Oregon Statutes 659A.090 – Definitions for ORS 659A.090 to 659A.099
As used in ORS § 659A.090 to 659A.099:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 659A.090
- City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Employer: means any person who in this state, directly or through an agent, engages or uses the personal service of one or more employees, reserving the right to control the means by which such service is or will be performed. See Oregon Statutes 659A.001
- local government: means all cities, counties and local service districts located in this state, and all administrative subdivisions of those cities, counties and local service districts. See Oregon Statutes 174.116
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(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. [2009 c.559 § 3]