ORS 658.205: Prohibited agency employment activities.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) No employment agency shall send or cause to be sent any person as an employee to any illegally operated business the character of which the agency could have ascertained upon reasonable inquiry. (2) No employment agency shall knowingly permit any person of bad character to frequent, or be employed by, such agency. (3) No employment agency shall permit persons in its employment to use any names other than their legal names in the course of, and in respect to, their employment with the agency. However, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries may, waive the provisions of this subsection in individual cases for good cause shown by the person requesting the waiver. (4) No employment agency shall accept any application for employment of a minor or place or assist in placing any minor in employment if the employment would be in violation of any law regulating the employment of minors or of any rule, regulation or order adopted pursuant to such law. (5) No employment agency shall refer an individual seeking employment to any place where a strike, lockout or other labor dispute exists if it has knowledge or reasonably should have knowledge of the same, without notifying the individual of such conditions in writing. (6) No employment agency shall refer an applicant for employment without notifying such applicant whether a labor contract is in existence at the establishment to which the applicant is being sent, and whether union membership is required. (7) No employment agency shall divide charges for services with an employer, agent or employee of an employer or person to whom individuals are referred for employment. This subsection does not prohibit cooperative arrangements between employment agencies so long as an applicant for employment does not thereby pay more than one charge for all services performed. (8) No employment agency shall charge an applicant a charge for services for accepting employment with such employment agency or any subsidiary of that agency. (9) No employment agency shall charge an applicant a charge for services when help is furnished to an employer, an agent, any employee of an employer, a member or person who has a financial interest in such employment agency. (10) No employment agency shall request or accept an assignment of wages from an applicant for employment. [1953 c.694 §20; 1973 c.678 §19; 1981 c.318 §25]
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 839-017-0180: 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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