Establishes conditions of enforceability for certain employment contracts or agreements. Allows court to award to prevailing plaintiff who is employee reasonable attorney fees in addition to injunctive relief or specific performance.
Establishes salary threshold for employees who are exempt from overtime requirements. Makes conforming amendments.
Extends sunset for pilot programs that use trauma-informed approach to decreasing rates of school absenteeism. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for pilot programs. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Establishes Task Force on Educator Attraction and Retention. Sunsets task force on December 31, 2020. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to request employee to enter agreement that would prevent employee from disclosing or discussing conduct that constitutes unlawful discrimination, including sexual assault. Allows civil and administrative remedies for violation against unlawful employment practice. Makes unlawful employment practice for any person to aid, abet, incite, compel, coerce or conceal any acts prohibited under provisions of Act and any acts that constitute certain types of unlawful discrimination. Clarifies that employer's withholding of certain information from person who is owner, president, partner or corporate officer of employer, during course of employer's investigation, is not unlawful employment practice, provided that employer makes person aware of ongoing investigation. Allows person who is owner, president, partner or corporate officer to be held individually liable for engaging in prohibited acts. Requires all employers to adopt written policy containing procedures and practices for reduction and prevention of certain types of unlawful discrimination, including sexual assault. Requires employers to post notice in workplace and provide employees with copy of policy at time of hire. Requires Bureau of Labor and Industries to make available on bureau's website model procedures or polices that employers may use to establish employer policies. Makes voidable any agreement to pay severance pay to person found to have engaged in conduct that violates employer's policies or provisions of Act. Extends timeline for filing complaint with Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries alleging certain unlawful employment practices. Extends statute of limitations from one year to seven years to file civil action for certain violations of law. Becomes operative January 1, 2020. Permits commissioner to adopt rules and take any action before operative date of Act that is necessary to enable bureau to exercise duties, powers and functions conferred on bureau. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Allows appointed agent or distillery retail outlet agent for Oregon Liquor Control Commission to deliver distilled liquor to retail purchaser.
Removes sunset on provisions that allow foreign exchange students residing in dormitories to be considered resident students for purpose of State School Fund distributions.
Directs that moneys appropriated from General Fund for payment of expenses of members of Legislative Assembly that are unexpended and uncommitted at end of biennium be transferred to Public Employees Retirement Fund to be applied against liabilities of Public Employees Retirement System. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires original equipment manufacturer to make available to owner of digital electronic equipment or independent repair provider on fair and reasonable terms any part, tool, service manual or other device, implement or information that original equipment manufacturer makes available to authorized repair provider for purpose of diagnosing, maintaining or repairing digital electronic equipment that original equipment manufacturer makes or supplies. Provides that violation of Act is unlawful trade practice under Unlawful Trade Practices Act. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires person who owns assault weapon on effective date of Act to register assault weapon or take other specified action within one year of effective date of Act. Defines terms. Punishes violation by maximum of $2,000 fine, or by maximum of six months' imprisonment, $2,500 fine, or both, for second and subsequent convictions. Prohibits manufacture, transfer or possession of assault weapon except in specified circumstances. Punishes by maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Requires report of loss or theft of assault weapon. Punishes failure to report by maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Provides that information in report may not be used in prosecution for possession or transfer of assault weapon. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
