2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations
Section 240.015 - Definitions.


(1) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Personnel Division.
(2) "Appointing authority" means an officer or agency having power to make appointments to positions in the state service.
(3) "Board" means the Employment Relations Board.
(4) "Class" or "classification" means a group of positions in the state classified service sufficiently alike in duties, authority and responsibilities that the same qualifications may reasonably be required for, and the same schedule of pay can be equitably applied to, all positions in the group.
(5) "Division" means, except in the phrase "division of the service," the Personnel Division referred to in ORS 240.055.
(6) "Division of the service" means a state department or any division or branch thereof, any agency of the state government, or any branch of the state service, all the positions in which are under the same appointing authority.
(7) "Job-sharing position" means a full-time position in the classified service that is classified as one that may be held by more than one individual on a shared time basis whereby the individuals holding the position work less than full-time.
(8) "Regular employee" means an employee who has been appointed to a position in the classified service in accordance with this chapter after completing the trial service period.
(9) "State service" means all offices and positions in the employ of the state other than those of commissioned, warrant and enlisted personnel in the military and naval services thereof. However, as provided in ORS 396.330, the term includes members of the Oregon National Guard or Oregon Civil Defense Force who are not serving pursuant to provisions of Title 10 or 32 of the United States Code and who are employed as state employees in the Oregon Military Department. [Amended by 1959 c.690 §1; 1969 c.80 §30; 1975 c.147 §9; 1979 c.302 §4; 1979 c.468 §4a; 1995 c.114 §1; 2005 c.22 §182; 2017 c.472 §2]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections

Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations

Section 240.011 - Policy on public service contracts; review.

Section 240.012 - Job sharing; policy statement.

Section 240.015 - Definitions.

Section 240.060 - Employment Relations Board; qualification of members; outside activities.

Section 240.065 - Appointment; terms; vacancies.

Section 240.086 - Duties of board; rules.

Section 240.088 - Review of arbitration awards after written exceptions filed.

Section 240.123 - Board personnel; counsel.

Section 240.131 - Employment Relations Board Administrative Account.

Section 240.145 - Duties of administrator; rules.

Section 240.165 - Cost of operating Personnel Division divided among various agencies of state government.

Section 240.167 - Cost of operating Employment Relations Board divided among various divisions of state government.

Section 240.185 - Maximum number of state employees; applicability; exceptions.

Section 240.190 - Policy on comparability of value of work and compensation and classification.

Section 240.195 - Categories of positions in state service.

Section 240.200 - Exempt service.

Section 240.205 - Unclassified service.

Section 240.215 - Classification plan; job share; career ladder; transfers.

Section 240.217 - Certain reclassifications prohibited.

Section 240.227 - Salary for legislator appointed to exempt, unclassified or management service.

Section 240.235 - Compensation plan for classified service.

Section 240.240 - Application of chapter to unclassified or management service.

Section 240.306 - Recruitment, selection and promotion of state employees; criteria; procedures; duties of department.

Section 240.307 - Procedure for enforcement of ORS 240.309; rules.

Section 240.309 - Temporary appointments; limitations; duration; extension; periodic reports; post-audit review; investigation; exceptions.

Section 240.311 - Delegation of authority and responsibility by division; post-audit review.

Section 240.316 - Trial service; regular status; procedures for transfer, demotion and separation of employees.

Section 240.321 - Collective bargaining; effect of collective bargaining agreements on personnel rules; grievance procedures.

Section 240.395 - Suspension of merit system in emergencies; reinstatement.

Section 240.435 - State Management Credentials Program required; purpose.

Section 240.560 - Appeal procedure.

Section 240.570 - Classified employee filling position in unclassified, exempt or management service.

Section 240.610 - Mediation service fee; labor relations and negotiation training fee; amount; payment; disposition of fees.

Section 240.710 - Certain acts unlawful.

Section 240.750 - When discipline action not to be retained in personnel file.

Section 240.850 - Policy on work environments; duties of state agencies.

Section 240.855 - Telecommuting; state policy; agencies to adopt written policies; identification of barriers and solutions.

Section 240.990 - Penalties.