Current through 2024 Regular Session legislation effective June 6, 2024
Section 653.274 - Mandatory reporting on economic impacts of agricultural overtime compensation requirements(1) No later than November 30, 2026, and every six years thereafter, the Employment Department, in consultation with the Bureau of Labor and Industries, the Department of Revenue and the State Department of Agriculture, shall submit a report, in the manner provided in ORS 192.245, to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to agriculture, on the identified economic impacts of the overtime compensation requirements under ORS 653.272.(2) The report must consider all available relevant data related to the overtime compensation requirements under ORS 653.272 for calendar years 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 and must include, but need not be limited to, an examination of the following: (a) Employment, wages and hours worked by agricultural workers whose employment is subject to ORS chapter 657.(b) The total amount of wages paid to agricultural workers whose employment is subject to ORS chapter 657.(c) Employment, wages and hours worked in the agricultural sector by quarter, including job vacancies available in natural resources, by quarter.(d) Employment, wages and hours worked, separated by size of employer and agricultural sector.(e) Recent national and regional trends related to the agricultural workforce, including wages, employment and labor costs.653.274 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 653 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.