OAR 839-021-0006: Definitions for ORS 653.305 to 653.370 and OAR 839-021-0001 to 839-021-0500

As used in ORS 653.305 to 653.370 and in OAR 839-021-0001 to 839-021-0500, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Agriculture" includes farming in all its branches and among other things includes the cultivation and tillage of the soil, dairying, the production, cultivation, growing, and harvesting of any agricultural or horticultural commodities, the raising of livestock, bees, fur-bearing animals, or poultry and any practices performed by a farmer or on a farm as an incident to or in conjunction with such farming operations, including preparation for market, delivery to storage or to market, or to carriers for transportation to market. "Agricultural employment" is employment in "Agriculture" as herein defined. (2) "Bureau" means Bureau of Labor and Industries of the State of Oregon. (3) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries or designee. (4) "Employ" has the meaning given that term in ORS 653.010. (5) "Employer" has the meaning given that term in ORS 653.010. (6) "Employment Certificate" means the employment certificate issued to employers for the employment of minors pursuant to ORS 653.307, and the employment permit referred to in ORS chapter 653 and the rules adopted thereunder. (7) "Harvest Season" means a period of time during which the crop or crops of the agricultural employer for whom a minor is employed are harvested. Work performed during the harvest season includes work in connection with the gathering of the crop but does not include cultivation and tillage of the soil or cultivation and growing of agricultural commodities. (8) "Minor" means any person under 18 years of age. (9) "Workday" means any fixed period of 24 consecutive hours. (10) "Workweek" means any fixed and regularly recurring period of seven consecutive workdays.