The appointing authority in any division of the service may suspend, reduce, demote or dismiss an employee thereof for misconduct, inefficiency, incompetence, insubordination, indolence, malfeasance or other unfitness to render effective service.
ORS 240.555
Known as the State Personnel Relations Law
The act spans §§ 240–240 (131 sections).
Applied in 22 court decisions — leading case Brady v. Gebbie (1988)
Most recently applied in 223 Or. App. 665 - Rushing v. SAIF Corp. (November 2008)
Amended by 1969 c.80 §77; 1975 c.427 §11; 1979 c.468 §17
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Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.