ORS 653.017 Local minimum wage requirements; preemption; exceptions

As used in this section:

“Local government” includes a county, city, district or other public corporation, authority or entity organized and existing under statute or city or county charter.

“Public employer” means a political subdivision of the State of Oregon, including counties, cities, districts, as defined in ORS 198.010 and 198.180, and public and quasi-public corporations.

Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the State of Oregon preempts all charter and statutory authority of local governments to set any minimum wage requirements.

A local government may set minimum wage requirements:

For public employers;

In specifications for public contracts entered into by the local government; and

As a condition of the local government providing direct tax abatements or subsidies for private employers with 10 or more employees.