There is established an Employment Department. The department shall: (1) Administer the unemployment insurance laws of this state to support Oregonians during periods of unemployment; (2) Provide for the operation of a statewide employment service, including the establishment and maintenance of a system of public employment offices to promote employment of Oregonians; (3) Provide oversight, […]
(1) The Employment Department shall be under the supervision and control of a director appointed by the Governor. The term of office of the Director of the Employment Department is four years, but the director may be removed at any time during a term at the pleasure of the Governor. The appointment of the director […]
The Director of the Employment Department may: (1) For purposes of administration and control, and with the approval of the Governor, organize and reorganize the department in whatever manner the director considers appropriate to carry out the duties, functions and powers of the department. (2) Appoint all subordinate officers and employees of the department, whether […]
The Director of the Employment Department may: (1) Carry on investigations of the operation of unemployment insurance in Oregon, including related subjects and publish the results thereof. (2) Investigate the operations of the fund, the relation of contribution rates to the risks of unemployment, the adequacy of contribution rates. (3) Recommend to the legislature from […]
(1) The Director of the Employment Department shall, from time to time, after investigation, reasonable public notice, and a public hearing at which any interested party is afforded an opportunity to be heard, determine or redetermine what amount of reserve reasonably is needed in the fund to assure the payment of benefits under this chapter. […]
(1) The Director of the Employment Department shall cause to be printed in proper form for distribution the classification, rates, rules, regulations and rules of procedure and furnish the same to any person upon application therefor. The fact that such classifications, rates, rules, regulations and rules of procedure are printed ready for distribution to all […]
The Director of the Employment Department may act in the director’s own behalf or by any of the duly authorized agents or assistants of the director in the following: (1) To hold sessions at any place within the state. (2) To administer oaths. (3) To issue and serve by the director’s representative, or by any […]
The circuit court for any county or the judge thereof, on application of the Director of the Employment Department or any of the assistants of the director, shall compel obedience to subpoenas issued and served pursuant to ORS 657.630 and punish disobedience of any such subpoena or any refusal to testify at any session authorized […]
Upon request of the Director of the Employment Department, the Attorney General or, under the direction of the Attorney General, the district attorney of any county, shall institute or prosecute actions or proceedings for the enforcement of this chapter, when such actions or proceedings are within the county in which such district attorney was elected, […]
(1) In any case in which the Director of the Employment Department may bring a civil action for the collection of taxes, interest and penalties under this chapter, the Employment Department may instead: (a) Assess a collection charge of $5 if the sum of the tax, penalty and interest then due exceeds $10. (b) Issue […]
In any case in which a judgment is rendered in favor of the Employment Department for amounts due under this chapter, the Director of the Employment Department may issue a warrant to collect the amount of the judgment. [2005 c.336 §2]
In any action, suit or proceeding brought by or against the Director of the Employment Department a certificate attested to by the director or the authorized representative of the director showing the amount of contributions, interest and penalties due from an employing unit shall be prima facie evidence of the payment by the employing unit […]
If the original of any record, file, order, proceeding, decision, award or other document on file with the Employment Department is competent and admissible in evidence, a certified copy thereof furnished by the Director of the Employment Department under the seal of the department shall be received in evidence before the Employment Appeals Board or […]
(1) Subject to the approval of the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, the Director of the Employment Department may acquire by purchase office buildings, make alterations, modifications or additions thereto, and purchase land and construct thereon office buildings suitable for use as local offices of the Director of the Employment Department. The […]
(1) Every employing unit shall keep true and accurate records of all persons employed by it and such records of hours worked, wages paid and other statistics as prescribed by the Director of the Employment Department for the administration of this chapter. (2) Such records shall be open to inspection by the director or an […]
(1) If an employer fails to file a quarterly tax report or quarterly report of employees’ wages and hours of work by the 10th day of the second month following the end of the calendar quarter, the Director of the Employment Department, for the first such failure, shall send to the employer at the employer’s […]
(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) to (5) of this section, all information in the records of the Employment Department pertaining to the administration of the unemployment insurance, employment service and workforce and labor market information programs: (a) Is confidential and for the exclusive use and information of the Director of the Employment Department […]
(1) As used in this section: (a) “Wage information” means the amount of wages as reported to the Employment Department by each employer as earned by a particular individual during the period, not to exceed 15 recorded quarters preceding the quarter in which the request for disclosure is made, and the name and address of […]
[Amended by 1959 c.376 §1; renumbered 657.695]
(1) Upon motion of the Director of the Employment Department or upon application of an interested employer, the director may reconsider a determination of employer subjectivity, tax rate or tax assessment, irrespective of whether the determination has become final. The director may reconsider a determination when there is evidence of: (a) Computation errors; (b) Clerical […]
