Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 652.240 (2026)

Paying wage lower than that required by statute or contract prohibited

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652.240 Paying wage lower than that required by statute or contract prohibited. Where any statute or contract requires an employer to maintain the designated wage scale, it shall be unlawful to secretly pay a lower wage while purporting to pay the wage designated by statute or by contract. [1957 c.243 §1]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1983–2016 · leading case: Migis v. Autozone, Inc., 387 P.3d 381 (Or. Ct. App. 2016).

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Migis v. Autozone, Inc., 387 P.3d 381 (Or. Ct. App. 2016). “Those questions were, as to the final-wages class, whether defendant “systematically failed to pay Plaintiff and all putative class members their final wages when due,” in violation of ORS 652.240 and, as to the off-the-clock class, whether defendant’s policies and practices…”

Reed v. Curry-Kropp-Cates, Inc., 658 P.2d 531 (Or. Ct. App. 1983). “Plaintiffs received their full draw for the month of December, but did not work for defendant after December 10; they then established their own insurance agency. Plaintiffs demanded their earned commissions on December 23, 1980, and, when they were not paid, instituted this…”

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