, designate or certify one-stop operators as described in section 3151(d)(2)(A) of the federal Act and may terminate for cause the eligibility of such operators. (3) Consistent with section 3153 of the federal Act, identify eligible providers of youth activities in the local area and award grants or contracts on a competitive basis to those providers, based on recommendations of a youth council. (4) Consistent with section 3152 of the federal Act, identify eligible providers of training services described in section 3174(d)(4) of the federal Act. (5) Subject to the approval of the chief elected official, develop a budget for the purpose of carrying out the duties of the local workforce development board under section 3122 of the federal Act. (6) In partnership with the chief elected official, provide oversight of local programs of youth activities authorized under section 3164 of the federal Act, local employment and training activities authorized under section 3174 of the federal Act and the one-stop delivery system in the local area. (7) With the chief elected official and the Governor, negotiate and reach agreement on local performance measures as described in section 3141(c) of the federal Act. (8) Coordinate the workforce development activities authorized under the federal Act and carried out in the local area with economic development strategies and develop other employer linkages with such activities. (9) Promote the participation of private sector employers in the statewide workforce development system and ensure the effective provision, through the system, of connecting, brokering and coaching activities, through intermediaries such as the one-stop operator in the local area or through other organizations, to assist such employers in meeting hiring needs. [2001 c.684 §12; 2014 c.49 §7; 2017 c.185 §30; 2017 c.297 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 660.330 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.330 - One-stop delivery system; service providers.

(1) The State Workforce and Talent Development Board and local workforce development boards shall ensure that Oregon’s one-stop delivery system under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act is the foundation of local service delivery to employers and participants. (2) One-stop partners shall include, but are not limited to, those described in section 3151 of the federal Act and programs referenced under section 3151(b) of the federal Act. (3) This section does not restrict the authority of local workforce development boards to select providers and one-stop operators, or to set goals or policies, under the federal Act. [Formerly 411.935; 2017 c.185 §31; 2017 c.297 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 660.333 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.333 - Use of funds; one-stop delivery system services.

(1) The State Workforce and Talent Development Board shall advise the Governor as required under section 3111 of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and on matters pertaining to the use of funds under section 3174 of the federal Act. (2) As a part of the core services required by section 3174(c)(2)(A)(vi)(I) of the federal Act, the one-stop delivery system, as described in section 3151(e) of the federal Act, shall provide timely listings of all job opportunities, consistent with statute or rule, to a participant immediately upon application by the participant for services offered by the one-stop delivery system. (3) Intensive services offered by the one-stop delivery system may include drug and alcohol rehabilitative services meeting minimum standards established pursuant to ORS 430.357. (4) Local workforce development boards shall determine whether funds will be used as provided in section 3174(d)(3) of the federal Act. (5) Participants may receive training in accordance with section 3174 of the federal Act. In addition, a participant who is employed in a subsidized or unsubsidized job and who needs training may receive an individual training account that allows the participant to choose among training providers, except as provided in section 3174(c)(3)(G)(ii) of the federal Act. (6) Any funds expended under ORS 660.300 to 660.364 shall be from funds appropriated by the Legislative Assembly or within any expenditure limitations placed on federal funds by the Legislative Assembly. [Formerly 411.932; 2011 c.673 §41; 2017 c.185 §32; 2017 c.297 §10]