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OR Rev Stat § 658.407 (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 658.407 - Administration and enforcement of ORS 658.405 to 658.511; rules.

The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall administer and enforce ORS 658.405 to 658.511, and in so doing shall: (1) Investigate and attempt to adjust equitably controversies between labor contractors and their workers with respect to claims arising under ORS 658.415 (3) or 658.419. (2) Take appropriate action to establish the liability or lack thereof of the labor contractor for wages of the employees of the labor contractor and if appropriate proof exists of liability for wages the commissioner shall pay the same or such part thereof as the commissioner has funds on deposit or cause the surety company to forthwith pay the entire liability or such part thereof as the sums due under the bond will permit. (3) Adopt appropriate rules to administer ORS 658.405 to 658.511. [1971 c.479 §2; 1973 c.401 §1; 1975 c.502 §2; 1989 c.164 §10; 1991 c.331 §99; 1995 c.73 §6; 1999 c.628 §7; 2013 c.584 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 658.411 (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 658.411 - Licensing subject to employee indorsement; terms and conditions.

(1) An employee of a labor contractor who is licensed under ORS 658.405 to 658.511 may be licensed as a labor contractor subject to an employee indorsement if the employee continuously meets all of the following conditions: (a) The employee’s employer has filed with the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries a signed statement, in a form required by the commissioner, agreeing to sponsor the application and to notify the commissioner promptly upon termination of the employment of the employee; (b) The employee engages in activities that would require licensing as a labor contractor solely on behalf of the employer; (c) The employee does not personally employ any workers and is not responsible for paying any workers; (d) The employer maintains proof of financial responsibility; (e) The employer’s license remains in good standing; and (f) The employee meets all of the conditions for licensing as a labor contractor, except as provided in this section. (2) A labor contractor subject to an employee indorsement acting in compliance with subsection (1) of this section need not: (a) Provide proof of financial responsibility under ORS 658.415 (3). (b) Comply with ORS 658.440 (1)(j). (c) Provide any of the following information that is of a personal nature if the labor contractor subject to an employee indorsement is an employee of a property services contractor: (A) A Social Security number; (B) A home address and telephone number; (C) Personal financial information; and (D) Personal income tax or property tax information. (3) The license of a labor contractor subject to an employee indorsement shall state the conditions contained in subsection (1) of this section on its face and shall state that a labor contractor subject to an employee indorsement who operates out of compliance with these restrictions is an unlicensed labor contractor. (4) A labor contractor who employs another labor contractor is personally, jointly and severally liable for any damages, attorney fees or costs awarded against the employee for the actions of the labor contractor employee undertaken within the scope of employment, or for actions of the employee that the employee takes under color of an employee’s license subject to an employee indorsement that are known, or reasonably should have been known, by the employer. In the case of a labor contractor that is a corporation, both the corporation and the licensed majority shareholder or shareholders are so liable. [1995 c.73 §3; 2005 c.340 §3; 2007 c.160 §4; 2013 c.584 §5; 2018 c.8 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 658.412 (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 658.412 - License examination; rules.

(1) The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries may not issue a license to operate as a labor contractor until an applicant for a license has successfully passed a qualifying examination designed to test the applicant’s ability, knowledge and proficiency to conduct and manage the business of a labor contractor. The examination must also test the applicant’s knowledge of an employer’s responsibility to prevent sexual assault and sexual harassment. The commissioner shall prescribe by rule the requirements for and the manner of testing the competency of license applicants. (2) In prescribing requirements for testing applicants for a property services contractor license, the commissioner may establish a process to administer the examination in-person, through an online electronic medium or in any other manner as the commissioner may specify. [1989 c.164 §3; 2013 c.584 §6; 2017 c.676 §5; 2018 c.8 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 658.413 (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 658.413 - Fee schedule for licenses, indorsements and renewals; rules.

(1) The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall establish by rule a fee schedule for issuing and renewing licenses and indorsements under ORS 658.405 to 658.511 and 658.705 to 658.850. The fees shall be in amounts reasonably necessary to provide sufficient funds to administer ORS 658.405 to 658.511 and 658.705 to 658.850. Annual fees may not exceed the following amounts: (a) $150 for a farm labor contractor license. (b) $150 for a farm labor contractor license with employee indorsement. (c) $350 for a farm labor contractor license with forestation or reforestation indorsement. (d) $350 for a farm labor contractor license with forestation or reforestation indorsement subject to ORS 658.418. (e) $350 for a farm labor contractor license with employee and forestation or reforestation indorsements. (f) $50 for a farmworker camp indorsement, paid in addition to one of the fees set out in paragraphs (a) to (e) of this subsection. (2) An applicant for a license or indorsement, or for the renewal of a license or indorsement, shall pay the fee or fees established by the commissioner under subsection (1) of this section. (3) Fees may not be refunded or prorated. (4) All fees received pursuant to this section shall be credited to the Bureau of Labor and Industries Account and are continuously appropriated to the Bureau of Labor and Industries to be used only for the administration of ORS 658.405 to 658.511 and 658.705 to 658.850. [1999 c.399 §2; 2013 c.424 §1; 2017 c.208 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 658.416 (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 658.416 - Reduction of bond or deposit; conditions.

If the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries finds that an applicant has operated as an Oregon licensed labor contractor without an employee indorsement for at least two years in compliance with ORS 658.405 to 658.511 and with any other laws pertaining to the conduct of labor contractors, and that no valid claims for unpaid wages have been made against the applicant, then the commissioner may reduce the amount of the bond or deposit that would otherwise be required pursuant to ORS 658.415 (3) to an amount determined by the commissioner, but in no event less than the following: (1) If the commissioner finds that the labor contractor has so operated for a period of at least five years, $20,000; (2) If the commissioner finds that the labor contractor has so operated for at least four years, $22,500; (3) If the commissioner finds that the labor contractor has so operated for at least three years, $25,000; or (4) If the commissioner finds that the labor contractor has so operated for at least two years, $27,500. [1995 c.73 §4; 2013 c.584 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 658.417 (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 658.417 - Additional requirements for forestation activities.

In addition to the regulation otherwise imposed upon labor contractors pursuant to ORS 658.405 to 658.511, a person who acts as a farm labor contractor with regard to the forestation or reforestation of lands shall: (1) Obtain a special indorsement from the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries on the license required by ORS 658.410 that authorizes the person to act as a farm labor contractor with regard to the forestation or reforestation of lands. (2) Pay the fee established under ORS 658.413. [1983 c.654 §2; 1999 c.399 §4; 2005 c.340 §1; 2007 c.160 §2; 2013 c.584 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 658.418 (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 658.418 - Exemption from certain requirements.

Upon written application from a labor contractor, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries may exempt the labor contractor from the provisions of ORS 658.440 (1)(i) and, for a labor contractor engaged in forestation or reforestation of lands, from the provisions of ORS 658.415 (3) for the license year if the commissioner finds that the labor contractor: (1) Operates as a sole proprietor; (2) Engages in activities pursuant to contracts for less than $25,000; and (3) Employs two or fewer individuals in the performance of work on all contracts performed in the license year. [1985 c.454 §2; 2005 c.340 §4; 2013 c.584 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 658.419 (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 658.419 - Proof of financial responsibility from agricultural associations and certain nonprofit corporations; right of action; manner of payment; rules.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 658.415 (3), (4), (9), (10) and (17), an agricultural association or a private nonprofit corporation described in ORS 658.410 (2)(f)(B) shall submit with the application for a license to act as a farm labor contractor and shall continually maintain thereafter, until excused, a corporate surety bond of a company licensed to do such business in Oregon, a cash deposit or a deposit the equivalent of cash, in a form approved by and payable to the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, in the amount of $30,000. (2) Any person who suffers any loss of wages from the employer of the person or any other loss due to activities of the agricultural association or the private nonprofit corporation as a farm labor contractor shall have a right of action against the surety upon the bond or against the deposit with the commissioner. The right of action is assignable and may not be included in any action against the agricultural association or the private nonprofit corporation but shall be exercised independently after first procuring adequate proof of liability as provided by the commissioner by rule. (3) The surety company or the commissioner shall make prompt and periodic payments on the agricultural association’s or the private nonprofit corporation’s liability up to the extent of the total sum of the bond or deposit. Payments shall be made in the following manner: (a) Payment based upon priority of wage claims over other liabilities; (b) Payment in full of all sums due to each person who presents adequate proof of the claim; and (c) If there are insufficient funds to pay in full the person next entitled to payment in full, payment in part to the person. [1999 c.628 §4; 2001 c.178 §2; 2017 c.676 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 658.420 (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 658.420 - Investigation of applicant; issuance of license; protest against issuance of license.

(1) The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall conduct an investigation of each applicant’s character, competence and reliability, and of any other matter relating to the manner and method by which the applicant proposes to conduct and has conducted operations as a labor contractor. (2) The commissioner shall issue a license within 15 days after the day on which the application therefor was received in the office of the commissioner if the commissioner is satisfied as to the applicant’s character, competence and reliability. (3) Any individual may protest the issuance of a license to any applicant at any time, and the commissioner shall give the individual an opportunity to state the reasons for the objection. [1959 c.395 §5; 2013 c.584 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 658.425 (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 658.425 - Temporary permit pending issuance of license; refusal to renew license considered revocation.

(1) The office of the Bureau of Labor and Industries in which an application is filed shall issue to the applicant a temporary permit valid for not more than 60 days, if the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The application is complete on its face. (b) The applicant has furnished satisfactory evidence of adequate insurance under rules issued by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries. (c) The applicant has paid in advance the fee established under ORS 658.413. (d) The applicant or any person financially interested in the applicant’s proposed operation as a labor contractor, whether as a partner, shareholder, associate, profitsharer or otherwise, has not been denied a license in a jurisdiction other than Oregon or under ORS 658.405 to 658.511 within the preceding three years, nor has had such a license revoked or suspended in Oregon or any other jurisdiction within the preceding three years, as appears of record with the commissioner. (2) Any temporary permit expires immediately if the commissioner rejects the application of the person holding that permit. (3) For the purposes of ORS 658.415 (1)(c) and (d) and subsection (1)(d) of this section, the refusal by the commissioner to renew a license shall be considered as the revocation of that license on the date of its expiration. [1959 c.395 §6; 1961 c.390 §4; 1975 c.502 §4; 1983 c.654 §5; 1989 c.930 §1; 1999 c.399 §5; 2013 c.584 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 658.427 (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 658.427 - Duty of commissioner to establish procedures for licensing of property services contractors; rules.

(1) The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall establish, by rule, procedures for the licensing of property services contractors. (2) Rules adopted under this section must require that a property services contractor provide the following information to the commissioner: (a) The total number of employees employed by the property services contractor who perform janitorial services. (b) The physical address of the work location or locations at which janitorial services are provided by an employee of the property services contractor. (c) Demographic data that is voluntarily provided by employees relating to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status and age. [2017 c.676 §3; 2021 c.367 §31]
OR Rev Stat § 658.428 (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 658.428 - Rules must require property services contractors to provide professional training; training requirements.

(1) Rules adopted under ORS 658.427 shall require that a property services contractor provide professional training through or approved by the Bureau of Labor and Industries to employees of the property services contractor who perform janitorial services, and to employees who manage or supervise those employees, in order to: (a) Prevent sexual assault and sexual harassment in the workplace. (b) Prevent discrimination in the workplace and promote cultural competency. (c) Educate the workforce regarding protection for employees who report a violation of a state or federal law, rule or regulation. (2) A property services contractor shall provide the training as follows: (a) At least once during the year in which a property services contractor license is first issued to a property services contractor; (b) For new employees, within 90 days of the employee’s initial hiring date; and (c) At least once every two years after the renewal of a license. [2017 c.676 §4; 2018 c.8 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 658.430 (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 658.430 - Form of license.

Each labor contractor license shall bear on its face such information as is prescribed by rules of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, including but not limited to: (1) The name and address of the licensee and a statement that the license is not valid after the expiration date. (2) The number, date of issuance and expiration date of the license. (3) A statement that the license shall not be transferred or assigned. [1959 c.395 §8; 2013 c.584 §13]
OR Rev Stat § 658.435 (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 658.435 - Expiration and renewal of licenses; exception.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, each labor contractor license shall expire one year following the date of its issuance unless sooner revoked by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries. (2) Applications for renewal of the license shall be made 30 days prior to the expiration date by payment of the fee established under ORS 658.413, but the commissioner may require any person seeking renewal to file a new application under ORS 658.415 (1) and (2) and may conduct a new investigation of the applicant’s character, competence and reliability, and of any other matter relating to the manner by which the applicant proposes to conduct and has conducted operations as a labor contractor. (3) If the commissioner finds that an applicant has operated as an Oregon licensed labor contractor, other than as an employee under ORS 658.411, for at least two years in compliance with ORS 658.405 to 658.511 and with any other laws pertaining to the conduct of labor contractors, and that no valid claims for unpaid wages have been made against the applicant, at the request of the applicant the commissioner may renew the license for a term of two or four years. The fee for a license renewed for two or four years is the annual fee established for the license under ORS 658.413 multiplied by the number of years in the renewal term. Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 658.405 to 658.511, the fee described in this subsection must accompany an application for renewal under this subsection. [1959 c.395 §7; 1975 c.502 §5; 1985 c.252 §1; 1989 c.930 §3; 1999 c.399 §6; 2013 c.584 §14; 2017 c.208 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 658.437 (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 658.437 - Duties of labor contractors; duties of person to whom workers provided.

(1) Prior to beginning work on any contract or other agreement the labor contractor shall: (a) Display the license or temporary permit to the person to whom workers are to be provided, or the person’s agent; and (b) Provide the person to whom workers are to be provided, or the person’s agent with a copy of the license or temporary permit. (2) Prior to allowing work to begin on any contract or agreement with a labor contractor, the person to whom workers are to be provided, or the person’s agent shall: (a) Examine the license or temporary permit of the labor contractor; and (b) Retain a copy of the license or temporary permit provided by the labor contractor pursuant to subsection (1)(b) of this section. [1989 c.164 §14; 2013 c.584 §15]
OR Rev Stat § 658.445 (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 658.445 - Revocation, suspension or refusal to renew license.

The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries may revoke, suspend or refuse to renew a license to act as a labor contractor upon the commissioner’s own motion or upon complaint by any individual, if: (1) The licensee or agent has violated or failed to comply with any provision of ORS 658.405 to 658.511 and 658.991 (2) and (3); (2) The conditions under which the license was issued have changed or no longer exist; or (3) The licensee’s character, reliability or competence makes the licensee unfit to act as a labor contractor. [1959 c.395 §11; 2013 c.584 §17]
OR Rev Stat § 658.450 (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 658.450 - Applicability of Administrative Procedures Act.

(1) All proceedings relating to the issuance, revocation, suspension, renewal or refusal to renew a license to act as a labor contractor shall be conducted under ORS chapter 183. (2) All rules of the Bureau of Labor and Industries under ORS 658.405 to 658.511 shall be issued in compliance with ORS chapter 183. [1959 c.395 §12; 2013 c.584 §18]
OR Rev Stat § 658.452 (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 658.452 - Prohibitions relating to discharge of or discrimination against employee.

A labor contractor or employer may not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee because: (1) The employee has made a claim against the labor contractor or employer for compensation for the employee’s own personal services. (2) The employee has caused to be instituted any proceedings under or related to ORS 658.405 to 658.511. (3) The employee has testified or is about to testify in any such proceedings. (4) The employee has discussed or consulted with anyone concerning the employee’s rights under ORS 658.405 to 658.511. [1975 c.397 §4; 1981 c.606 §4; 2013 c.584 §19]