Title 51, Labor and Employment; Unlawful Discrimination

(1) The Oregon Conservation Corps Program is established for the purposes of: (a) Reducing the risk wildfire poses to communities and critical infrastructure. (b) Helping to create fire-adapted communities. (c) Engaging youth and young adults in workforce training. (2) Youth and …

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Eligible organization” includes Oregon-based nonprofit youth development organizations, federally recognized Indian tribes in this state, nonprofit associations engaged in workforce development and public entities that provide programs of job tra…

(1) The Oregon Conservation Corps Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Oregon Conservation Corps Fund shall be credited to the fund. (2) The fund may receive contributions from individuals and private organ…

(1) There is created in the Higher Education Coordinating Commission the Oregon Youth Works Advisory Board. The purpose of the advisory board is to provide advice on and oversight of the implementation and alignment of youth workforce development programs for which the commission…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Community college” has the meaning given that term in ORS 341.005. (b) “Priority populations” has the meaning given that term in ORS 660.300. (c) “University” means: (A) A public university listed in ORS 352.002. (B) Oregon Health and Science Uni…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Priority populations” has the meaning given that term in ORS 660.300. (b) “Youth workforce program” includes: (A) A youth reengagement program described under ORS 417.859. (B) A program administered by the Youth Development Division of the Depart…

(1) The Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon finds and declares that: (a) It is the policy of the State of Oregon to maintain a strong economy in order to provide its citizens a stable and plentiful job market, and to conserve and protect its natural resources, scenic beau…

Subject to the availability of funds, there is created within the Oregon Youth Employment Program established under ORS 660.353 an Oregon Youth Corps that shall provide emergency services, public conservation, rehabilitation and improvement programs. The corps shall be headed by …

(1) In consultation with the Oregon Youth Works Advisory Board created under ORS 660.440 and the executive director of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, or the designee of the executive director, the program director of the Oregon Youth Corps shall: (a) Establish elig…

(1) The program director of the Oregon Youth Corps shall establish within the Oregon Youth Employment Program established under ORS 660.353 a separate program known as the Oregon Community Stewardship Corps. In addition to the established purposes of the Oregon Youth Corps, the p…

(1) The programs established under ORS 660.450 to 660.463 may include, but shall not be limited to, projects such as: (a) Rangeland conservation, rehabilitation and improvement; (b) Endangered species and other wildlife habitat conservation, rehabilitation and improvement; (c) Ur…

(1) Projects selected under ORS 660.450 to 660.463 shall: (a) Result in an increase in employment opportunities for disadvantaged and at-risk youth over those opportunities which would otherwise be available; (b) Not result in the displacement of currently employed workers, inclu…

(1) There is established the OregonServes Commission within the Higher Education Coordinating Commission. The OregonServes Commission is the AmeriCorps service commission for Oregon. (2)(a) The OregonServes Commission shall consist of at least 15 voting members appointed by the G…

(1) The members of the OregonServes Commission appointed under ORS 660.500 (2)(a) must be residents of this state who have a proven commitment to community service and who have a demonstrated interest in fostering and nurturing civic engagement as a strategy for strengthening com…

(1) The members of the OregonServes Commission appointed under ORS 660.500 (2)(a) shall select a commission member as chairperson and another as vice chairperson, for terms, and with duties and powers necessary for the performance of the functions of those offices, as the commiss…

(1) The OregonServes Commission may establish advisory and technical committees as the commission considers necessary to aid and advise the commission in the performance of commission functions. These committees may be continuing or temporary committees. The commission shall dete…

The OregonServes Commission shall: (1) Develop programs and provide oversight and administration of programs granted to this state by AmeriCorps under the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993, as amended (P.L. 103-82). (2) Prepare state applications to AmeriCorps for …

(1) The OregonServes Commission shall act in all respects as the successor to both the Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service and the Oregon Commission for National and Community Service formed in response to the National and Community Service Trust Act of …

In accordance with applicable provisions in ORS chapter 183, the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, in consultation with the OregonServes Commission, may adopt rules: (1) Establishing standards and guidelines for applications for grants; and (2) Establishing standards and …

The OregonServes Commission may apply for and accept grants, contributions and assistance from any federal, state or local government agency and any foundation, individual or organization for the purposes of: (1) Performing commission duties under ORS 660.515; (2) Implementing pr…

Working men and women may organize themselves into, or carry on labor unions for the purpose of lessening the hours of labor, increasing the wages, bettering the conditions of the members of such organizations or carrying out their legitimate purposes as freely as they could do i…

(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 a…

No person shall be indicted, prosecuted or tried in any court of this state for entering into or carrying on any arrangement, agreement or combination between themselves made with a view of lessening the number of hours of labor or increasing wages, bettering the conditions of wo…

(1) No organization, association or person, legally authorized to act as collective bargaining agent or representative of laboring people, shall make any charge or exaction for initiation fees, dues, fines or other exactions, which will create a fund in excess of the legitimate r…

(1) To encourage labor peace, it is the policy of the State of Oregon to allow private sector labor organizations and employers to enter into union security agreements to the full extent allowed by federal law. (2) It is the intent of the Legislative Assembly in enacting ORS 663.…

Whenever any person or any association or union adopts or uses any label, trademark, term, design, device or form of advertisement for the purpose of designating, making known or distinguishing any goods, wares, merchandise or other product of labor as having been made, manufactu…

(1) No person shall use or display the genuine label, trademark, term, design, device or form of advertisement of any person, association or union in any manner not authorized by such person, union or association. (2) No person shall in any way use the name or seal of any person,…

(1) A person, association or union that uses a label, trademark, term, design, device or form of advertisement for the purpose described in ORS 661.210 may file an application to register the label, trademark, term, design, device or form of advertisement with the Secretary of St…

(1) A person, association or union that adopts or uses a label, trademark, term, design, device or form of advertisement as provided in ORS 661.210 may bring an action to: (a) Enjoin the manufacture, use, display or sale of any counterfeits of the label, trademark, term, design, …

(1) A person that makes a false or fraudulent representation or declaration in an application to register a label, trademark, term, design, device or form of advertisement under ORS 661.230, whether the person makes the representation or declaration verbally, in writing or by any…

In all cases where the association or union is not incorporated, suits under ORS 661.210 to 661.280 may be commenced and prosecuted by an officer or member of the association or union on behalf of and for the use of the association or union.

In any action under ORS 661.250 or 661.260, the court may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party. [Amended by 1981 c.897 §97; 1995 c.618 §118] PENALTIES

(1) Violation of ORS 661.040 is a Class A misdemeanor. (2) Violation of ORS 661.210 or 661.220 is a Class C misdemeanor. [Amended by 2011 c.597 §275; 2015 c.277 §13] _______________

(1) As used in ORS 662.010 to 662.130, “labor dispute” includes any controversy concerning terms or conditions of employment, or concerning the association or representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of empl…

In the interpretation of ORS 662.010 to 662.130, and in determining the jurisdiction and authority of the courts of this state, as such jurisdiction and authority are defined and limited in those statutes, the public policy of Oregon is declared as follows: (1) Under prevailing e…

Any undertaking or promise described in this section or any other undertaking or promise in conflict with the public policy declared in ORS 662.020 is declared to be contrary to the public policy of Oregon and is not enforceable in any court of this state and does not afford any …

No court, nor any judge thereof, shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, except in strict conformity with ORS 662.010 to 662.130, nor shall any such restraining order or tem…

No court, nor any judge thereof, shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction in any case involving or growing out of any labor dispute to prohibit any person or persons participating or interested in such dispute from doing, whether…

No court, nor any judge thereof, shall have jurisdiction to issue a restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction upon the ground that any of the persons participating or interested in a labor dispute constitute or are engaged in an unlawful combination or conspiracy bec…

No officer or member of any association or organization, and no association or organization participating or interested in a labor dispute, shall be held responsible or liable in any court of this state for the unlawful acts of individual officers, members or agents, except upon …

No court, nor any judge thereof, shall have jurisdiction to issue a temporary or permanent injunction in any case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, except after hearing the testimony of witnesses in open court, with opportunity for cross-examination, in support of the …

(1) The hearing shall be held after due and personal notice thereof has been given, in such manner as the court shall direct, to all known persons against whom relief is sought, and also to the chief of those public officials of the county and city within which the unlawful acts …

No restraining order or injunctive relief shall be granted to any complainant who has failed to comply with any obligation imposed by law which is involved in the labor dispute in question, or who has failed to make every reasonable effort to settle such dispute, either by negoti…

(1) No restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction shall be granted in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, except on the basis of findings of fact made and filed by the court in the record of the case prior to the issuance of such restraining order or i…

Whenever any court or judge thereof issues or denies any temporary injunction in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, the court shall, upon the request of any party to the proceedings and on filing the usual bond for costs, forthwith certify, as in ordinary cases, …

(1) In all cases arising under ORS 662.010 to 662.130 in which a person is charged with contempt in a court of this state, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury wherein the contempt has been committed; provided, this right shall not a…