Oregon Law
Law as of Jan 1, 2026
Chapter contents
653.005[Repealed by 1967 c.596 §15] 653.010Definitions for ORS 653.010 to 653.261 653.015Statement of policy 653.017Local minimum wage requirements; preemption; exceptions 653.020Excluded employees 653.022“Piece-rate-work-day” defined for ORS 653.020 653.025Minimum wage rate; rules 653.026“Nonurban county” defined for ORS 653.025 653.027Wage rate for persons under 18 years of age in agriculture 653.029[1975 c.504 §2; 1977 c.238 §2; 1979 c.832 §2; 1985 c.161 §2; repealed by 1989 c.446 §5] 653.030Commissioner may prescribe lower rates in certain cases; rules 653.033Schedule to increase certain subminimum wage rates for individuals with disabilities 653.035Deducting value of lodging, meals and other benefits furnished by employer; treatment of commissions and tips 653.040Powers of commissioner; rules 653.045Records to be kept by employers; itemization of deductions from wages 653.050Employers to post summary of law and rules; Bureau of Labor and Industries to furnish summaries and copies 653.055Liability of noncomplying employer; contrary agreements no defense; wage claims; suits to enjoin future violations; attorney fees 653.060Discharging or discriminating against employee prohibited 653.065Application of Administrative Procedures Act 653.070Student-learners special wage; conditions; rules; penalties 653.075Legislative findings on breast-feeding 653.077Expressing milk in workplace; rules 653.079Advisory committee on expressing milk in workplace; membership; duties 653.105[Amended by 1953 c.123 §2; repealed by 1967 c.596 §15] 653.110[Repealed by 1967 c.596 §15] 653.115[Repealed by 1967 c.596 §15] 653.120[Repealed by 1967 c.596 §15] 653.125[Repealed by 1967 c.596 §15] 653.205[Amended by 1961 c.337 §1; repealed by 1967 c.596 §15] 653.210[Repealed by 1967 c.596 §15] 653.215[Repealed by 1967 c.596 §15] 653.220[Repealed by 1967 c.596 §15] 653.225[Repealed by 1967 c.596 §15] 653.230[Repealed by 1967 c.596 §15] 653.235[Repealed by 1967 c.596 §15] 653.240[Repealed by 1967 c.596 §15] 653.245[Repealed by 1967 c.596 §15] 653.250[Repealed by 1967 c.596 §15] 653.255[Repealed by 1967 c.596 §15] 653.256Civil penalty for general employment statute or rule violations 653.258Enforcement of rules regarding meal periods and rest periods for hospital staff 653.260[Repealed by 1967 c.596 §15] 653.261Minimum employment conditions; overtime; rules; meal periods; exemptions; penalty 653.263Overtime for persons employed by seafood processors 653.265Overtime for persons employed in canneries, driers and packing plants; exceptions; remedies; penalties 653.268Overtime for labor directly employed by public employers; special provisions for correctional facility nursing staff 653.269Exceptions to ORS 653.268; rules 653.270[Repealed by 1967 c.596 §15] 653.271Definitions for ORS 653.271, 653.272 and 653.273 653.272Overtime requirements for agricultural workers; exceptions; remedies 653.273Workers excluded from agricultural overtime compensation requirements 653.274Mandatory reporting on economic impacts of agricultural overtime compensation requirements 653.275[Repealed by 1967 c.596 §15] 653.276Economic forecast to include economic and wage data relating to state agricultural economy 653.277Adjustment and revision of tax credit rate amounts 653.278Bureau of Labor and Industries and Department of Revenue information sharing 653.280Employer to safeguard employee’s trade equipment 653.285Liability of employer; attorney fees 653.295Noncompetition agreements; bonus restriction agreements; applicability of restrictions 653.297Prohibitions and limitations on noncompetition, nondisparagement and nondisclosure agreements involving medical licensees; exceptions 653.298Prohibition of adverse actions or retaliation by management services organizations or professional medical entities against medical licensees for engaging in protected disclosures or actions related to nondisclosure or nondisparagement agreements 653.300Health benefit plan options for certain employees; limitation on cost to employer or health benefit plan for exercise of option 653.305Bureau’s inquiry into employment of minors 653.307Annual employment certificates; effect of failure by employer to comply; school districts required to cooperate with bureau; rules 653.310Employment certificates on file; list of minor employees 653.315Working hours for children under 16 years of age; exceptions; mealtimes; posting notice of hours 653.320Employment of children under 14 years; exceptions 653.325[Repealed by 1967 c.527 §3] 653.326Employment of professionally trained minors allowed with permit 653.330Employment of minors in certain logging operations prohibited 653.335Employment of minors as elevator operators prohibited 653.340Employment of minors for message and delivery service 653.345Legislative findings 653.350Employment of children under 12 years for certain agricultural labor; conditions 653.355Exemption of certain employers 653.360Employment of minors in certain boating, fishing and agricultural situations 653.362Exemption of minors serving as soccer referees 653.365Civil penalty exemption for unlawful employment of minors by parents or persons standing in place of parents 653.370Civil penalty for unlawful employment of minors 653.400Rules 653.403Visitation rights of bureau; prosecution of offenses against child labor laws 653.405[Repealed by 1971 c.626 §7] 653.410[Repealed by 1971 c.626 §7] 653.412Definitions 653.415[Repealed by 1971 c.626 §7] 653.420[Repealed by 1971 c.626 §7] 653.422Covered employees; integrated enterprises; rules 653.425[Repealed by 1971 c.626 §7] 653.428Good faith estimate of work schedule 653.430[Repealed by 1971 c.626 §7] 653.432Voluntary standby list; penalties 653.435[Repealed by 1971 c.626 §7] 653.436Advance notice of work schedule 653.440[Repealed by 1971 c.626 §7] 653.442Right to rest between work shifts 653.445[Amended by 1967 c.67 §23; repealed by 1971 c.626 §7] 653.450Employee right to input into work schedule 653.455Compensation for work schedule changes; exceptions 653.460Notice and posting requirements 653.465Record retention requirements 653.470Retaliation prohibited 653.480Enforcement; right of action; penalties 653.485Legislative intent 653.490Local work schedule requirements; preemption; exceptions 653.505[Amended by 1967 c.596 §17; 1973 c.792 §27; repealed by 2013 c.296 §9] 653.510[Amended by 1961 c.337 §2; 1969 c.314 §68; 1993 c.18 §132; repealed by 2013 c.296 §9] 653.515[Repealed by 2013 c.296 §9] 653.520[Amended by 1975 c.605 §30; 2013 c.296 §10; renumbered 653.560 in 2013] 653.525[Amended by 1961 c.205 §2; 1993 c.18 §133; 2013 c.296 §11; renumbered 653.400 in 2017] 653.530[Amended by 1983 c.740 §241; 1989 c.980 §17a; 1993 c.18 §134; 2007 c.277 §2; repealed by 2013 c.296 §9] 653.535[Amended by 1993 c.18 §135; 2013 c.296 §12; renumbered 653.565 in 2013] 653.540[Amended by 1993 c.18 §136; repealed by 2013 c.296 §9] 653.545[Amended by 1971 c.626 §4; 1993 c.18 §136a; 1995 c.133 §3; 2013 c.296 §13; renumbered 653.403 in 2017] 653.547Definitions; overtime; meal and rest periods; employment conditions; rules 653.549Rules 653.551Unlawful employment discrimination; civil remedies and penalties 653.553Short title 653.555Definitions for ORS 653.555 to 653.558 653.556Notice and recordkeeping requirements for employers using quotas in warehouse distribution centers; employee rights; employer obligations 653.557Current and former employee access to records regarding quotas and work speed data; timing; scope of request; penalties 653.558Effect of collective bargaining agreement 653.559Effect on other laws 653.560Authority of Bureau of Labor and Industries 653.565Investigating compliance with rules; prosecution for violation 653.600[1973 c.564 §2; repealed by 1975 c.114 §1] 653.601Definitions for ORS 653.601 to 653.661 653.605[1973 c.564 §1; repealed by 1975 c.114 §1] 653.606Employee count; paid and unpaid sick time; rules; accrual, use and carryover amounts 653.610[1973 c.564 §6; repealed by 1975 c.114 §1] 653.611Substantially equivalent policies 653.615[1973 c.564 §3; repealed by 1975 c.114 §1] 653.616Allowable uses of sick time 653.620[1973 c.564 §5; repealed by 1975 c.114 §1] 653.621Minimum use increments; notice to employer; rules 653.625[1973 c.564 §7; repealed by 1975 c.114 §1] 653.626Medical verification 653.630[1973 c.564 §8; repealed by 1975 c.114 §1] 653.631Accrual amount records 653.635[1973 c.564 §11; repealed by 1975 c.114 §1] 653.636Minimum requirements 653.640[1973 c.564 §9; repealed by 1975 c.114 §1] 653.641Unlawful practices 653.645[1973 c.564 §10; repealed by 1975 c.114 §1] 653.646Multiemployer exception; mandate to establish sick time policy for home care workers and consumer employed personal support workers 653.650[1973 c.564 §12; repealed by 1975 c.114 §1] 653.651Enforcement 653.655[1973 c.564 §13; repealed by 1975 c.114 §1] 653.656Rules 653.661Preemption 653.675[1973 c.564 §14; repealed by 1975 c.114 §1] 653.680[1973 c.564 §15; repealed by 1975 c.114 §1] 653.685[1973 c.564 §17; repealed by 1975 c.114 §1] 653.690[1973 c.564 §18; repealed by 1975 c.114 §1] 653.695[1973 c.564 §19; repealed by 1975 c.114 §1] 653.700[1973 c.564 §20; repealed by 1975 c.114 §1] 653.705[1987 c.591 §2; 1997 c.170 §35; renumbered 735.700 in 2001] 653.715[1987 c.591 §1; 1997 c.170 §36; 1999 c.547 §1; 2001 c.943 §19; renumbered 735.702 in 2001] 653.717[1989 c.381 §1; repealed by 1999 c.547 §9] 653.725[1987 c.591 §3; 1989 c.381 §17; renumbered 735.704 in 2001] 653.735[1987 c.591 §5; renumbered 735.708 in 2001] 653.745[1987 c.591 §§6,7; 1997 c.170 §37; 1999 c.547 §2; 2001 c.943 §20; renumbered 735.710 in 2001] 653.747[1993 c.815 §34; 1999 c.547 §3; renumbered 735.712 in 2001] 653.748[1989 c.381 §2; 1993 c.18 §137; repealed by 1999 c.547 §9] 653.750[1989 c.381 §16a; repealed by 1999 c.547 §9] 653.755[1987 c.591 §8; repealed by 1999 c.547 §9] 653.765[1987 c.591 §9; 1989 c.171 §75; 1989 c.381 §4; 1997 c.170 §38; repealed by 1999 c.547 §9] 653.767[1989 c.1092 §2; renumbered 279.315 in 1993] 653.770[1989 c.381 §5a; repealed by 1995 c.79 §329] 653.775[1987 c.591 §10; 1989 c.381 §5; 1993 c.815 §36; 1997 c.170 §39; repealed by 1999 c.547 §9] 653.785[1987 c.591 §11; 1997 c.170 §40; repealed by 1999 c.547 §9] 653.800[1997 c.683 §2; 1999 c.634 §1; renumbered 735.720 in 2001] 653.805[1997 c.683 §3; renumbered 735.722 in 2001] 653.810[1997 c.683 §5; 1999 c.634 §2; renumbered 735.724 in 2001] 653.815[1997 c.683 §6; 1999 c.634 §3; renumbered 735.726 in 2001] 653.820[1997 c.683 §7; 1999 c.634 §4; renumbered 735.728 in 2001] 653.825[1997 c.683 §8; renumbered 735.730 in 2001] 653.830[1997 c.683 §9; renumbered 735.732 in 2001] 653.835[1997 c.683 §4; renumbered 735.734 in 2001] 653.840[1997 c.683 §11; renumbered 735.736 in 2001] 653.845[1997 c.683 §12; renumbered 735.738 in 2001] 653.850[1997 c.683 §10; 1999 c.634 §5; renumbered 735.740 in 2001] 653.990[Subsections (1) and (2) enacted as 1967 c.596 §14; repealed by 1971 c.626 §7] 653.991Penalties 653.992[1973 c.564 §16; repealed by 1975 c.114 §1]

Chapter 653 — Minimum Wages; Employment Conditions; Minors

ORS 653.060 Discharging or discriminating against employee prohibited

(1)

An employer may not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against an employee because:

(a)

The employee has inquired about the provisions of ORS 653.010 to 653.261 or 653.265 or has reported a violation of or filed a complaint related to ORS 653.010 to 653.261 or 653.265.

(b)

The employee has caused to be instituted or is about to cause to be instituted any proceedings under or related to ORS 653.010 to 653.261 or 653.265.

(c)

The employee has testified or is about to testify in any such proceedings.

(2)

A violation of this section is an unlawful employment practice under ORS chapter 659A. A person unlawfully discriminated against under this section may file a complaint under ORS 659A.820 with the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries.

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Provenance

Version history

Earlier statutory text is available in an ingested published ORS edition.