Section 279.853 - Conditions required in contract for services with successor qualified nonprofit agency for individuals with disabilities(1)(a) If a public agency or a qualified nonprofit agency for individuals with disabilities terminates or declines to renew a contract procured under ORS 279.850 for janitorial services, grounds maintenance services or security services and the public agency enters into a new contract for the same services, the public agency shall provide in the new contract that the successor service provider, during a period that ends 90 days after the date on which the public agency enters into the new contract, offer employment to the individuals with disabilities who worked 28 hours or more per week under the terminated or nonrenewed contract at the time the contract ended, at wages and with health benefits as favorable as, or more favorable than, the wages and health benefits the individuals with disabilities received under the terminated or nonrenewed contract.(b) If the successor service provider under paragraph (a) of this subsection is not a qualified nonprofit agency for individuals with disabilities, the public agency shall provide in the new contract that the successor service provider, during a period that ends 90 days after the date on which the public agency enters into the new contract, offer employment to all individuals who worked 28 hours or more per week under the terminated or nonrenewed contract at the time the contract ended, except managers and supervisors, at wages and with health benefits as favorable as, or more favorable than, the wages and health benefits the individuals received under the terminated or nonrenewed contract.(2) A successor service provider that provides the same services under a new contract as provided under the terminated or nonrenewed contract may require an individual whom the successor service provider hires under subsection (1) of this section to undergo the hiring procedures and demonstrate during a probationary period the qualifications that the successor service provider establishes for new hires. Amended by 2019 Ch. 371,§ 7, eff. 9/29/2019.