Labor not a commodity; employment rights are personal

ORS 661.020

ORS 661.020

(1) The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce.

(2) The right to enter into the relation of employer and employee, to change that relation, to assume and create a new relation for employer and employee or to work and labor as an employee, shall be held and construed to be a personal and not a property right.