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ORS 653.271

Known as the Domestic Workers’ Protection Act

The act spans §§ 653–653 (184 sections).

2022 c.115 §1

As used in this section and ORS 653.272 and 653.273:

(1) “Agricultural worker” means an individual who performs services in agriculture for an employer in exchange for an agreed remuneration or rate of pay.

(2) “Agriculture” includes:

(a) Farming in all its branches, including the cultivation and tillage of the soil;

(b) Dairying;

(c) The production, cultivation, growing and harvesting of any agricultural or horticultural commodities;

(d) The raising of livestock, bees, fur-bearing animals or poultry; and

(e) Any other practices performed by a farmer or on a farm as an incident to or in conjunction with farming operations, including preparation for market, delivery to storage or to market, or delivery to carriers for transportation to market.

(3) “Salary” has the meaning given that term in ORS 653.010.

(4) “Workweek” means a fixed period of time established by an employer that reflects a regularly recurring period of 168 hours or seven consecutive 24-hour periods.

Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.