73rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2005 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 924
 
                         Senate Bill 452
 
Sponsored by Senator KRUSE; Senators BEYER, GEORGE, MORSE, C
  STARR, WESTLUND, WHITSETT, WINTERS
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Allows reduced minimum wage for employees under 18 years of age
for first 60 calendar days of employment.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to minimum wage; creating new provisions; and amending
  ORS 653.025.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 653.025 is amended to read:
  653.025. (1) Except as provided by ORS 652.020  { + and section
3 of this 2005 Act + } and the rules of the Commissioner of the
Bureau of Labor and Industries issued under ORS 653.030 and
653.261, for each hour of work time that the employee is
gainfully employed,
  { - no employer shall - }  { +  an employer may not + } employ
or agree to employ any employee at wages computed at a rate lower
than:
  (a) For calendar year 1997, $5.50
  (b) For calendar year 1998, $6.00
  (c) For calendar years after December 31, 1998, and before
January 1, 2003, $6.50.
  (d) For calendar year 2003, $6.90.
  (e) For calendar years after 2003, a rate adjusted for
inflation.
  (2)(a) The Oregon minimum wage shall be adjusted annually for
inflation, as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection.
  (b) No later than September 30 of each year, beginning in
calendar year 2003, the commissioner shall calculate an
adjustment of the wage amount specified in subsection (1) of this
section based upon the increase { + , + }   { - ( - } if
any { + , + }  { - ) - }  from August of the preceding year to
August of the year in which the calculation is made in the
U.S. City Average Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
for All Items as prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the United States Department of Labor or its successor.
  (c) The wage amount established under this subsection shall:
  (A) Be rounded to the nearest five cents; and
  (B) Become effective as the new Oregon minimum wage, replacing
the dollar figure specified in subsection (1) of this section, on
January 1 of the following year.
 
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 3 of this 2005 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS 653.010 to 653.261. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + (1) An employer may pay a minor, for the first
60 calendar days of employment with that employer, an opportunity
wage rate that is 50 cents an hour less than the wage rate
established under ORS 653.025.
  (2) An employer may not take any action to displace employees,
including partial displacements such as reduction of hours, wages
or benefits, for the purpose of hiring an employee at the
opportunity wage rate determined under subsection (1) of this
section. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + Section 3 of this 2005 Act and the amendments
to ORS 653.025 by section 1 of this 2005 Act apply only to work
performed on or after the effective date of this 2005 Act. + }
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