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Or. Rev. Stat. § 652.320 (2026)

Definitions for ORS 652.310 to 652.414

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      652.320 Definitions for ORS 652.310 to 652.414. As used in ORS 652.310 to 652.414, unless the context requires otherwise:

      (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries.

      (2) “Court” means a court of competent jurisdiction and proper venue to entertain a proceeding referred to in ORS 652.310 to 652.414.

      (3) “Demand” means a written demand for payment made during business hours on an employer or any appropriate representative of an employer by an employee or by some person having and exhibiting due authority to act in said employee’s behalf.

      (4) “Pay” means to deliver or tender compensation at a previously designated and reasonably convenient place in this state, during working hours, in legal tender or by order or negotiable instrument payable and paid in legal tender without discount on demand in this state or by deposit without discount in an employee’s account in a financial institution, as defined in ORS 706.008, in this state, provided the employee and the employer have agreed to such deposit.

      (5) “Payment” means the delivery, tender or deposit of compensation in the medium of payment described in subsection (4) of this section. Such delivery, tender or deposit shall be made to or for the account of the employee concerned or to or for the account of any person having due authority to act in said employee’s behalf.

      (6) “Rate of payment” means the rate at which payment is made or is to be made in the manner described in this section.

      (7) “Wage claim” means an employee’s claim against an employer for compensation for the employee’s own personal services, and includes any wages, compensation, damages or civil penalties provided by law to employees in connection with a claim for unpaid wages. [Amended by 1975 c.190 §1; 1975 c.488 §2; 1979 c.695 §1; 1999 c.59 §193; 1999 c.351 §39; 2001 c.7 §2]

 

      652.325 [1975 c.488 §4; 1991 c.331 §94; repealed by 1999 c.69 §1]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1967–2026 · leading case: Matteo Brunozzi v. Cable Commc'ns, Inc., 851 F.3d 990 (9th Cir. 2017).
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Matteo Brunozzi v. Cable Commc'ns, Inc., 851 F.3d 990 (9th Cir. 2017). · cites it 2× “” The legislature defined “wage claim” in ORS 652.320(7) to mean “an employee’s claim against an employer for compensation for the employee’s own personal services, and includes any wages, compensation, damages or civil penalties *1002 provided by law to employee in connection…”
Perri v. Certified Languages Int'l, LLC, 66 P.3d 531 (Or. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 8× “8 In 2001, the legislature amended ORS 652.320. Or Laws 2001, ch 7, § 2. Subsection (9) was renumbered as subsection (7) but remains substantively unchanged.”
Wyatt v. Body Imaging, P.C., 989 P.2d 36 (Or. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 6× “" ORS 652.320(9). Thus, if BOLI took an assignment of plaintiff's wage claim, it would encompass her claim for the penalty wage.”
North Marion Sch. Dist. 15 ex rel. Trejo v. Acstar Ins., 169 P.3d 1224 (Or. 2007). · cites it 2× “See ORS 652.320(7) ("wage claim" is a claim against the employer for "any wages, compensation, damages or civil penalties provided by law to employees in connection with a claim for unpaid wages").”
State ex rel. Nilsen v. Oregon State Motor Ass'n, 432 P.2d 512 (Or. 1967). “ORS 652.320(7) provides: “ ‘Wage claim’ means an employe’s claim against his employer for compensation for his own personal services.”
Hekker v. Sabre Constr. Co., 510 P.2d 347 (Or. 1973). “Plaintiff refers us to definitions in ORS 652.320 *557 (applying to the statutory authority for the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor to take assignments of wage claims and enforce them on behalf of the employees) and in ORS 652.”
Dinicola v. State, 382 P.3d 547 (Or. Ct. App. 2016). ““Wage claim” is also defined by ORS 652.320: “(7) ‘Wage claim’ means an employee’s claim against an employer for compensation for the employee’s own personal *508 services, and includes any wages, compensation, damages or civil penalties provided by law to employees in…”
Krouse v. Ply Gem Pac. Windows Corp., 803 F. Supp. 2d 1220 (D. Or. 2011). “” ORS 652.320(7). Defendant seeks summary judgment on this claim, arguing that defendant never made a wage claim.”
Goins v. Winco Foods, LLC, 617 F. Supp. 2d 1100 (D. Or. 2007). · cites it 12× “Or.Rev.Stat. § 652.320(7). Or.Rev.Stat. § 652.”
Matteson v. LeafFilterNorth, LLC (A184754), 350 Or. App. 744 (Or. Ct. App. 2026). “See ORS 652.320(7) (a “wage claim” is “an employee’s claim against an employer for compensation for the employee’s own personal services”); ORS 652.”
Matteson v. LeafFilter North, LLC (A183261), 350 Or. App. 736 (Or. Ct. App. 2026). “]” ORS 652.320(7). An “employee” is “any individual who * * * renders personal services wholly 1 In Matteson v.”
Matteson v. LeafFilterNorth, LLC (A184754), 350 Or. App. 744 (Or. Ct. App. 2026). “See ORS 652.320(7) (a “wage claim” is “an employee’s claim against an employer for compensation for the employee’s own per- sonal services”); ORS 652.”
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Or. Rev. Stat. § 652.320(7): 9 cases
Matteo Brunozzi v. Cable Commc'ns, Inc., 851 F.3d 990 (9th Cir. 2017). “” The legislature defined “wage claim” in ORS 652.320(7) to mean “an employee’s claim against an employer for compensation for the employee’s own personal services, and includes any wages, compensation, damages or civil penalties *1002 provided by law to employee in connection…”
North Marion Sch. Dist. 15 ex rel. Trejo v. Acstar Ins., 169 P.3d 1224 (Or. 2007). “See ORS 652.320(7) ("wage claim" is a claim against the employer for "any wages, compensation, damages or civil penalties provided by law to employees in connection with a claim for unpaid wages").”
State ex rel. Nilsen v. Oregon State Motor Ass'n, 432 P.2d 512 (Or. 1967). “ORS 652.320(7) provides: “ ‘Wage claim’ means an employe’s claim against his employer for compensation for his own personal services.”
Krouse v. Ply Gem Pac. Windows Corp., 803 F. Supp. 2d 1220 (D. Or. 2011). “” ORS 652.320(7). Defendant seeks summary judgment on this claim, arguing that defendant never made a wage claim.”
Matteson v. LeafFilterNorth, LLC (A184754), 350 Or. App. 744 (Or. Ct. App. 2026). “See ORS 652.320(7) (a “wage claim” is “an employee’s claim against an employer for compensation for the employee’s own personal services”); ORS 652.”
Or. Rev. Stat. § 652.320(9): 4 cases
Perri v. Certified Languages Int'l, LLC, 66 P.3d 531 (Or. Ct. App. 2003). “8 In 2001, the legislature amended ORS 652.320. Or Laws 2001, ch 7, § 2. Subsection (9) was renumbered as subsection (7) but remains substantively unchanged.”
Wyatt v. Body Imaging, P.C., 989 P.2d 36 (Or. Ct. App. 1999). “" ORS 652.320(9). Thus, if BOLI took an assignment of plaintiff's wage claim, it would encompass her claim for the penalty wage.”
Matteo Brunozzi v. Cable Commc'ns, Inc., 851 F.3d 990 (9th Cir. 2017). “” The legislature defined “wage claim” in ORS 652.320(7) to mean “an employee’s claim against an employer for compensation for the employee’s own personal services, and includes any wages, compensation, damages or civil penalties *1002 provided by law to employee in connection…”
Goins v. Winco Foods, LLC, 617 F. Supp. 2d 1100 (D. Or. 2007). “Or.Rev.Stat. § 652.320(7). Or.Rev.Stat. § 652.”
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