Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 653.045 (2026)

Records to be kept by employers; itemization of deductions from wages

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      653.045 Records to be kept by employers; itemization of deductions from wages. (1) Every employer required by ORS 653.025 or by any rule, order or permit issued under ORS 653.030 to pay a minimum wage to any of the employer’s employees shall make and keep available to the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries for not less than two years, a record or records containing:

      (a) The name, address and occupation of each of the employer’s employees.

      (b) The actual hours worked each week and each pay period by each employee.

      (c) Such other information as the commissioner prescribes by the commissioner’s rules if necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of ORS 653.010 to 653.261 or of the rules and orders issued thereunder.

      (2) Each employer shall keep the records required by subsection (1) of this section open for inspection or transcription by the commissioner or the commissioner’s designee at any reasonable time.

      (3) Every employer of one or more employees covered by ORS 653.010 to 653.261 shall supply each of the employer’s employees with itemized statements of amounts and purposes of deductions in the manner provided in ORS 652.610. [1967 c.596 §9; 1985 c.99 §5]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1997–2025 · leading case: Mathis v. St. Helens Auto Ctr., Inc., 447 P.3d 490 (Or. Ct. App. 2019).
Mathis v. St. Helens Auto Ctr., Inc., 447 P.3d 490 (Or. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “200(2) were to incentivize defendants to settle wage claims within 48 hours of learning of them-analogous to the purposes of ORS 20.”
Mathis v. St. Helens Auto Ctr., Inc., 478 P.3d 946 (Or. 2020). “” ORS 653.045(1). In addition, “every employer shall establish and maintain a regular payday, at which date the employer shall pay all employees the wages due and owing to them” and “shall provide the employee” an itemized statement on each payday that details how the wages pay-…”
Dosanjh v. Namaste Indian Restaurant, LLC, 353 P.3d 1243 (Or. Ct. App. 2015). ““ORS 653.045; ORS 652.610; Miller v. C. C.”
Chard v. Beauty-N-Beast Salon, 941 P.2d 611 (Or. Ct. App. 1997). “See also ORS 653.045 (requiring employers to keep records of the hours employees work).”
Vento v. Versatile Logic Sys. Corp., 3 P.3d 176 (Or. Ct. App. 2000). “As noted above, defendant asserted in its answer that it was without information sufficient to admit or deny whether it allowed, permitted, and suffered plaintiff to work hours in excess of 40 hours per week.”
Presley v. Bureau of Labor & Indus., 112 P.3d 485 (Or. Ct. App. 2005). “We find the following excerpt from the ALJ’s opinion to be persuasive, and we adopt it: “ORS 653.045 requires an employer to keep and maintain proper records of wages, hours and other conditions and practices of employment.”
Aragon v. RISE Law Grp., Inc. (D. Or. 2025). “32 ; ORS 653.045; OAR 839-020-0080; OAR 839-020-0083(2) (“All employers shall keep such records in a safe and accessible place.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 653.045(1) — 1 case
Mathis v. St. Helens Auto Ctr., Inc., 478 P.3d 946 (Or. 2020). “” ORS 653.045(1). In addition, “every employer shall establish and maintain a regular payday, at which date the employer shall pay all employees the wages due and owing to them” and “shall provide the employee” an itemized statement on each payday that details how the wages pay-…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 653.045(1)(b) — 1 case
Mathis v. St. Helens Auto Ctr., Inc., 447 P.3d 490 (Or. Ct. App. 2019). “200(2) were to incentivize defendants to settle wage claims within 48 hours of learning of them-analogous to the purposes of ORS 20.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 653.045(l)(b) — 1 case
Vento v. Versatile Logic Sys. Corp., 3 P.3d 176 (Or. Ct. App. 2000). “As noted above, defendant asserted in its answer that it was without information sufficient to admit or deny whether it allowed, permitted, and suffered plaintiff to work hours in excess of 40 hours per week.”
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