Title 51, Labor and Employment; Unlawful Discrimination
15 chapters · 1,215 sections in this title.
ORS 651.010 Definitions
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As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) Bureau means the Bureau of Labor and Industries. (2) Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries. [Amended by 1979 c.659 §1; 1987 c.158 §123] BUREAU OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES; COMM…
ORS 651.020 Bureau of Labor and Industries
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The Bureau of Labor and Industries hereby is established as a separate department of this state. [Amended by 1979 c.659 §2]
ORS 651.030 Commissioner; election; term; qualifications
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(1) The Bureau of Labor and Industries shall be under the control of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries which office hereby is created. (2) The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall be elected for a term of four years. (3) The Commissioner o…
ORS 651.040 Bond of commissioner
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(1) The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall, before entering upon the duties of the office of the commissioner, execute a bond to the state in the sum of $5,000, conditioned upon the faithful, honest and impartial performance of the duties under ORS 651.030, …
ORS 651.050 Duties of commissioner
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The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall cause to be enforced: (1) All laws regulating the employment of adults and minors. (2) All laws established for the protection of the health, lives and limbs of persons employed in workshops, factories, mills and other …
ORS 651.060 Power to conduct investigations and issue subpoenas; enforcement; witness fees; staff; delegation; rules; public information programs; fees
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(1) The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries 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 279C.800 to 279C.870, 651.030, 651.050, …
ORS 651.065 Power to issue warrants for collection of debt owed Bureau of Labor and Industries
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(1) If, upon entry of judgment and expiration of any time period for timely filing of notice of appeal, an amount due to the Bureau of Labor and Industries is not paid within 30 days of the date payment becomes due, and no provision has been made to secure the payment, the Commis…
ORS 651.070 Duty to prepare model respectful workplace policy and create informational materials identifying harms caused by workplace bullying
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(1) The Bureau of Labor and Industries shall prepare a model respectful workplace policy that employers may adopt. In preparing the model policy, the bureau shall take into consideration existing respectful workplace policies. (2) The bureau shall create informational materials t…
ORS 651.080 Establishment of Employer Assistance Division
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The Employer Assistance Division is established within the Bureau of Labor and Industries. The purpose of the division is to provide education, training and interpretive guidance, including advisory opinions, to employers to assist employers in complying with laws that are enforc…
ORS 651.090 Discussion communications; rules
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(1) As used in this section: (a) Advisory opinion has the meaning given that term in ORS 651.100. (b)(A) Discussion communications means: (i) All communications, written and oral, that are made in the course of or in connection with a discussion between an employer and the Em…
ORS 651.100 Advisory opinions
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(1) As used in this section and ORS 651.080, advisory opinion means written guidance: (a) On the interpretation or application of a provision of law over which the Bureau of Labor and Industries has enforcement authority to an actual or hypothetical circumstance. (b) Concerning…
ORS 651.110 Assistance and cooperation in enforcement of Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
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The Bureau of Labor and Industries may assist and cooperate with the United States Department of Labor in the enforcement within this state of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Subject to the regulations of the United States Department of Labor and the laws of this state appl…
ORS 651.120 Entry and examination of workplaces
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(1) The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries may: (a) Enter any factory, mill, office, workshop, or public or private works, at any reasonable time, for the purpose of gathering facts such as are contemplated by ORS 279C.850, 652.330, 653.045 and 659A.835. (b) Exami…
ORS 651.125 Interagency agreements to obtain certain business information
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(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law governing the confidentiality or disclosure of information, the Bureau of Labor and Industries may enter into an interagency agreement with a state agency to receive from the state agency a business name, address, electronic mail address, …
ORS 651.135 Settlement agreements
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(1) The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries may enter into a settlement with respect to any violation of a provision of law over which the Bureau of Labor and Industries has jurisdiction. The commissioner may take steps to settle the matter through conference, medi…
ORS 651.160 Bureau of Labor and Industries Account
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(1) There hereby is established in the General Fund in the State Treasury an account to be known as the Bureau of Labor and Industries Account. Except as otherwise provided by law, all fees of whatever kind, and moneys received or collected by the Bureau of Labor and Industries, …
ORS 651.170 Payment of expenses
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The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries may incur such expense and employ such clerical aids as may be necessary to carry out ORS 651.030, 651.050, 651.060 and 651.120. The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may draw warrants on the State Treasurer for th…
ORS 651.185 Prevailing Wage Education and Enforcement Account
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The Prevailing Wage Education and Enforcement Account is created in the General Fund of the State Treasury. All moneys in the account are appropriated continuously to the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries to: (1) Administer and provide investigations under and en…
ORS 651.190 Demographic data collection reporting requirements for hospitals; list of hospitals required to report; civil penalty; rules
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(1) As used in this section: (a) Hospital has the meaning given that term in ORS 442.015. (b) Report means any report or survey showing the demographics of an employers workforce by race, ethnicity, sex and job categories, that is required by: (A) The United States Equal Emp…
ORS 651.195 Civil penalties
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(1) Civil penalties under ORS 651.190 shall be imposed in accordance with ORS 183.745 and may not exceed $500 for each day of noncompliance. (2) All sums collected as civil penalties under this section must first be applied toward reimbursement of the costs incurred in determinin…
ORS 651.200 Definitions
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As used in this section and ORS 651.205: (1) Live entertainment means a presentation given in major part by humans to a live audience. (2) Live entertainment facility means a place of public accommodation: (a) That contains 600 or fewer fixed seats; (b) That is operated for p…
ORS 651.205 Posting notice of workplace rights for live entertainers; establishment of hotline for inquiries and complaints from live entertainers; confidentiality
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(1) The operator of a live entertainment facility shall display the poster developed by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries under subsection (2) of this section in a conspicuous manner in a sufficient number of places in the establishment to be read by all pers…
ORS 651.990 Penalties
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(1) Willful neglect or refusal by any person subpoenaed under ORS 651.060 to attend or testify at the time and place named in the subpoena is a Class C misdemeanor. (2) Violation of ORS 651.120 (2) is a Class C misdemeanor. [Amended by 1983 c.740 §240; 2011 c.597 §262] __________…