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ORS 657.015

Known as the Employment Department Law

The act spans §§ 657–657 (301 sections).

Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Newport Church of the Nazarene v. Hensley (2002)

Most recently applied in Market Transport, Ltd. v. Employment Department (July 2016)

Amended by 1999 c.734 §1; 2025 c.43 §6

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “Employee” means any person, including noncitizens and minors, employed for remuneration or under any contract of hire, written or oral, express or implied, by an employer subject to this chapter in an employment subject to this chapter.

(2) “Employee” does not include a person who volunteers or donates services performed for no remuneration or without expectation or contemplation of remuneration as the adequate consideration for the services performed for a religious or charitable institution or a governmental entity.

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