OAR 839-020-0013: Bonuses Provided to Workers in Agriculture

(1) Every producer, or agent of the producer, who employs a labor contractor to provide a working crew for harvesting perishable agricultural products or who offers a bonus to those persons who harvest perishable agricultural products shall cause to be conspicuously posted and maintained on the premises where the agricultural products are to be harvested, a notice that states: (a) A description of the terms and conditions of any bonus offered, including the manner of determining when the bonus is earned; and (b) That portion of the labor contractor’s compensation that is based on the amount of work done by each employee of the labor contractor. (2) Such notice must be written in the language customarily used by the employer or its agents to communicate with a worker. (3) The notice must be distributed in writing to workers, if required by ORS 658.440(1)(f) or any other law. (4) Any condition that has not been properly disclosed in the manners described above cannot be enforced against any worker to deny or diminish the amounts to which the worker would otherwise be entitled.