ORS 653.025 sets a three-tier statewide minimum wage and ORS 653.017 preempts cities and counties from adopting different local minimums.
Oregon uses a unique three-tier minimum wage geography under ORS 653.025: a Portland-Metro tier, a Standard tier, and a Nonurban tier covering specified rural counties. Annual increases on July 1 are tied to inflation under SB 1532 (2016). ORS 653.017 expressly preempts local governments from establishing minimum wages that differ from state law, ensuring uniform employer compliance. The Bureau of Labor and Industries enforces wage standards, posting requirements, and recordkeeping under ORS 653.045. Tip credits are not allowed, and most employees in Oregon must receive at least the applicable tier rate.
Failing to pay the lawful minimum wage exposes employers to back wages, civil penalties, and BOLI enforcement actions.
Salem, OR
Salem designates public parking spaces for electric vehicle charging. Those spaces are reserved exclusively for vehicles that are actively charging. Paying t...
Salem, OR
Salem Revised Code Chapter 102 prohibits vehicles from remaining parked on the same public street block for more than 24 consecutive hours. Overnight parking...
Salem, OR
Salem has no city ordinance setting a specific defensible-space distance (e.g., 30 or 100 feet). Tall grass, brush, and dead vegetation can be abated as a pu...
Salem, OR
Salem adopts the Oregon Fire Code (OFC) in SRC Chapter 58, which incorporates OFC Chapter 61 and NFPA 58 standards governing LP-gas and propane storage, hand...
Salem, OR
Salem declares overgrown weeds and tall grass a public nuisance under SRC Chapter 98. Property owners must maintain vegetation to prevent it from becoming a ...
Salem, OR
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