Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 659.815 (2026)

Deceptive representations or advertisements by persons employing labor prohibited

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659.815 Deceptive representations or advertisements by persons employing labor prohibited. No person, firm, company, corporation, or association of any kind employing labor, shall, either in person or through any agent, manager or other legal representatives, induce, influence, persuade or engage workers to change from one place to another in this state or bring workers of any class or calling into this state to work in any of the departments of labor by:

(1) Any false or deceptive representation or false advertising, concerning the amount or character of the compensation to be paid for any work, or as to the existence or nonexistence of a strike, lockout or other labor troubles pending between employer or employees.

(2) Neglecting to state in the advertisement, proposal or inducement for the employment of workers that there is a strike, lockout or unsettled condition of labor, when such strike, lockout or unsettled condition of labor actually exists. [Formerly 659.210]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2006–2018 · leading case: Sharma v. Providence Health & Servs.-Oregon, 412 P.3d 202 (Or. Ct. App. 2018).

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Sharma v. Providence Health & Servs.-Oregon, 412 P.3d 202 (Or. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 6× “In assignments of error 3 through 10, plaintiff argues that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment to defendants on plaintiff's claims for breach of contract, wrongful discharge, intentional misrepresentation, violations of ORS 659.815, intentional interference with…”

Lucas v. Lake Cnty., 289 P.3d 320 (Or. Ct. App. 2012). “040; and (3) fraudulently inducing plaintiff, in violation of ORS 659.815, to move to Oregon to work for defendant based on representations that he would be hired as a “Sergeant/Jail Manager” at a commensurate salary when, for the first few months of his employment, he held the…”

Oja v. Blue Mountain Cmty. Coll., 184 F. App'x 597 (9th Cir. 2006). “…Group., 321 Or. 118 , 895 P.2d 755, 762-63 (1995) (citations omitted). . Or.Rev.Stat. § 30.265(1X2003). . Or.Rev.Stat. § 659.815 (2003).”

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