71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 1105
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 2220
                 Ordered by the Senate March 29
           Including Senate Amendments dated March 29
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Commissioner Jack Roberts
  for Bureau of Labor and Industries)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Excludes settlements of certain wage claims from requirement
that Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries approve
special contracts or other arrangements between employers and
employees.
   { +  Declares emergency, effective on passage. + }
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to settlement of wage claims; amending ORS 652.360; and
  declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 652.360 is amended to read:
  652.360.  { + (1) + }   { - No - }   { + An + } employer may
 { + not  + }by special contract or any other means exempt the
employer from any provision of or liability or penalty imposed by
ORS 652.310 to 652.414 or   { - by - }  any statute relating to
the payment of wages, except insofar as the Commissioner of the
Bureau of Labor and Industries in writing approves a special
contract or other arrangement between   { - an - }   { + the + }
employer and one or more of   { - such - }   { + the + }
employer's employees. The commissioner   { - shall - }
 { + may + } not give approval unless the commissioner finds that
such contract or arrangement will not prejudicially affect the
interest of the public or of the employees involved, and the
commissioner may at any time retract such approval, first giving
the employer not less than 30 days' notice in writing.
   { +  (2) A settlement between an employer and an employee of a
known and identified claim arising under ORS 652.310 to 652.414
or any statute relating to the payment of wages does not require
the commissioner's approval if the settlement does not provide
for the employee to relinquish a claim for additional or future
violations. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + This 2001 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2001 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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