Contract exempting employer from liability or penalty not valid
- exceptions
Source:
Section 652.360 — Contract exempting employer from liability or penalty not valid; exceptions, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors652.html
(accessed May 26, 2025).
Notes of Decisions
Wage reduction agreements entered into between employer and employes were not intended to exempt employer from “any provision of or liability or penalty imposed” by either payment of wages statutes or wage claim enforcement statutes. State ex rel Roberts v. Duco-Lam, Inc., 72 Or App 473, 696 P2d 561 (1985), Sup Ct review denied
Employer is not barred from asserting affirmative defense such as accord and satisfaction, waiver or estoppel where renegotiated or substituted employment agreement does not release employer from statutory right or obligation under wage payment statutes. Erickson v. American Golf Corp., 194 Or App 672, 96 P3d 843 (2004)