Bill Text: OR HB2230 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to payment of wages to newly hired employees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2230 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB2230-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 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 1612

                         House Bill 2230

Sponsored by Representative GREENLICK (Presession filed.)

                             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 employer to offer first payment of wages to employee
within 14 days of first day of employment. Makes failure to offer
payment punishable by maximum fine of $720.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to payment of wages to newly hired employees; creating
  new provisions; and amending ORS 652.990.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) Notwithstanding ORS 652.120, every employer
shall offer newly hired employees the option of receiving payment
for wages earned up to the date of payment within 14 days of the
employee's first day of employment. If the employee declines to
receive payment of wages under this subsection, the employer
shall pay the employee on the first regularly scheduled payday
following the employee's first day of employment.
  (2) The employer shall make subsequent payments of wages to the
employee on the regularly scheduled payday established under ORS
652.120. + }
  SECTION 2. ORS 652.990 is amended to read:
  652.990. (1) Violation of ORS 652.020 (2) is a Class A
violation. Every day's violation is deemed a separate offense.
  (2) Any person, body corporate, general manager or employer who
violates ORS 652.040 or causes ORS 652.040 to be violated is
punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not less than $50, nor
more than $300, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not
less than 30 days, nor more than three months, or both.
  (3) Violation of ORS 652.110 or 652.120  { + or section 1 of
this 2011 Act + } is a Class A violation.
  (4) Violation of ORS 652.130 by any employer is punishable,
upon conviction, by a fine of not more than $500 or by
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 60 days, or by
both. Justice courts and circuit courts shall have concurrent
jurisdiction in all cases arising under this subsection.
  (5) In addition to the civil damages recoverable under ORS
652.230, violation of ORS 652.210 to 652.230 is a misdemeanor.
  (6) The violation of ORS 652.240 is a misdemeanor.
  (7) Violation of ORS 652.355 is a Class C misdemeanor.
  (8) Violation of ORS 652.610 or 652.620 is a Class D violation.
  (9) Willful violation of ORS 652.635 or 652.640 by a producer
or agent of the producer is a misdemeanor.

  (10) Violation of any of the provisions of ORS 652.710 or
652.720 by any employer is a Class A violation.
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