Section 657.430 – Tax rates based on experience.

Subject to ORS 657.480 and the conditions and exceptions contained in this chapter, the Director of the Employment Department shall, for each calendar year, determine the tax rates applicable to each employer on the basis of the actual experience of the employing enterprises of the employer with respect to benefits paid to unemployed individuals on account of wages for services performed in the employ of the employer during the base years of the unemployed individuals. [Amended by 1973 c.300 §10; 2005 c.35 §1]

Note: Sections 2, 3 and 5, chapter 638, Oregon Laws 2021, provide:

Sec. 2. Sections 3 and 4 of this 2021 Act are added to and made a part of ORS chapter 657. [2021 c.638 §2]

Sec. 3. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 657.430, the actual experience of the employing enterprises of an employer used to determine the tax rates applicable to the employer for calendar year 2020 shall be used to determine the tax rates applicable to the employer for calendar years 2022, 2023 and 2024.

(2) Notwithstanding ORS 657.435, if an employer’s tax rate was assigned under ORS 657.435 for calendar year 2020, the tax rate so assigned shall be the employer’s tax rate for calendar years 2022, 2023 and 2024. [2021 c.638 §3]

Sec. 5. Sections 3 and 4 of this 2021 Act are repealed on January 2, 2032. [2021 c.638 §5]