ORS 658.195: Giving false information or making false representations; advertisements.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) No employment agency shall knowingly publish or cause to be published any false, fraudulent or misleading information, representation, notice or advertisement. (2)(a) All advertisements of an employment agency by means of cards, circulars or signs, and in newspapers and other publications, and all letterheads, receipts and blanks shall contain the name and address of the office of the employment agency. (b) For the purposes of this subsection, it is sufficient compliance if the name actually used by the agency in its business is a registered assumed business name or the name of a bona fide corporation that clearly identifies the agency and the fact it is an employment agency. (3) No employment agency shall knowingly give any false information or make any false promises or representations concerning an engagement or employment to any person who registers or applies for employment or help. (4) Except in an advertisement in a section of a publication that otherwise clearly designates the advertisement as that of an employment agency, every employment agency charging or collecting a fee for services from individuals seeking or obtaining employment shall use the word “agency” or “agencies” as part of its name or after its name. However, any employment agency that, as its sole means of procuring or attempting to procure employment or engagements for others, places the qualifications of applicants before prospective employers in areas exclusively outside the United States shall not be required to include the word “agency” or “agencies” in its title or in any other identifying materials used in the conduct of its business. [1953 c.694 §19; 1961 c.380 §21; 1973 c.678 §18; 1981 c.318 §23; 1987 c.306 §6; 1997 c.55 §14]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 603-082-0010: Purpose — implements
- OAR 603-082-0020: Definitions — implements
- OAR 839-017-0004: Definitions Generally — implements
- OAR 839-017-0011: Contents of Contracts between Employment Agencies and Applicants for Employment — implements
- OAR 839-017-0040: Fee Paid Positions — implements
- OAR 839-017-0052: Bona Fide Job Order Requirements — implements
- OAR 839-017-0054: Identification by Agency to Employer and Accepting Fee Paid Orders — implements
- OAR 839-017-0070: Job Referral Documents — implements
- OAR 839-017-0177: Publication of False, Misleading, or Fraudulent Information Prohibited — implements
- OAR 839-017-0178: Advertising Must Be Factual — implements
- OAR 839-017-0180: Advertising Deemed False or Misleading — implements
- OAR 839-017-0272: Filing Claims Against Bonds or Letters of Credit Maintained by the Employment Agency; Time for Filing Claims — implements
- OAR 839-017-0274: Violations for Which a Civil Penalty May Be Imposed — implements
- OAR 839-017-0276: Definition of “Acting Knowingly” — implements
- OAR 839-017-0277: Criteria to Determine Civil Penalty to Be Imposed — implements
- OAR 839-017-0280: Schedule of Civil Penalties to Be Imposed — implements
- OAR 839-017-0376: Disputes Between Agencies and Their Employees — implements
- OAR 839-017-0500: Contracts Between Employment Listing Services and Individuals — implements
- OAR 839-017-0505: Fees Charged by Employment Listing Services — implements
- OAR 839-017-0510: Confirmation of Position Availability by Employment Listing Services — implements
- OAR 839-017-0515: Employment Listing Services Required to be Registered — implements
- OAR 839-017-0520: Employment Listing Service Fee Forfeiture Provisions — implements
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