Oregon Statutes 657.050 – Employment; domestic service, child care service and certain service not in course of employers trade excluded; exceptions
(1) As used in this chapter, ’employment’ does not include:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 657.050
- Calendar quarter: means the period of three consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31, or the approximate equivalent thereof, as the Director of the Employment Department may, by rule, prescribe. See Oregon Statutes 657.010
- employer: means any employing unit which employs one or more individuals in an employment subject to this chapter in each of 18 separate weeks during any calendar year, or in which the employing unit's total payroll during any calendar quarter amounts to $1,000 or more. See Oregon Statutes 657.025
- Nonprofit employing unit: means an organization, or group of organizations, described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that is exempt from income tax under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. See Oregon Statutes 657.010
- payroll: means all wages paid to employees in any employment subject to this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 657.095
- political subdivision: means any county, city, district organized for public purposes, or any other political subdivision or public corporation, including any entity organized pursuant to ORS § 190. See Oregon Statutes 657.097
(a) Domestic service performed in a private home, local college club or local chapter of a college fraternity or sorority, unless the domestic service is performed for an employing unit that paid to individuals employed in the domestic service cash remuneration of $1,000 or more in a calendar quarter in the current calendar year or the preceding calendar year.
(b) Child care service provided through the Department of Human Services to an individual who is the recipient of public assistance.
(c) Service not in the course of the employer‘s trade or business or that does not promote or advance the trade or business of the employer unless the service is performed in each of 18 weeks in a calendar year or total payroll for the service is $1,000 or more during any calendar quarter.
(d) Child care service provided in the home of the child care provider by the provider.
(2) The provisions of subsection (1)(b) and (d) of this section do not apply to services performed for:
(a) A nonprofit employing unit;
(b) This state;
(c) A political subdivision of this state; or
(d) An Indian tribe. [Amended by 1959 c.405 § 3; 1975 c.156 § 1; 1977 c.446 § 2; 1993 c.444 § 1; 1995 c.139 § 1; 1997 c.58 § 1; 2001 c.572 § 6; 2005 c.218 § 12; 2007 c.46 § 2]