74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 837
 
                         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)
 
 
                             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 as
introduced.
 
  Requires that employer, if employer has notice that employee
has not been paid full amount employee is owed on regular payday,
pay employee unpaid amount within ___ days after employer has
notice of underpayment.
 
                        A BILL FOR 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, the employer shall pay the employee the unpaid amount
within ___ days after the employer has notice of the
underpayment. + }
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