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652.010Declaration of public policy concerning maximum working hours in certain industries 652.020Maximum working hours in certain industries; overtime hours and pay; exemptions; penalties 652.030Enforcement of ORS 652.010 and 652.020 dependent upon like laws in other states 652.035Violations of certain laws relating to maximum working hours and minimum employment conditions; remedies; retaliation prohibited 652.040Maximum working hours in mines; exceptions 652.050Definitions for ORS 652.050 to 652.080 652.060Maximum working hours for firefighters 652.070Overtime pay for firefighters 652.080Computing hours on duty for purposes of ORS 652.060 and 652.070 652.100False information related to hours worked or compensation received by employees; prohibited acts by employer; employee right of action; remedies for violation; penalties 652.110Method of paying employees; agreement on method of payment; revocation of agreement 652.120Establishing regular payday; pay intervals; agreement to pay wages at future date 652.125Bond required when failure to make timely wage payment occurs; court to enjoin business of employer failing to provide bond 652.130Payment of wages due persons employed on piece work scale or quantity basis in forest product industries; furnishing statement of scale or quantity produced 652.140Payment of wages on termination of employment; exception for collective bargaining 652.145Payment of wages for seasonal farmworkers 652.150Penalty wage for failure to pay wages on termination of employment 652.160Payment in case of dispute over wages 652.165Rules for wage collection and payment 652.170Payment of wages in case of strikes 652.180[Repealed by 1953 c.515 §2] 652.190Payment of wages to surviving spouse or dependent children 652.195Liability for dishonored check for payment of wages; penalties 652.197Joint and several liability for unpaid wages owed to unrepresented employees performing labor under a construction contract 652.198Subcontractor recordkeeping requirements related to employee wages on construction projects; retainage permitted for noncompliance 652.200Attorney fee in action for wages 652.210Definitions for ORS 652.210 to 652.235 652.220Prohibition of discriminatory wage rates based on protected class; exceptions; employer not to discriminate against employee who is complainant 652.230Employee right of action against employer for unpaid wages and damages; statute of limitations; notice requirement 652.235Motion to disallow award of compensatory and punitive damages; equal-pay analysis of employer’s pay practices; remedies 652.240Paying wage lower than that required by statute or contract prohibited 652.250Public employee’s wages as affected by absence to engage in search or rescue operation 652.260Payment to home health care staff and home hospice care staff providing home health or hospice services; rules 652.310Definitions of employer and employee 652.320Definitions for ORS 652.310 to 652.414 652.325[1975 c.488 §4; 1991 c.331 §94; repealed by 1999 c.69 §1] 652.330Powers and duties of commissioner in enforcing wage claims; parties to wage claim action 652.332Administrative proceeding for wage claim collection; court enforcement and review; rules 652.333Wage claims against licensed construction contractors and businesses; notice requirements 652.335Liability of liquor dispenser licensee for wage claims of certain individuals 652.340Requiring bond of employer 652.350[Repealed by 1979 c.695 §7] 652.355Prohibition of discrimination because of wage claim or refusal to work additional hours; remedy 652.360Contract exempting employer from liability or penalty not valid; exceptions 652.370Jurisdiction of courts; proceedings in name of state 652.380Remedies cumulative; effect of payment or tender by employer after proceeding commenced 652.390Deduction of costs from wage claims; collection fees; assignment of wage claims 652.400Deposit of moneys in Wage Collection Account; payment to persons entitled thereto 652.405Disposition of wages collected by commissioner when payment cannot be made to person entitled thereto 652.409Wage Security Fund; use 652.410[Repealed by 1977 c.618 §2] 652.414Procedure for payment from fund; lien against personal property of employer; penalties; rules 652.420Definitions for ORS 652.420 to 652.445 652.425Authority of commissioner to enter into agreements with other states for reciprocal enforcement of wage claims 652.430Assigning wage claim to labor bureau of another state 652.435Accepting assignments of wage claims from labor bureau of another state 652.440Retention by commissioner or labor bureau of percentage of funds collected 652.445Deposit of moneys in Wage Collection Account 652.500Receiver to pay accrued wages; payment of employees; receiver’s certificates 652.510Payment of wage claims by receivers, assignees or court; filing statement of wages due 652.515Effect of Oregon Receivership Code 652.520Form of statement of wage claim 652.530Serving copy of statement; report to court; order of payment 652.540Exception to claim; legal action on claim 652.550Payment of claims prerequisite to discharge of attachment or execution, assignee or receiver, or to abandonment of seizure or sale 652.560Costs and attorney fees 652.570Priority of wage claims over transfers in payment of preexisting obligations; payment and subrogation of transferee 652.580[Repealed by 1981 c.898 §53] 652.610Itemized statement of amounts and purposes of deductions; timely payment to recipient of amounts deducted; employer duty to provide written explanation of earnings and deductions 652.615Remedy for violation of ORS 652.610 652.620Statement of yearly compensation on request of employee 652.625Deductions for erroneous overpayment of wages to public employees; written statements required 652.630Definitions for ORS 652.630 to 652.640 652.635Producers to post certain terms of employment 652.640Itemized statement of compensation and deductions required 652.710Fees collected by employer for medical care contracts are trust funds; priority on liquidation; civil penalty; rules 652.720Prohibited use by employer of fees for medical care contracts withheld from employee wages 652.750Inspection of records by employee; furnishing copy to employee; disposition of record on termination of employment; charge for copies; public safety officer records 652.752Federal inspections of employee verification records; employer to provide employees with advance notice of inspection 652.753Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to generate notice template for employers 652.755Rules regarding notice to employees about state and federal earned income tax credits 652.900Civil penalties 652.990Criminal penalties

Chapter 652 — Hours; Wages; Wage Claims; Records

ORS 652.635 Producers to post certain terms of employment

Every producer, or agent of the producer, who employs a labor contractor to provide a working crew for harvesting perishable agricultural products or who offers a bonus to those persons who harvest perishable agricultural products shall cause to be conspicuously posted and maintained on the premises where the agricultural products are to be harvested a notice that states:

(1)

A description of the terms and conditions of any bonus offered, including the manner of determining when the bonus is earned.

(2)

That portion of the labor contractor’s compensation that is based on the amount of work done by each employee of the labor contractor.

Note: See note under 652.630.

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