Section 657.855 – Benefits not assignable; waiver of rights invalid.
(1) Except as provided in this section, benefits due under this chapter may not be assigned, pledged, encumbered, released or commuted. Benefits due under this chapter shall, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, be exempt from all claims of creditors and from levy, execution and attachment or remedy for recovery or collection of a […]
Section 657.860 – Agreement of employee to pay contributions void.
No agreement by an employee to pay any portion of the contribution required of the employer by this chapter is valid and no employers shall make a deduction for such purpose from the wages or salary of an employee.
Section 657.865 – No vested rights.
All the rights, privileges or immunities conferred by this chapter or by acts deemed pursuant thereto shall exist subject to the powers of the legislature to amend or repeal this chapter at any time, and there shall be no vested private right of any kind against such amendment or repeal.
Section 657.870 – When operation of this chapter ceases.
(1) If title IX of the federal Social Security Act becomes inoperative by Act of Congress or by decision of the United States Supreme Court, payments of contributions and payment of benefits provided in this chapter shall cease. (2) If the provisions of the Act of October 20, 1976, P.L. 94-566 (26 U.S.C. 3306) requiring […]
Section 657.875 – Extending period for appeal in certain claim and contribution matters.
The period within which an interested party may request a hearing or file with the Employment Appeals Board an application for review as provided in ORS 657.266 to 657.269, 657.270, 657.471, 657.480, 657.485, 657.679, 657.681 and 657.682 may be extended, upon a showing of good cause therefor, a reasonable time under the circumstances of each […]
Section 657.807 – Advances, under title XII of Social Security Act, to Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund.
(1) The Governor of the State of Oregon is hereby authorized in the discretion of the Governor to make necessary application to the Secretary of Labor of the United States to obtain an advance or advances pursuant to title XII of the Social Security Act, as amended. (2) The Director of the Employment Department shall […]
Section 657.880 – Health care coverage for unemployed individuals; deduction of benefits.
In order to provide health care coverage for eligible unemployed individuals, the Employment Department, upon approval and funding by the Emergency Board, is authorized: (1) To deduct an amount from unemployment compensation otherwise payable to an individual and to use the amount so deducted to pay for health care coverage if the individual voluntarily elects […]
Section 657.810 – Deposit and use of fund.
(1) All moneys received for the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund under ORS 657.805 shall be deposited with the State Treasurer subject to ORS 657.830. (2) All moneys in the fund shall be mingled and undivided and shall be administered by the Director of the Employment Department for the purpose of this chapter.
Section 657.885 – “Health care coverage” defined.
For purposes of this section and ORS 657.880, the term “health care coverage” means coverage under: (1) Health insurance policies issued by qualified insurers and health care service contractors; (2) Contracts entered into by and between the State of Oregon and qualified insurers and health care service contractors; and (3) The medical assistance program administered […]
Section 657.812 – Use of moneys credited to Unemployment Trust Fund by Secretary of the Treasury.
(1) Money credited to the account of this state in the Unemployment Trust Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America pursuant to section 903 of the Social Security Act, as amended, may be requisitioned and used for the payment of expenses incurred for the administration of this chapter pursuant […]