ORS 653.030: Commissioner may prescribe lower rates in certain cases; rules.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall issue rules prescribing the employment of other types of persons at fixed minimum hourly wage rates lower than the minimum wage rate required by ORS 653.025, when the commissioner has determined that the application of ORS 653.025 would substantially curtail opportunities for employment for specific types of persons. The types of persons for whom a minimum hourly wage rate may be set are limited to persons who are student-learners, as defined in ORS 653.070. [1967 c.596 §5 (1); 1973 c.403 §4; 1979 c.886 §2; 1981 c.850 §1; 1985 c.99 §3; 2007 c.70 §282; 2019 c.371 §3]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 603-082-0010: Purpose — implements
- OAR 603-082-0020: Definitions — implements
- OAR 839-020-0005: Employees Engaged in Administrative, Executive, Professional, or Outside Sales Work, Defining the Terms — implements
- OAR 839-020-0015: Fixed Minimum Hourly Wage Rates Lower than the Minimum Wage Rate — implements
- OAR 839-020-0015: Fixed Minimum Hourly Wage Rates Lower than the Minimum Wage Rate — authority
- OAR 839-020-0040: Hours Worked — Generally — implements
- OAR 839-020-0041: Waiting Time — implements
- OAR 839-020-0042: Sleeping Time and Certain Other Activities — implements
- OAR 839-020-0043: Preparatory and Concluding Activities — implements
- OAR 839-020-0045: Travel Time — implements
- OAR 839-020-0046: Adjusting Grievances, Medical Attention, Civic and Charitable Work and Suggestion Systems — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 653.025 — resolved
- ORS 653.070 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 653.025: Minimum wage rate; rules.
- ORS 653.033: Schedule to increase certain subminimum wage rates for individuals with disabilities.
- ORS 653.035: Deducting value of lodging, meals and other benefits furnished by employer; treatment of commissions and tips.
- ORS 653.045: Records to be kept by employers; itemization of deductions from wages.
- ORS 653.050: Employers to post summary of law and rules; Bureau of Labor and Industries to furnish summaries and copies.
- ORS 653.256: Civil penalty for general employment statute or rule violations.
- OAR 839-020-0004: Definitions Generally
- OAR 839-020-0015: Fixed Minimum Hourly Wage Rates Lower than the Minimum Wage Rate
- OAR 839-020-1010: Violations for Which a Civil Penalty May Be Assessed
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors653.html