ORS 652.210
Definitions for ORS 652.210 to 652.235
(1)
Intentionally left blank —Ed.(a)
“Compensation” includes wages, salary, bonuses, benefits, fringe benefits and equity-based compensation.(b)
“Compensation” does not include vaccine incentives.(2)
“Employee” means any individual who, otherwise than as a copartner of the employer, as an independent contractor or as a participant in a work training program administered under the state or federal assistance laws, renders personal services wholly or partly in this state to an employer who pays or agrees to pay such individual at a fixed rate. However, when services are rendered only partly in this state, an individual is not an employee unless the contract of employment of the employee has been entered into, or payments thereunder are ordinarily made or to be made, within this state.(3)
Intentionally left blank —Ed.(a)
“Employer” means any person employing one or more employees, including the State of Oregon or any political subdivision thereof or any county, city, district, authority, public corporation or entity and any of their instrumentalities organized and existing under law or charter.(b)
“Employer” does not include the federal government.(4)
“Equal-pay analysis” means an evaluation process to assess and correct wage disparities among employees who perform work of comparable character.(5)
“Gender identity” has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.100 (Definitions).(6)
“Protected class” means a group of persons distinguished by race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability or age.(7)
“Public health emergency” means:(a)
A public health emergency declared under ORS 433.441 (Declaration of public health emergency).(b)
An emergency declared under ORS 401.165 (Declaration of state of emergency) if related to a public health emergency as defined in ORS 433.442 (Definitions for ORS 433.441 to 433.452).(8)
“Rate” with reference to wages means:(a)
The basis of compensation for services by an employee for an employer; and(b)
Compensation based on the time spent in the performance of the services, on the number of operations accomplished or on the quantity produced or handled.(9)
“Sexual orientation” has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.100 (Definitions).(10)
“System” means a consistent and verifiable method in use at the time that a violation is alleged under ORS 652.220 (Prohibition of discriminatory wage rates based on protected class).(11)
“Unpaid wages” means the difference between the wages actually paid to an employee and the wages required under ORS 652.220 (Prohibition of discriminatory wage rates based on protected class) to be paid to the employee.(12)
“Vaccine incentives” means monetary or nonmonetary incentives, including but not limited to additional paid time off or protected time off from work provided by employers to employees who have been immunized against infectious diseases for which a public health emergency has been declared.(13)
“Veteran status” means an individual is a veteran as defined in ORS 408.225 (Definitions for ORS 408.225 to 408.237).(14)
“Wages” means all compensation for performance of service by an employee for an employer, whether paid by the employer or another person, or paid in cash or any medium other than cash.(15)
“Working conditions” includes work environment, hours, time of day, physical surroundings and potential hazards encountered by an employee.(16)
“Work of comparable character” means work that requires substantially similar knowledge, skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions in the performance of work, regardless of job description or job title. [1955 c.193 §1; 1985 c.100 §1; 1987 c.158 §124; 1993 c.739 §25; 2005 c.22 §457; 2017 c.197 §1; 2019 c.617 §1; 2021 c.363 §§2,3,4; 2021 c.367 §29; 2022 c.23 §§1,2]
Source:
Section 652.210 — Definitions for ORS 652.210 to 652.235, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors652.html (accessed May 26, 2025).
Notes of Decisions
Plaintiff was not employee where corporation did not agree to pay plaintiff fixed rate and both agreed to share profits and losses. Thompson v. Bolliger, Hampton & Tarlow, 118 Or App 700, 849 P2d 526 (1993), Sup Ct review denied
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