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Or. Rev. Stat. § 657.010 (2026)

General definitions

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      657.010 General definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

      (1) “Base year” means the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters preceding the benefit year.

      (2) “Benefits” means the money allowances payable to unemployed persons under this chapter.

      (3) “Benefit year” means a period of 52 consecutive weeks commencing with the first week with respect to which an individual files an initial valid claim for benefits, and thereafter the 52 consecutive weeks period beginning with the first week with respect to which the individual next files an initial valid claim after the termination of the individual’s last preceding benefit year except that the benefit year shall be 53 weeks if the filing of an initial valid claim would result in overlapping any quarter of the base year of a previously filed initial valid claim.

      (4) “Calendar quarter” means the period of three consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31, or the approximate equivalent thereof, as the Director of the Employment Department may, by rule, prescribe.

      (5) “Client employer” means an employer that enters into a PEO relationship.

      (6) “Client worker” means an individual who performs services for compensation for the client of a professional employer organization.

      (7) “Contribution” or “contributions” means the money payments required by this chapter, or voluntary payments permitted, to be made to the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund.

      (8) “Covered employee” means a client worker for whom a PEO has assumed employer responsibilities under a PEO relationship.

      (9) “Educational institution,” including an institution of higher education, means an institution:

      (a) In which participants, trainees or students are offered an organized course of study or training designed to transfer to them knowledge, skills, information, doctrines, attitudes or abilities from, by or under the guidance of an instructor or teacher;

      (b) That is accredited, registered, approved, licensed or issued a permit to operate as a school by the Department of Education or other government agency, or that offers courses for credit that are transferable to an approved, registered or accredited school;

      (c) In which the course or courses of study or training that it offers may be academic, technical, trade or preparation for gainful employment in a recognized occupation; and

      (d) In which the course or courses of study or training are offered on a regular and continuing basis.

      (10) “Employment office” means a free public employment office or branch thereof, operated by this state or maintained as a part of a state-controlled system of public employment offices.

      (11) “Hospital” has the meaning given that term in ORS 442.015.

      (12) “Institution of higher education” means an educational institution that:

      (a) Admits as regular students only individuals having a certificate of graduation from a high school, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate;

      (b) Is legally authorized in this state to provide a program of education beyond high school;

      (c) Provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor’s or higher degree, or provides a program that is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree, a program of post-graduate or post-doctoral studies, or a program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation; and

      (d) Is a public or other nonprofit institution.

      (13) “Instructional capacity” does not include services performed as an instructional assistant as defined in ORS 342.120.

      (14) “Internal Revenue Code” means the federal Internal Revenue Code, as amended and in effect on December 31, 2023.

      (15) “Labor dispute” means any concerted or deliberate action by two or more individuals or by an employing unit resulting in either a strike or lockout in which wages, hours, working conditions or terms of employment of the individuals are involved.

      (16) “Lockout” means any refusal by an employer to permit employees to work as a result of a dispute with the employees affecting wages, hours or other terms or conditions of their employment.

      (17) “Nonprofit employing unit” means an organization, or group of organizations, described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that is exempt from income tax under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

      (18) “PEO relationship” means an agreement between a PEO and a client employer under which certain employer responsibilities for some or all of the client employer’s workers are allocated.

      (19)(a) “Professional employer organization” or “PEO” means a person required to be licensed under ORS 656.855 that enters into a PEO relationship with a client employer.

      (b) “Professional employer organization” or “PEO” does not mean a person that solely provides workers to a client on a temporary basis or a person that provides payroll processing or similar administrative services without assuming employer responsibilities for client workers.

      (20) “State” includes, in addition to the states of the United States of America, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. However, for all purposes of this chapter the Virgin Islands shall be considered a state on and after the day on which the United States Secretary of Labor first approves the Virgin Islands’ law under section 3304(a) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act as amended by Public Law 94-566.

      (21) “Strike” means any concerted act of employees in a lawful refusal under applicable state or federal law to perform work or services for an employer.

      (22) “Taxes” means contributions.

      (23) “Temporary basis” means providing workers to a client:

      (a) For special situations, including but not limited to employee absences, employee leaves, professional skill shortages, seasonal workloads and special assignments and projects with the expectation that the position will be terminated when the special situation ends.

      (b) As probationary new hires with a reasonable expectation of transitioning to permanent employment with the client, if the client uses a preestablished probationary period in its overall employment selection program.

      (24) “Valid claim” means any claim for benefits made in accordance with ORS 657.260 if the individual meets the wages-paid-for-employment requirements of ORS 657.150.

      (25) “Week” means any period of seven consecutive calendar days ending at midnight, as the director may prescribe by rule. [Amended by 1959 c.642 §1; 1961 c.252 §1; 1963 c.13 §1; 1969 c.597 §174; 1971 c.463 §1; 1977 c.241 §1; 1983 c.528 §1; 1993 c.344 §3; 2005 c.218 §3; 2007 c.614 §16; 2008 c.45 §17; 2009 c.5 §27; 2009 c.595 §1042; 2009 c.909 §30; 2010 c.82 §32; 2011 c.7 §27; 2012 c.31 §27; 2013 c.377 §27; 2014 c.52 §29; 2015 c.442 §21; 2016 c.33 §25; 2017 c.527 §26; 2018 c.101 §26; 2019 c.319 §28; 2021 c.43 §1; 2021 c.456 §28; 2022 c.83 §28; 2023 c.171 §28; 2024 c.75 §28; 2025 c.280 §1; 2025 c.432 §2a]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1976–2017 · leading case: McIntyre v. Emp. Div., 598 P.2d 313 (Or. Ct. App. 1979).
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McIntyre v. Emp. Div., 598 P.2d 313 (Or. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 38× “221 means something other than — the dissent does not say what — the definition stated in ORS 657.010(16). We reject that argument because those two statutes were simultaneously enacted in their present form.”
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians v. Emp. Dep't, 995 P.2d 580 (Or. Ct. App. 2000). “ORS 657.010(9) (1977). See White Mountain Apache Tribe v.”
Ortiz v. Adult & Fam. Servs. Div., 609 P.2d 1309 (Or. Ct. App. 1980). “075 applied to the ADC-UN program: "Aid * * * shall not be granted * * * if, and for so long as, the unemployed parent of such child refuses without good cause to accept employment in which he is able to engage and which is offered through any employment office defined in…”
Multnomah Educ. Serv. Dist. v. Emp. Div., 849 P.2d 558 (Or. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “fijfc ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ “(4) With respect to any services described in subsection (1) of this section, benefits based on such services shall be denied as specified in [subsection] (1) * * * to any individual who performed such services in an institution while in the employ of an education…”
Rash v. Emp. Div., 737 P.2d 966 (Or. Ct. App. 1987). “1 ORS 657.010(12) provides: “ ‘Valid claim’ means any claim for benefits made in accordance with ORS 657.”
State ex rel. Juv. Dep't of Clackamas Cnty. & Kittey Ann Moser v. Madison, 554 P.2d 1022 (Or. Ct. App. 1976). “040(l)(d), which reads: "Subject to ORS 44.610 to 44.640, a regular physician or surgeon shall not, without the consent of his patient, be examined in a civil action, suit or proceeding, as to any information acquired in attending the patient, which was necessary to enable him…”
Multnomah Educ. Serv. Dist. v. Emp. Div., 849 P.2d 558 (Or. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “n the second academic year or term for any institution * * * "* * * * * "(4) With respect to any services described in subsection (1) of this section, benefits based on such services shall be denied as specified in [subsection] (1) * * * to any individual who performed such…”
Hooton, Wold & Okrent, LLP v. Emp. Dep't, 391 P.3d 858 (Or. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “” ORS 657.010(1). ORS 657.471(1) provides that, except as otherwise provided, benefits paid to a claimant shall be charged to each of the employers who employed her during the base year proportionate to the wages paid by each employer to the claimant during that base year.”
Johnson v. Emp. Div., 861 P.2d 1032 (Or. Ct. App. 1993). “’ ’ ORS 657.010(1). In short, the base year and qualifying wages may depend on more than one employer.”
Thompson v. Emp. Div., 874 P.2d 834 (Or. Ct. App. 1994). “) ORS 657.010 provides, in part: “(1) ‘Base year’ means the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters preceding the benefit year.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 657.010(1) — 2 cases
Johnson v. Emp. Div., 861 P.2d 1032 (Or. Ct. App. 1993). “’ ’ ORS 657.010(1). In short, the base year and qualifying wages may depend on more than one employer.”
Hooton, Wold & Okrent, LLP v. Emp. Dep't, 391 P.3d 858 (Or. Ct. App. 2017). “” ORS 657.010(1). ORS 657.471(1) provides that, except as otherwise provided, benefits paid to a claimant shall be charged to each of the employers who employed her during the base year proportionate to the wages paid by each employer to the claimant during that base year.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 657.010(12) — 1 case
Rash v. Emp. Div., 737 P.2d 966 (Or. Ct. App. 1987). “1 ORS 657.010(12) provides: “ ‘Valid claim’ means any claim for benefits made in accordance with ORS 657.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 657.010(16) — 3 cases
McIntyre v. Emp. Div., 598 P.2d 313 (Or. Ct. App. 1979). “221 means something other than — the dissent does not say what — the definition stated in ORS 657.010(16). We reject that argument because those two statutes were simultaneously enacted in their present form.”
Multnomah Educ. Serv. Dist. v. Emp. Div., 849 P.2d 558 (Or. Ct. App. 1993). “fijfc ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ “(4) With respect to any services described in subsection (1) of this section, benefits based on such services shall be denied as specified in [subsection] (1) * * * to any individual who performed such services in an institution while in the employ of an education…”
Multnomah Educ. Serv. Dist. v. Emp. Div., 849 P.2d 558 (Or. Ct. App. 1993). “n the second academic year or term for any institution * * * "* * * * * "(4) With respect to any services described in subsection (1) of this section, benefits based on such services shall be denied as specified in [subsection] (1) * * * to any individual who performed such…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 657.010(16)(a) — 1 case
McIntyre v. Emp. Div., 598 P.2d 313 (Or. Ct. App. 1979). “221 means something other than — the dissent does not say what — the definition stated in ORS 657.010(16). We reject that argument because those two statutes were simultaneously enacted in their present form.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 657.010(16)(b) — 1 case
McIntyre v. Emp. Div., 598 P.2d 313 (Or. Ct. App. 1979). “221 means something other than — the dissent does not say what — the definition stated in ORS 657.010(16). We reject that argument because those two statutes were simultaneously enacted in their present form.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 657.010(16)(c) — 1 case
McIntyre v. Emp. Div., 598 P.2d 313 (Or. Ct. App. 1979). “221 means something other than — the dissent does not say what — the definition stated in ORS 657.010(16). We reject that argument because those two statutes were simultaneously enacted in their present form.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 657.010(16)(d) — 1 case
McIntyre v. Emp. Div., 598 P.2d 313 (Or. Ct. App. 1979). “221 means something other than — the dissent does not say what — the definition stated in ORS 657.010(16). We reject that argument because those two statutes were simultaneously enacted in their present form.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 657.010(3) — 1 case
Hooton, Wold & Okrent, LLP v. Emp. Dep't, 391 P.3d 858 (Or. Ct. App. 2017). “” ORS 657.010(1). ORS 657.471(1) provides that, except as otherwise provided, benefits paid to a claimant shall be charged to each of the employers who employed her during the base year proportionate to the wages paid by each employer to the claimant during that base year.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 657.010(9) — 1 case
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians v. Emp. Dep't, 995 P.2d 580 (Or. Ct. App. 2000). “ORS 657.010(9) (1977). See White Mountain Apache Tribe v.”
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