Requires local workforce development boards to evaluate programs administered by state workforce agencies through WorkSource Oregon system. Requires agencies to provide boards with information for performance evaluation. ] Requires annual report to Legislative Assembly and Governor listing all programs delivered through WorkSource Oregon and identifying program problems and potential solutions. ] Requires state workforce agencies to annually provide to each local workforce development board information on amount of fund availability and services provided by agencies in each local workforce development area. Requires agencies to also provide to boards quarterly expenditure and performance information for each workforce program delivered by agency through WorkSource Oregon. ] Requires state workforce agencies to implement all recommendations made by local workforce development board during program evaluation, unless recommendation is prohibited by federal or state law. ] Requires Governor to collaborate with members of Legislative Assembly to establish funding formula to support WorkSource Oregon evaluation. ] Authorizes Higher Education Coordinating Commission to provide grants to local workforce development boards for paid work experiences for youth. ] Authorizes commission to establish pilot programs to provide grants to local workforce development boards to work with organizations to enhance adult learning. ] Requires State Workforce and Talent Development Board to convene representatives from state workforce agencies and local workforce development boards to identify program and system changes to support individuals and business most impacted by COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 wildfire disasters. Requires report on findings to be submitted to Governor and Legislative Assembly within 45 days of effective date of Act. ] Directs State Workforce and Talent Development Board to establish Committee for Continuous Improvement to assess effectiveness of Oregon's public workforce development system. Requires committee to identify and contract with independent third-party entity to conduct assessment and develop recommendations prioritizing needs of individuals and businesses most impacted by COVID-19 pandemic, no later than September 30, 2021. Sets forth requirements for developing recommendations. Requires committee to submit to State Workforce and Talent Development Board report that includes results of assessment and recommendations. Directs board to approve report and submit copy of report to Governor and interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to workforce development, no later than 45 days after receipt of report. Requires that, once every even-numbered year, Committee for Continuous Improvement identify and contract with independent third-party entity to conduct comprehensive assessment of Oregon's public workforce system and make recommendations for improvements. Establishes requirements for comprehensive assessment. Requires committee to present results of each assessment, along with recommendations for improvements, in reports to Governor and interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to workforce development, on or before December 15 of each even-numbered year. Requires committee to include in first report submitted to Governor and committees of Legislative Assembly update regarding implementation of recommendations from initial assessment. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
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Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to require employee or prospective employee to possess or present valid driver license as condition of employment or continuation of employment. Requires employer to accept other forms of identification that are deemed acceptable for purposes of federal forms used to verify identification or employment authorization. Permits employer to accept driver license as identification if voluntarily offered by employee or prospective employee.
Appropriates $500,000 ] $5,000,000 to Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award grant to College Possible organization ] grants to certain organizations . Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.
Prohibits member of Legislative Assembly who is absent and unexcused when Legislative Assembly is in session from receiving salary, per diem or expense reimbursement, and imposes fine of $500 per day of unexcused absence. Prohibits political contributions from being used to pay fines or legal fees, replace salary or defray expenses.
Requires statement of economic interest to include certain information about sources of income for business in which public official or candidate, or member of household of public official or candidate, is officer, holds directorship or does business under if source of income has legislative or administrative interest and 10 percent or more of total gross annual income of business comes from that source of income.
Revises provisions relating to chemicals in children's products. Becomes operative January 1, 2022. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Establishes Small Donor Elections Program to enable candidates for office of state Representative and state Senator to receive 6-to-1 match on small dollar donations. Limits matching funds. Allows resident taxpayers to designate contribution to Small Donor Elections Fund on income tax return form. Directs most election law penalties to Small Donor Elections Fund. Establishes limits on campaign contributions that may be accepted by candidates and political committees. ] Requires political committee to identify as caucus, measure, multicandidate, political party, recall or small donor political committee. Prohibits person from controlling more than one of each committee. ] Authorizes Secretary of State and Attorney General to require return of contribution excess of limits and impose civil penalty up to 150 percent of total amount of contribution. ] Repeals Ballot Measure 47 (2006), currently held in abeyance, which establishes limits on political campaign contributions and independent expenditures on candidate races and establishes certain campaign finance disclosure requirements. ] Becomes operative November 9, 2022. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs those agencies that administer certain state laws to use specific criteria to determine whether individual is employee or independent contractor and to cooperate in adopting rules to facilitate consistency in application of definition of independent contractor and provisions of Act. Creates rebuttable presumption that individual who performs services for remuneration for hiring entity is employee when employment status of individual is at issue.
Directs Housing and Community Services Department to establish and maintain uniform rental application system. Requires landlords to accept uniform rental application submitted with uniform tenant screening report. Becomes operative January 1, 2022. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs State Parks and Recreation Department to study and make recommendations regarding state parks use fees. Requires department to submit report on findings to Legislative Assembly by September 15, 2022. Sunsets January 2, 2023.