Oregon Revised Statutes
Or. Rev. Stat. § 652.190 (2026)
Payment of wages to surviving spouse or dependent children
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652.190 Payment of wages to surviving spouse or dependent children. All wages earned by an employee, not exceeding $10,000, shall, upon the employee’s death, become due and payable to the employee’s surviving spouse, or if there is no surviving spouse, the dependent children, or their guardians or the conservators of their estates, in equal shares, to the same extent as if the wages had been earned by such surviving spouse or dependent children. As used in this section, “wages” means compensation of employees based on time worked or output of production and includes every form of remuneration payable for a given period to an individual for personal services. [Amended by 1971 c.448 §1; 1981 c.594 §1; 1997 c.52 §1]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1999–2015 · leading case: Loucks v. Beaver Valley's Backyard Garden Prods., 362 P.3d 277 (Or. Ct. App. 2015).
Loucks v. Beaver Valley's Backyard Garden Prods., 362 P.3d 277 (Or. Ct. App. 2015). “On appeal, we understand plaintiff to argue that the trial court erred for two reasons: first, that a penalty is owed because the term “quit,” as used in ORS 652.140, includes dying; and, second, that we should construe ORS 652.”
Wyatt v. Body Imaging, P.C., 989 P.2d 36 (Or. Ct. App. 1999). “162(3) ("`[w]ages' means remuneration for services performed by an employee for an employer"); ORS 652.190 ("`wages' means compensation of employees based on time worked or output of production and includes every form of remuneration payable for a given period to an individual…”
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