74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
 
                            Enrolled
 
                         House Bill 2258
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Commissioner of the Bureau
  of Labor and Industries Dan Gardner)
 
 
                     CHAPTER ................
 
 
                             AN ACT
 
 
Relating to payment of wages on regular paydays; amending ORS
  652.120.
 
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
 
  SECTION 1. ORS 652.120 is amended to read:
  652.120. (1) Every employer shall establish and maintain a
regular payday, at which date  { + the employer shall pay + } all
employees
  { - shall be paid - }  the wages due and owing to them.
  (2) Payday   { - shall - }   { + may + } not extend beyond a
period of 35 days from the time that   { - such - }   { + the + }
employees entered upon their work, or from the date of the last
regular payday.
  (3) This section does not prevent the employer from
establishing and maintaining paydays at more frequent intervals.
  (4) This section does not prevent any employer from entering
into a written agreement, prior to the rendering of any services,
and mutually satisfactory with the employer's employees, as to
the payment of wages at a future date.
   { +  (5) When an employer has notice that an employee has not
been paid the full amount the employee is owed on a regular
payday and there is no dispute between the employer and the
employee regarding the amount of the unpaid wages:
  (a) If the unpaid amount is less than five percent of the
employee's gross wages due on the regular payday, the employer
shall pay the employee the unpaid amount no later than the next
regular payday; or
  (b) If the unpaid amount is five percent or more of the
employee's gross wages due on the regular payday, the employer
shall pay the employee the unpaid amount within three days after
the employer has notice of the unpaid amount, excluding
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. + }
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Passed by House March 21, 2007
 
 
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                                             Chief Clerk of House
 
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                                                 Speaker of House
 
Passed by Senate May 31, 2007
 
 
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                                              President of Senate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Received by Governor:
 
......M.,............., 2007
 
Approved:
 
......M.,............., 2007
 
 
      ...........................................................
                                                         Governor
 
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
 
......M.,............., 2007
 
 
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                                               Secretary of State
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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