ORS 653.070
Student-learners special wage

  • conditions
  • rules
  • penalties

(1)

As used in this section:

(a)

“Bona fide professional training program” includes any professional training program approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction pursuant to rules of the State Board of Education which provides for part-time employment training which may be scheduled for a part of the workday or workweek, for alternating weeks or for other limited periods during the year, supplemented by and integrated with a definitely organized plan of instruction designed to teach technical knowledge and related information given as a regular part of the student-learner’s course by an accredited school, college or university.

(b)

“Student-learner” means a student who is receiving instruction in an accredited school, college or university and who is employed on a part-time basis, pursuant to a bona fide professional training program.

(2)

Notwithstanding ORS 653.025 (Minimum wage rate), employers shall pay student-learners at least 75 percent of the minimum wage prescribed by ORS 653.025 (Minimum wage rate).

(3)

The number of hours of employment training for a student-learner at subminimum wages, when added to the hours of school instruction, shall not exceed eight hours on any day or 40 hours in any week.

(4)

The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries may adopt rules prescribing the procedures and requirements for application and issuance of special certificates authorizing the employment of student-learners at subminimum wages. The rules shall require that the following conditions be satisfied before the issuance of such special certificates:

(a)

The employment of the student-learner at subminimum wages authorized by the special certificate must be necessary to prevent curtailment of opportunities for employment.

(b)

The occupation for which the student-learner is receiving preparatory training must require a sufficient degree of skill to necessitate a substantial learning period.

(c)

The training must not be for the purpose of acquiring manual dexterity and high production speed in repetitive operations.

(d)

The employment of a student-learner must not have the effect of displacing a worker employed in the establishment.

(e)

The employment of the student-learners at subminimum wages must not tend to impair or depress the wage rates or working standards established for experienced workers for work of a like or comparable character.

(f)

The occupational needs of the community or industry warrant the training of student-learners.

(g)

There are no serious outstanding violations of the provisions of a student-learner certificate previously issued to the employer, or serious violations of any other provisions of law by the employer which provide reasonable grounds to conclude that the terms of the certificate would not be complied with, if issued.

(h)

The issuance of such a certificate would not tend to prevent the development of apprenticeship under ORS 660.002 (Declaration of policy) to 660.210 (Tort liability of committees, officers, employees and agents) or would not impair established apprenticeship standards in the occupation or industry involved.

(i)

The number of student-learners to be employed in one establishment must not be more than a small proportion of its working force.

(5)

Failure to comply with subsection (2) or (3) of this section shall subject the employer to a penalty of 75 percent of the minimum wage prescribed by ORS 653.025 (Minimum wage rate) for each hour of work time that the student-learner is gainfully employed. The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall have a cause of action against the employer for the recovery of the penalty. [1979 c.886 §5; 1981 c.850 §3; 1989 c.491 §62; 1995 c.343 §50]
Note: 653.070 (Student-learners special wage) was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 653 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 653.070 — Student-learners special wage; conditions; rules; penalties, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors653.­html.

653.010
Definitions for ORS 653.010 to 653.261
653.015
Statement of policy
653.017
Local minimum wage requirements
653.020
Excluded employees
653.022
“Piece-rate-work-day” defined for ORS 653.020
653.025
Minimum wage rate
653.026
“Nonurban county” defined for ORS 653.025
653.027
Wage rate for persons under 18 years of age in agriculture
653.030
Commissioner may prescribe lower rates in certain cases
653.033
Schedule to increase certain subminimum wage rates for individuals with disabilities
653.035
Deducting value of lodging, meals and other benefits furnished by employer
653.040
Powers of commissioner
653.045
Records to be kept by employers
653.050
Employers to post summary of law and rules
653.055
Liability of noncomplying employer
653.060
Discharging or discriminating against employee prohibited
653.065
Application of Administrative Procedures Act
653.070
Student-learners special wage
653.075
Legislative findings on breast-feeding
653.077
Expressing milk in workplace
653.079
Advisory committee on expressing milk in workplace
653.256
Civil penalty for general employment statute or rule violations
653.261
Minimum employment conditions
653.263
Overtime for persons employed by seafood processors
653.265
Overtime for persons employed in canneries, driers and packing plants
653.268
Overtime for labor directly employed by public employers
653.269
Exceptions to ORS 653.268
653.280
Employer to safeguard employee’s trade equipment
653.285
Liability of employer
653.295
Noncompetition agreements
653.300
Health benefit plan options for certain employees
653.305
Bureau’s inquiry into employment of minors
653.307
Annual employment certificates
653.310
Employment certificates on file
653.315
Working hours for children under 16 years of age
653.320
Employment of children under 14 years
653.326
Employment of professionally trained minors allowed with permit
653.330
Employment of minors in certain logging operations prohibited
653.335
Employment of minors as elevator operators prohibited
653.340
Employment of minors for message and delivery service
653.345
Legislative findings
653.350
Employment of children under 12 years for certain agricultural labor
653.355
Exemption of certain employers
653.360
Employment of minors in certain boating, fishing and agricultural situations
653.362
Exemption of minors serving as soccer referees
653.365
Civil penalty exemption for unlawful employment of minors by parents or persons standing in place of parents
653.370
Civil penalty for unlawful employment of minors
653.400
Rules
653.403
Visitation rights of bureau
653.412
Definitions
653.422
Covered employees
653.428
Good faith estimate of work schedule
653.432
Voluntary standby list
653.436
Advance notice of work schedule
653.442
Right to rest between work shifts
653.450
Employee right to input into work schedule
653.455
Compensation for work schedule changes
653.460
Notice and posting requirements
653.465
Record retention requirements
653.470
Retaliation prohibited
653.480
Enforcement
653.485
Legislative intent
653.490
Local work schedule requirements
653.547
Definitions
653.549
Rules
653.551
Unlawful employment discrimination
653.553
Short title
653.560
Authority of Bureau of Labor and Industries
653.565
Investigating compliance with rules
653.601
Definitions for ORS 653.601 to 653.661
653.606
Employee count
653.611
Substantially equivalent policies
653.616
Allowable uses of sick time
653.621
Minimum use increments
653.626
Medical verification
653.631
Accrual amount records
653.636
Minimum requirements
653.641
Unlawful practices
653.646
Multiemployer exception
653.651
Enforcement
653.656
Rules
653.661
Preemption
653.991
Penalties
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