Workforce

OR - Senator Tim Knopp (R)

Title:

Member

OR - Senator Kim Thatcher (R)

Title:

Vice-chair

OR - SB291 Modifies circumstances under which injured state worker has right to reinstatement or reemployment with employer at injury.

OR - SB185 Establishes unlawful employment practice of employer requiring employee or applicant for employment to establish and maintain personal social media account or to authorize employer to advertise on personal social media account of employee or applicant.

OR - SB327 Increases Oregon minimum wage rate in graduated steps through 2017.

OR - HB2684 Extends sunset on provisions allowing retired members of Public Employees Retirement System to be employed full-time by public employer as nursing instructor or as trainer for Department of Public Safety Standards and Training without loss of retirement benefits.

OR - SB686 Provides that individual enrolled in alternative education program may be considered out-of-school youth for purposes of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

OR - HB2797 Requires subject employer to pay first installment of temporary disability compensation in workers' compensation claim within 14 days after employer has notice or knowledge of claim and has notice or knowledge of employee's disability.

OR - HB2211 Authorizes Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to impose civil penalty for workers' compensation claims processing violations by service company.

OR - HB2664 Subjects university with governing board, or not-for-profit organization or other entity that university with governing board controls, to certain provisions of Public Contracting Code.

OR - HB2716 Requires public contracting agencies to provide as material condition of public contract that contractor remain certified as disadvantaged, minority, women or emerging small business enterprise during entire term of public contract if contracting agency awarded public contract, in whole or in part, on basis of contractor's certification.

OR - HB3058 Permits certain Public Employee Retirement System members who are retired to be employed by school district or education service district as teachers of career and technical education without loss of retirement benefits.

OR - SB491 Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to establish training program and specifies elements that program must include.

OR - SB470 For purposes of unemployment insurance benefits , provides that certain individuals who perform services in other than instructional, research or principal administrative capacity for educational institutions and who terminate employee-employer relationship for good cause do not have reasonable assurance of performing services for that employer in subsequent academic year or term.

OR - SCR10 In memoriam: Joan Austin, 1931-2013.

OR - SB598 Establishes Task Force on 21st Century Apprenticeship with 16 members appointed by President of Senate, Speaker of House of Representatives and Governor.

OR - SB584 Directs public contracting agency to suspend right of certified disadvantaged minority, women or emerging small business enterprise to bid on or participate in public contract if certified disadvantaged minority, women or emerging small business enterprise exhibits pattern of failing to perform commercially useful function in public contract.

OR - SB682 Increases Oregon minimum wage rate to $10.75 on January 1, 2016.

OR - SB865 Authorizes county to exempt first $250,000 of assessed value of homestead of surviving spouse of fire service professional or police officer killed in line of duty from property taxes .

OR - SB888 Authorizes employee of certain employers to request flexible or predictable work schedule.

OR - SB845 Establishes penalty to be imposed by Employment Department on large employers whose employees receive health care coverage through medical assistance program.

OR - SB454 Requires all employers to implement sick time for employees.

OR - SB555 Requires qualified nonprofit agency for individuals with disabilities to pay at least minimum wage set forth in state or federal law to individuals with disabilities.

OR - HB2439 Requires request to reopen hearing upon claim to be filed with Office of Administrative Hearings with copy to Employment Department.

OR - SB496 Includes certain compensable workers' compensation claims as qualifying criteria for eligibility for benefits from Public Safety Memorial Fund.

OR - SB586 Increases age of youth for whom Youth Development Council may oversee unified system of services from 20 years to 24 years.

OR - SB674 Appropriates moneys to Department of Education to be expended for purpose of awarding grants under Career and Technical Education Revitalization Grant Program.

OR - SB243 Provides that individual paid unemployment insurance benefits to which individual is not entitled, in certain circumstances, is liable to have amount deducted from future benefits otherwise payable under law of another state.

OR - HB2440 Provides that individual is available for work when individual is required to be outside individual's normal labor market area to apply for suitable employment within individual's normal labor market.

OR - SB468 Authorizes Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to issue warrants for collection of certain debts owed to bureau.

OR - HB2214 Includes Oregon nonprofit corporations as public employer for purposes of transfers of certain public employees.

OR - HB3516 Requires each school obtaining approval from Higher Education Coordinating Commission to offer academic degree to annually obtain bond or letter of credit demonstrating school is financially sound and capable of fulfilling commitments to students.

OR - HB2471 Changes qualifications to practice as funeral service practitioner or embalmer in this state, including qualifications related to reciprocity and training.

OR - HB3114 Allows injured worker 90 days from date health benefit plan rejects claim for benefits to file workers' compensation claim.

OR - HB2472 Modifies authority of State Mortuary and Cemetery Board to conduct investigations of premises and records of facilities that provide services related to final disposition of human remains.

OR - HB3303 Permits Certification Office for Business Inclusion and Diversity to certify business that service-disabled veteran owns as business enterprise that is eligible for certain preferences in public contracting.

OR - HB2544 Specifies when employer's notice of anticipated changes to collective bargaining agreement that impose duty to bargain may be given to exclusive representative of employees and when mediator must be assigned by Employment Relations Board to meet with parties.

OR - HB3025 Establishes unlawful practice of inquiring into or considering applicant's conviction history on application form or prior to interview or, if no interview is conducted, prior to conditional offer of employment.

OR - SB137 Changes definition of public works for purpose of applying prevailing rate of wage to include project that uses $750,000 or more of funds of public agency for constructing, reconstructing, painting or performing major renovation on road, highway, building, structure or improvement of any type.

OR - SB332 Repeals state preemption of charter and statutory authority of local governments to set minimum wage requirements.

OR - HB2213 Includes employees of Department of Corrections who have direct contact with inmates in category of employees for which on-the-job safety issues are employment relations issues subject to collective bargaining.

OR - SB311 Establishes Task Force on Supporting and Improving Foster Parenting in Oregon to study and make recommendations on foster care program quality and workforce issues related to provision of foster care.

OR - SB610 Increases Oregon minimum wage rate in graduated steps to $15 per hour by 2018.

OR - SB128 Includes base pay of certain telecommunicators as comparable factor to be considered by arbitrator in establishing pay for telecommunicators employed by Department of State Police.

OR - SB492 Authorizes use of accrued sick leave or personal business leave by certain employees who are victims of domestic violence, harassment, sexual assault or stalking.

OR - SB701 Modifies process for independent medical examinations of injured workers to provide for random selection of qualified physicians to conduct independent medical examinations in workers' compensation claims.

OR - SB885 Provides that first $500,000 of moneys received by Lane County from federal forest reserves shall be used to fund career and technical education in county.

OR - SB380 Makes certain actions based on complaints filed with Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries discretionary on part of commissioner.

OR - SB809 Requires bidder that submits bid for contract for public works with estimated contract price of $5 million or more to demonstrate responsibility by belonging to local joint committee whose training agents, in aggregate, employed apprentices for 10 percent or more of hours that training agents' employees worked on contracts in previous calendar year or by showing that bidder employed apprentices for 10 percent or more of hours that bidder's employees worked on contracts during previous calendar y

OR - SB242 Expands causation requirement for offset of federal moneys against liquidated state debt to include situation in which debtor failed to report earnings, to report earnings accurately or to make contributions to Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund.

OR - SB814 Establishes state preemption of authority to require mandatory provision of employment benefits to employees of private employers.

OR - SB718 Defines "wages" for certain wage claims.

OR - HB2007 Makes imposition of disciplinary action against employee that inquires about or discloses wage information unlawful employment practice.

OR - HB2600 Requires continuation of group health insurance coverage for employee on family leave on same terms as when employee is not on leave.

OR - HB3495 Provides for employer and employee contributions to pension program and individual account program of Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan to first be made for new members for wages that are attributable to services performed during first full pay period following six-month probationary period, without regard to when wages are considered earned for other purposes.

OR - SB681 Revises definition of "local government" for purpose of public employee benefit plans.

OR - SB597 Increases Oregon minimum wage rate in graduated steps to $13.50 per hour by 2017.

OR - HB3248 Requires public agency that terminates contract with qualified nonprofit agency for individuals with disabilities to provide in new contract with second qualified nonprofit agency for individuals with disabilities that second qualified nonprofit agency for individuals with disabilities must, for period of 90 days after date of new contract, offer employment to individuals with disabilities who performed work under contract that public agency terminated.

OR - HB2764 Modifies circumstances under which attorney fees may be awarded and amount of attorney fees awarded in workers' compensation claims.

OR - SB786 Instructs Bureau of Labor and Industries to increase investigatory staff devoted to investigating complaints of pay equity and gender discrimination by one full-time position.

OR - SB552 Establishes certain workplace protections for domestic workers.