Bill Text: OR SB639 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to youth employment.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB639 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-SB639-Introduced.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 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 2393 Senate Bill 639 Sponsored by Senator WHITSETT; Senators BAERTSCHIGER JR, HANSELL, JOHNSON, KNOPP, OLSEN, THOMSEN 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. Authorizes employers to pay employees under 20 years of age hourly wage consistent with federal minimum wage for period of 90 days from date employee begins work. A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to youth employment. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. { + Section 2 of this 2011 Act is added to and made a part of ORS 653.305 to 653.370. + } SECTION 2. { + (1) Notwithstanding ORS 653.025, employers may pay employees under 20 years of age an hourly wage consistent with federal law related to the federal minimum wage. (2) Employers paying employees the hourly wage specified in subsection (1) of this section: (a) Must comply with all requirements for the employment of persons under 20 years of age specified in this chapter; and (b) May pay the specified wage to employees under 20 years of age for no more than 90 days from the date the employee begins work for the employer. + } ----------