Oregon § 659A.090 Definitions for ORS 659A.090 to 659A.099

Oregon Statutes

§ 659A.090 — Definitions for ORS 659A.090 to 659A.099

Oregon § 659A.090

Vol.16

Title 51Labor and Employment; Unlawful Discrimination

Ch. 659AUnlawful Discrimination in Employment, Public Accommodations and Real

This text of Oregon § 659A.090 (Definitions for ORS 659A.090 to 659A.099) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Oregon primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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Or. Rev. Stat. § 659A.090 (2026).

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As used in ORS 659A.090 to 659A.099:

(1)Notwithstanding ORS 659A.001, “employee” means an individual who performs services for compensation for an employer for an average of at least 20 hours per week. “Employee” includes all individuals employed at any site owned or operated by an employer, but does not include independent contractors.

(2)Notwithstanding ORS 659A.001, “employer” means:

(a)A person, firm, corporation, partnership, legal representative or other business entity that engages in any business, industry, profession or activity in this state and that employs 25 or more persons in the State of Oregon for each working day during each of 20 or more calendar workweeks in the year in which leave is taken under ORS 659A.093 or the year immediately preceding the year in which the lea

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As used in ORS 659A.090 to 659A.099:
(1) Notwithstanding ORS 659A.001, “employee” means an individual who performs services for compensation for an employer for an average of at least 20 hours per week. “Employee” includes all individuals employed at any site owned or operated by an employer, but does not include independent contractors.
(2) Notwithstanding ORS 659A.001, “employer” means:
(a) A person, firm, corporation, partnership, legal representative or other business entity that engages in any business, industry, profession or activity in this state and that employs 25 or more persons in the State of Oregon for each working day during each of 20 or more calendar workweeks in the year in which leave is taken under ORS 659A.093 or the year immediately preceding the year in which the leave is to be taken;
(b) The state, and a department, agency, board or commission of the state; and
(c) A local government, including, but not limited to, a county, city, town, municipal corporation, independent public corporation or political subdivision of the state.
(3) “Period of military conflict” means a period of war:
(a) Declared by the United States Congress;
(b) Declared by executive order of the President of the United States; or
(c) In which a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States is ordered to active duty pursuant to Title 32 of the United States Code or section 12301 or 12302 of Title 10 of the United States Code.