Title 51, Labor and Employment; Unlawful Discrimination

It is the policy of the State of Oregon: (1) To encourage the development of an apprenticeship and training system through the voluntary cooperation of management, labor and interested state agencies, and in cooperation with other states and the federal government. (2) To provide…

(1) ORS 660.002 to 660.210 shall apply to persons, political subdivisions, employer associations, and organizations of employees that agree to conform to its provisions. (2) Nothing in ORS 660.002 to 660.210 is intended to supersede the civil service or merit systems applicable t…

As used in ORS 660.002 to 660.210, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Apprentice” means a worker who is at least 16 years of age, except when a higher minimum age is otherwise required by law, and who is employed to learn an apprenticeable occupation under standards of a…

Local joint committees formed under ORS 660.135, trade committees for apprenticeship and training formed under ORS 660.145 and state joint committees formed under ORS 660.155 shall not be considered state agencies for any purpose. [1997 c.31 §2]

(1) Every apprentice and either the apprentice’s program sponsor or the local joint committee shall sign a written apprenticeship agreement on a form approved by the State Apprenticeship and Training Council or on a form to which the council chairperson may grant interim approval…

To be registered with the State Apprenticeship and Training Council, every apprenticeship or training agreement shall contain: (1) The names and signatures of the apprentice or trainee and of a parent or guardian if the apprentice or trainee is a minor; (2) The names and addresse…

(1) The State Apprenticeship and Training Council shall consist of nine members, including the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries and eight members appointed by the Governor as follows: (a) Four members from apprenticeable building and construction crafts or trade…

(1) The State Apprenticeship and Training Council, under the direction of the Apprenticeship and Training Division of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, shall enforce the provisions of ORS 660.002 to 660.210 in order to carry out the intent and purposes of those provisions. The …

(1) Apprenticeship standards shall contain statements of: (a) The apprenticeable occupation to be taught and a designation of the geographical area or areas in which the standards will apply; (b) The qualifications required of apprentice applicants and the minimum eligible starti…

(1) In each locality where apprentices are employed, the State Apprenticeship and Training Council may approve as many local joint committees as are necessary to serve the needs of the various apprenticeable occupations. Local joint committees in building and construction trades …

Every local apprenticeship or training program administered by a local joint committee, or by a trade committee functioning as a local joint committee, shall: (1) Propose to the State Apprenticeship and Training Council and the Apprenticeship and Training Division of the Bureau o…

(1) Unless the State Apprenticeship and Training Council determines there is an adverse impact on apprenticeship opportunities based on an individual’s race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or ethnic group, an applicant who is otherwise eligible for selection as an appre…

(1) A training agent may not pay an apprentice at a rate less than that obtained by applying the schedule, set forth in the applicable standards, at the apprentice’s level of apprenticeship, to the journeyworker hourly rate of wage currently in effect for journeyworkers in the oc…

(1) As used in this section: (a) Notwithstanding ORS 660.010, “employer” means a person that employs or engages the services of an individual, that reserves the right to control the means by which such services are or will be performed and that sponsors or agrees to provide train…

In an area where it is not practicable to establish a local joint apprenticeship committee or a local joint training committee, a trade committee for apprenticeship and training may be formed to administer the standards of various separate programs approved by the State Apprentic…

(1) Every local apprenticeship or training program administered by a local joint committee or by a trade committee functioning as a local joint committee must have at least one registered apprentice. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a local apprenticeship or tr…

(1) The Apprenticeship and Training Division of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall evaluate the performance of registered apprenticeship programs. (2) Factors to be used when conducting the evaluation required by subsection (1) of this section must include, but are not limi…

(1) State joint apprenticeship committees may be formed in each apprenticeable occupation for the purpose of promoting and coordinating the apprenticeship goals of that occupation and of developing statewide standards and related instructional material for a course of study in th…

(1) Each state joint committee, with the prior approval of the State Apprenticeship and Training Council, shall prescribe a standard course of study, developed from a trade analysis, for the trade, craft or industrial occupation over which the committee exercises jurisdiction. Ea…

(1) If there is an interstate agreement regarding apprenticeship courses of study between the State Apprenticeship and Training Council and an agency with similar functions in another state: (a) Any course of study prescribed pursuant to ORS 660.157 is subject to the provisions o…

All district school boards shall cooperate with the State Apprenticeship and Training Council, the Department of Education, and the local joint committees or trade committees in providing the necessary related instruction classes to meet the objectives of courses of study prescri…

The Higher Education Coordinating Commission, in cooperation with the State Apprenticeship and Training Council and the appropriate state joint committee, by rule shall adopt policies, standards and programs to carry out the provisions of ORS 660.002. Such policies, standards or …

The State Apprenticeship and Training Council, in cooperation with the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, shall adopt policies regarding: (1) Evaluation procedures relating to the determination of apprenticeship credit for work experience, education and training. (2) Proce…

(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 …

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Community-based organization” has the meaning given that term in ORS 660.390. (b) “Local workforce development board” has the meaning given that term in ORS 660.300. (c) “Priority populations” has the meaning given that term in ORS 660.300. (2) T…

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 progra…

(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…

(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 off…

(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 assoc…

As used in ORS 660.300 to 660.420: (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…

(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 w…

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] (State Workforc…

(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 advis…

(1) To implement and oversee state implementation of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, the Higher Education Coordinating Commission may: (a) Receive federal youth activities funds allotted to this state by the Secretary of Labor pursuant to the federal Workfor…

(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…

(1) The State Workforce and Talent Development Board shall identify: (a) Key industries in this state and the workforce skills needed for key industries to grow and thrive; (b) In collaboration with workforce representatives, needs for education, training, work experience, and jo…

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 …

(1) This section applies to an entity that provides paid work experience to an individual participating in a workforce program that is funded in whole or in part by the following sources: (a) State funds that are allocated to and made available for reallocation by local workforce…

(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…

(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 ser…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Federal Act” has the meaning given that term in ORS 660.300. (b) “One-stop delivery system” means the one-stop delivery system described in ORS 660.330 and 660.333. (c) “State agency” has the meaning given that term in ORS 190.430. (d) “Unit of l…

(1) The designated state agency and state level fiscal agent for Title I of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act shall provide customers of the one-stop delivery system with reports containing information about the performance of training providers and programs in…

(1) All participant records maintained by the local workforce development boards or any public or private agency involved in programs under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act shall be confidential and except as provided in ORS 660.300 to 660.420 shall be open fo…

(1) There is created in the Higher Education Coordinating Commission the Oregon Employer Workforce Training Program. Subject to the availability of funding, and in consultation with the State Workforce and Talent Development Board, the commission shall operate, and local workforc…

The Oregon Employer Workforce Training Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Oregon Employer Workforce Training Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Hig…

(1) There is created in the Higher Education Coordinating Commission the Oregon National Career Readiness Certification Program to certify the workplace and college readiness skills of Oregonians and to better prepare Oregonians for continued education and workforce training, suc…

(1)(a) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission, in collaboration with the Employment Department and the State Workforce and Talent Development Board, shall develop and implement a demand-driven, skills-based integrated workforce delivery system focused on skills and talent d…

The State Workforce and Talent Development Board shall, in consultation with state workforce agencies and local workforce development boards, establish the Committee for Continuous Improvement to assess the effectiveness of the public workforce development system in this state. T…

(1) Once every even-numbered year, the Committee for Continuous Improvement established under ORS 660.347 shall identify and contract with an independent third-party entity to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the public workforce system in this state and to make recommendati…

(1)(a) There is created in the Higher Education Coordinating Commission a program to make grants to pilot projects to promote hands-on experience and education in the fundamentals and core competencies in architecture, construction trades and engineering for high school juniors a…