ORS 653.273
Workers excluded from agricultural overtime compensation requirements

The provisions of ORS 653.272 (Overtime requirements for agricultural workers) relating to overtime compensation requirements for agricultural workers do not apply to:

(1)

An individual described in ORS 653.020 (Excluded employees) (1).

(2)

An individual employed in agriculture whose principal duties are administrative, executive or professional work and who:

(a)

Performs predominantly intellectual, managerial or creative tasks;

(b)

Exercises discretion and independent judgment; and

(c)

Earns a salary and is paid on a salary basis. [2022 c.115 §4a]
Note: 653.273 (Workers excluded from agricultural overtime compensation requirements) was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 653 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 653.273 — Workers excluded from agricultural overtime compensation requirements, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors653.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).

653.010
Definitions for ORS 653.010 to 653.261 653.015
Statement of policy 653.017
Local minimum wage requirements 653.020
Excluded employees 653.022
“Piece-rate-work-day” defined for ORS 653.020 653.025
Minimum wage rate 653.026
“Nonurban county” defined for ORS 653.025 653.027
Wage rate for persons under 18 years of age in agriculture 653.030
Commissioner may prescribe lower rates in certain cases 653.033
Schedule to increase certain subminimum wage rates for individuals with disabilities 653.035
Deducting value of lodging, meals and other benefits furnished by employer 653.040
Powers of commissioner 653.045
Records to be kept by employers 653.050
Employers to post summary of law and rules 653.055
Liability of noncomplying employer 653.060
Discharging or discriminating against employee prohibited 653.065
Application of Administrative Procedures Act 653.070
Student-learners special wage 653.075
Legislative findings on breast-feeding 653.077
Expressing milk in workplace 653.079
Advisory committee on expressing milk in workplace 653.256
Civil penalty for general employment statute or rule violations 653.258
Enforcement of rules regarding meal periods and rest periods for hospital staff 653.261
Minimum employment conditions 653.263
Overtime for persons employed by seafood processors 653.265
Overtime for persons employed in canneries, driers and packing plants 653.268
Overtime for labor directly employed by public employers 653.269
Exceptions to ORS 653.268 653.271
Definitions for ORS 653.271, 653.272 and 653.273 653.272
Overtime requirements for agricultural workers 653.273
Workers excluded from agricultural overtime compensation requirements 653.274
Mandatory reporting on economic impacts of agricultural overtime compensation requirements 653.276
Economic forecast to include economic and wage data relating to state agricultural economy 653.277
Adjustment and revision of tax credit rate amounts 653.278
Bureau of Labor and Industries and Department of Revenue information sharing 653.280
Employer to safeguard employee’s trade equipment 653.285
Liability of employer 653.295
Noncompetition agreements 653.300
Health benefit plan options for certain employees 653.305
Bureau’s inquiry into employment of minors 653.307
Annual employment certificates 653.310
Employment certificates on file 653.315
Working hours for children under 16 years of age 653.320
Employment of children under 14 years 653.326
Employment of professionally trained minors allowed with permit 653.330
Employment of minors in certain logging operations prohibited 653.335
Employment of minors as elevator operators prohibited 653.340
Employment of minors for message and delivery service 653.345
Legislative findings 653.350
Employment of children under 12 years for certain agricultural labor 653.355
Exemption of certain employers 653.360
Employment of minors in certain boating, fishing and agricultural situations 653.362
Exemption of minors serving as soccer referees 653.365
Civil penalty exemption for unlawful employment of minors by parents or persons standing in place of parents 653.370
Civil penalty for unlawful employment of minors 653.400
Rules 653.403
Visitation rights of bureau 653.412
Definitions 653.422
Covered employees 653.428
Good faith estimate of work schedule 653.432
Voluntary standby list 653.436
Advance notice of work schedule 653.442
Right to rest between work shifts 653.450
Employee right to input into work schedule 653.455
Compensation for work schedule changes 653.460
Notice and posting requirements 653.465
Record retention requirements 653.470
Retaliation prohibited 653.480
Enforcement 653.485
Legislative intent 653.490
Local work schedule requirements 653.547
Definitions 653.549
Rules 653.551
Unlawful employment discrimination 653.553
Short title 653.560
Authority of Bureau of Labor and Industries 653.565
Investigating compliance with rules 653.601
Definitions for ORS 653.601 to 653.661 653.606
Employee count 653.611
Substantially equivalent policies 653.616
Allowable uses of sick time 653.621
Minimum use increments 653.626
Medical verification 653.631
Accrual amount records 653.636
Minimum requirements 653.641
Unlawful practices 653.646
Multiemployer exception 653.651
Enforcement 653.656
Rules 653.661
Preemption 653.991
Penalties

Current through early 2026

§ 653.273. Workers excluded from agricultural overtime compensation requirements's source at oregon​.gov