2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 279B - Public Contracting - Public Procurements
Section 279B.235 - Condition concerning hours of labor; compliance with pay equity provisions; employee discussions of rate of pay or benefits.


(a) A contractor may not employ an employee for more than 10 hours in any one day, or 40 hours in any one week, except in cases of necessity, emergency or when the public policy absolutely requires otherwise, and in such cases, except in cases of contracts for personal services designated under ORS 279A.055, the contractor shall pay the employee at least time and a half pay for:
(A)(i) All overtime in excess of eight hours in any one day or 40 hours in any one week if the work week is five consecutive days, Monday through Friday; or
(ii) All overtime in excess of 10 hours in any one day or 40 hours in any one week if the work week is four consecutive days, Monday through Friday; and
(B) All work the employee performs on Saturday and on any legal holiday specified in ORS 279B.020.
(b) The contractor shall comply with the prohibition set forth in ORS 652.220, that compliance is a material element of the contract and that a failure to comply is a breach that entitles the contracting agency to terminate the contract for cause.
(c) The contractor may not prohibit any of the contractor’s employees from discussing the employee’s rate of wage, salary, benefits or other compensation with another employee or another person and may not retaliate against an employee who discusses the employee’s rate of wage, salary, benefits or other compensation with another employee or another person.
(2) A contractor shall give notice in writing to employees who work on a public contract, either at the time of hire or before work begins on the contract, or by posting a notice in a location frequented by employees, of the number of hours per day and days per week that the contractor may require the employees to work.
(3) A public contract for personal services, as described in ORS 279A.055, must provide that the contractor shall pay the contractor’s employees who work under the public contract at least time and a half for all overtime the employees work in excess of 40 hours in any one week, except for employees under a personal services public contract who are excluded under ORS 653.010 to 653.261 or under 29 U.S.C. 201 to 209 from receiving overtime.
(4) A public contract for services at a county fair, or for another event that a county fair board authorizes, must provide that the contractor shall pay employees who work under the public contract at least time and a half for work in excess of 10 hours in any one day or 40 hours in any one week. A contractor shall notify employees who work under the public contract, either at the time of hire or before work begins on the public contract, or by posting a notice in a location frequented by employees, of the number of hours per day and days per week that the contractor may require the employees to work.
(5)(a) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, a public contract for services must provide that the contractor shall pay employees at least time and a half pay for work the employees perform under the public contract on the legal holidays specified in a collective bargaining agreement or in ORS 279B.020 (1)(b)(B) to (G) and for all time the employee works in excess of 10 hours in any one day or in excess of 40 hours in any one week, whichever is greater.
(b) A contractor shall notify in writing employees who work on a public contract for services, either at the time of hire or before work begins on the public contract, or by posting a notice in a location frequented by employees, of the number of hours per day and days per week that the contractor may require the employees to work.
(6) This section does not apply to public contracts:
(a) With financial institutions as defined in ORS 706.008.
(b) Made pursuant to the authority of the State Forester or the State Board of Forestry under ORS 477.406 for labor performed in the prevention or suppression of fire.
(c) For goods or personal property. [2003 c.794 §77; 2005 c.103 §8f; 2015 c.454 §4]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance

Chapter 279B - Public Contracting - Public Procurements

Section 279B.005 - Definitions.

Section 279B.010 - Policy.

Section 279B.020 - Maximum hours of labor on public contracts; holidays; exceptions; liability to workers; rules.

Section 279B.030 - Demonstration that procurement will cost less than performing service with contracting agency’s own personnel and resources or that performing service is not feasible; exemptions; analysis for procurement related to information tec...

Section 279B.033 - Contents of cost analysis; conditions under which procurement may proceed; exceptions.

Section 279B.036 - Determination of feasibility of procurement.

Section 279B.040 - Prohibition on accepting bid or proposal from contractor that advised or assisted contracting agency to develop specifications or solicitation documents; exceptions.

Section 279B.045 - Contractor warranty and covenant concerning tax law compliance.

Section 279B.050 - Methods of source selection.

Section 279B.055 - Competitive sealed bidding.

Section 279B.060 - Competitive sealed proposals.

Section 279B.065 - Small procurements.

Section 279B.070 - Intermediate procurements.

Section 279B.075 - Sole-source procurements.

Section 279B.080 - Emergency procurements.

Section 279B.085 - Special procurements.

Section 279B.100 - Cancellation, rejection, delay of invitations for bids or requests for proposals.

Section 279B.110 - Responsibility of bidders and proposers.

Section 279B.112 - Personnel deployment disclosure; contents; preference for bidder or proposer that will employ more workers in state; rules; exception.

Section 279B.115 - Qualified products lists.

Section 279B.120 - Prequalification of prospective bidders and proposers.

Section 279B.125 - Application for prequalification.

Section 279B.130 - Debarment of prospective bidders and proposers.

Section 279B.140 - Price agreements.

Section 279B.200 - Definitions for ORS 279B.200 to 279B.240.

Section 279B.215 - Brand name or equal specification; brand name specification.

Section 279B.220 - Conditions concerning payment, contributions, liens, withholding.

Section 279B.230 - Condition concerning payment for medical care and providing workers’ compensation.

Section 279B.235 - Condition concerning hours of labor; compliance with pay equity provisions; employee discussions of rate of pay or benefits.

Section 279B.270 - State contracting agencies to use recovered resources and recycled materials; notice to prospective contractors.

Section 279B.283 - Condition concerning use of conflict minerals.

Section 279B.400 - Protests and judicial review of approvals of special procurements.

Section 279B.405 - Protests and judicial review of solicitations.

Section 279B.410 - Protests of contract award.

Section 279B.415 - Judicial review of protests of contract award.

Section 279B.420 - Judicial review of other violations.

Section 279B.425 - Review of prequalification and debarment decisions.