Title 51, Labor and Employment; Unlawful Discrimination

(1) The Director of the Employment Department is designated and constituted the agency of this state for the purpose of the Wagner-Peyser Act. The director shall cooperate with all authorities of the United States having powers and duties under the Wagner-Peyser Act and do and pe…

The Director of the Employment Department may divide the state into such number of employment districts as the director finds necessary and maintain a district office in each of said districts. INFORMATION SYSTEMS

(1) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “Labor market area” means an economically integrated geographic area within which individuals can reside and find employment within a reasonable distance or can readily change employment without changing thei…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Public body” has the meaning given that term in ORS 192.311. (b) “System participant” means: (A) Mandatory partners under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and other one-stop system partners, which may include public bodies and…

If the Employment Department becomes aware in the normal course of business that an employer has contracted with the United States to conduct forest maintenance activity on federal forestland in this state and is not in compliance with the requirements under 20 C.F.R. 655 for H-2…

(1) If an employer lists an available forest maintenance activity job under a federal H-2B certification for temporary nonagricultural work with the Employment Department, the department shall: (a) Confirm with the employer whether the job is open to Oregon resident workers; (b) …

The Director of the Employment Department shall: (1) Cooperate in all necessary respects with the appropriate agencies and departments of the federal government in the administration of this chapter and of free public employment offices. (2) Make the state’s records relating to t…

(1) The Employment Department is authorized to cooperate with or enter into agreements with appropriate agencies of the federal government whereby: (a) The Director of the Employment Department may act as agent of the federal government, in the payment of subsistence or other cas…

The Director of the Employment Department may enter into agreements with the appropriate agencies of other states or the federal government whereby: (1) Potential rights to benefits accumulated under the unemployment insurance laws of the several states or under such a law of the…

Whenever the unemployment insurance laws of other states provide for inclusion of out-of-state payment of wages in computing wages paid in like manner as provided in ORS 657.095 (2), the Director of the Employment Department may enter into agreements with those empowered to admin…

(1) The Director of the Employment Department may enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate and duly authorized agencies of other states or of the federal government, or both, whereby wages, upon the basis of which an individual may become entitled to benefits under an …

(1) The courts of the State of Oregon shall recognize and enforce the liability for unemployment insurance contributions imposed by other states which extend a like comity to this state, and officials of such other states may initiate civil proceedings in the courts of this state…

(1) As used in this section, “appropriate agency” means an agency authorized to enforce child support obligations pursuant to a plan approved under part D of title IV of the Social Security Act. (2) Notwithstanding ORS 657.855, the Director of the Employment Department may enter …

(1) There is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Supplemental Employment Department Administration Fund. The Supplemental Employment Department Administration Fund shall consist of moneys collected or received by the Employment Depa…

(1) The Director of the Employment Department may enter into an agreement or agreements with any other state’s employment security agency, or group thereof, including the Interstate Reciprocal Overpayment Recovery Arrangement, for the mutual and reciprocal recovery of overpaid un…

There hereby is created the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund. The fund shall consist of: (1) All contributions received and collected under this chapter. (2) Interest earned upon any moneys in the fund. (3) Any property or securities acquired through the use of moneys belongi…

(1) The Governor of the State of Oregon is hereby authorized in the discretion of the Governor to make necessary application to the Secretary of Labor of the United States to obtain an advance or advances pursuant to title XII of the Social Security Act, as amended. (2) The Direc…

(1) All moneys received for the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund under ORS 657.805 shall be deposited with the State Treasurer subject to ORS 657.830. (2) All moneys in the fund shall be mingled and undivided and shall be administered by the Director of the Employment Departm…

(1) Money credited to the account of this state in the Unemployment Trust Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America pursuant to section 903 of the Social Security Act, as amended, may be requisitioned and used for the payment of expenses incurred for t…

Notwithstanding ORS 657.812, the Employment Department may accept funds made available to this state under section 903 of the Social Security Act, as amended, for payment of administrative expenses relating to the unemployment insurance program. [1999 c.970 §2] Note: 657.813 was …

(1) There is created, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Unemployment Compensation Benefit Fund. Such fund shall consist of all amounts withdrawn from the Federal Unemployment Trust Fund, upon requisition of the Director of the Employment Department, except as provi…

(1) There is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund, to consist of all moneys received by the state or the Director of the Employment Department for the expenses of administration of this c…

(1) There is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Employment Department Special Administrative Fund. The Employment Department Special Administrative Fund shall consist of moneys collected or received by the Employment Department as …

(1) There is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Employment Tax Guarantee Fund. The Employment Tax Guarantee Fund shall consist of: (a) Money deposits received under ORS 657.505 or 657.507; and (b) Proceeds of bonds posted under ORS…

(1) All moneys in the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund which are received from the federal government or any agency thereof or which are appropriated by this state for the purposes described in ORS 657.820 shall be expended solely for the purposes and in the amounts …

(1) The State Treasurer shall be the custodian of the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund and the Unemployment Compensation Benefit Fund. (2) After clearance thereof, the State Treasurer immediately shall deposit all moneys specified in ORS 657.805 which are received from all so…

(1) On the first day of the third month of a calendar quarter the Director of the Employment Department shall: (a) Estimate the interest payable, accrued through the end of the calendar quarter, on federal advances obtained under the provisions of ORS 657.807; (b) Estimate the am…

(1) Except as provided in this section, benefits due under this chapter may not be assigned, pledged, encumbered, released or commuted. Benefits due under this chapter shall, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, be exempt from all claims of creditors and from levy, execu…

No agreement by an employee to pay any portion of the contribution required of the employer by this chapter is valid and no employers shall make a deduction for such purpose from the wages or salary of an employee.

All the rights, privileges or immunities conferred by this chapter or by acts deemed pursuant thereto shall exist subject to the powers of the legislature to amend or repeal this chapter at any time, and there shall be no vested private right of any kind against such amendment or…

(1) If title IX of the federal Social Security Act becomes inoperative by Act of Congress or by decision of the United States Supreme Court, payments of contributions and payment of benefits provided in this chapter shall cease. (2) If the provisions of the Act of October 20, 197…

The period within which an interested party may request a hearing or file with the Employment Appeals Board an application for review as provided in ORS 657.266 to 657.269, 657.270, 657.471, 657.480, 657.485, 657.679, 657.681 and 657.682 may be extended, upon a showing of good ca…

In order to provide health care coverage for eligible unemployed individuals, the Employment Department, upon approval and funding by the Emergency Board, is authorized: (1) To deduct an amount from unemployment compensation otherwise payable to an individual and to use the amoun…

For purposes of this section and ORS 657.880, the term “health care coverage” means coverage under: (1) Health insurance policies issued by qualified insurers and health care service contractors; (2) Contracts entered into by and between the State of Oregon and qualified insurers…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Employment Department, at the direction of the Governor, may take appropriate action to expedite and provide for the implementation of an unemployment compensation program not provided for in this chapter, if the program is…

(1) Violation of ORS 657.295 is a Class B misdemeanor. (2) Violation of ORS 657.300 is a Class A misdemeanor. (3) Violation of ORS 657.480 (3)(a) or (b) is a Class C felony. (4) In addition to any penalties otherwise prescribed in this chapter, violation of ORS 657.495, 657.565, …