ORS 653.040: Powers of commissioner; rules.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, in addition to the commissioner’s other powers, may: (1) Investigate and ascertain the wages of persons employed in any occupation or place of employment in the state. (2) Require from an employer statements, including sworn statements, with respect to wages, hours, names and addresses and such other information pertaining to the employer’s employees or their employment as the commissioner considers necessary to carry out ORS 653.010 to 653.261. (3) Make such rules as the commissioner considers appropriate to carry out the purposes of ORS 653.010 to 653.261, or necessary to prevent the circumvention or evasion of ORS 653.010 to 653.261 and to establish and safeguard the minimum wage rates provided for under ORS 653.010 to 653.261. [1967 c.596 §8; 1985 c.99 §4; 2003 c.2 §2; 2005 c.22 §458]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 603-082-0010: Purpose — implements
- OAR 603-082-0020: Definitions — implements
- OAR 839-020-0004: Definitions Generally — authority
- OAR 839-020-0005: Employees Engaged in Administrative, Executive, Professional, or Outside Sales Work, Defining the Terms — implements
- 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
- OAR 839-020-0050: Meal and Rest Periods — authority
- OAR 839-020-0125: Overtime Exemptions Pertaining to Employers Regulated Under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act — authority
- OAR 839-020-1000: Violations Separate and Distinct — authority
- OAR 839-020-1010: Violations for Which a Civil Penalty May Be Assessed — authority
- OAR 839-020-1020: Criteria for Determining a Civil Penalty — authority
- OAR 839-021-0067: Hours of Employment for Minors 16 and 17 Years of Age — authority
- OAR 839-021-0070: Hours of Employment for Minors Under 16 Years of Age — authority
- OAR 839-021-0246: Employment Permits for Minors Under 14 Years of Age — authority
- OAR 839-021-0276: Employment Certificates for Minors Employed in Agriculture — authority
- OAR 839-021-0290: Permitted Hours of Work of Minors under 16 Years of Age in Agriculture — authority
- OAR 839-021-0292: Permitted Hours of Work of Minors 16 and 17 Years of Age in Agriculture — authority
- OAR 839-021-0315: Special Hours Variances for Entertainment Industry Employers — authority
- OAR 839-021-0355: Prohibited Performances of Minors Employed in the Entertainment Industry — authority
- OAR 839-025-0003: Forms; Availability; Submittal — implements
- OAR 839-025-0003: Forms; Availability; Submittal — authority
This rule cites
- ORS 653.010 — resolved
- 653.261 — resolved
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Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors653.html