Oregon Code § 658.205·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Prohibited agency employment activities.
(1) No employment agency shall send or cause to be
sent any person as an employee to any illegally operated business the character
of which the agency could have ascertained upon reasonable inquiry.
(2) No employment
agency shall knowingly permit any person of bad character to frequent, or be
employed by, such agency.
(3) No employment
agency shall permit persons in its employment to use any names other than their
legal names in the course of, and in respect to, their employment with the
agency. However, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries may,
waive the provisions of this subsection in individual cases for good cause
shown by the person requesting the waiver.
(4) No employment
agency shall accept any application for employment of a minor or place or
assist in placing any minor in employment if the employment would be in
violation of any law regulating the employment of minors or of any rule,
regulation or order adopted pursuant to such law.
(5) No employment
agency shall refer an individual seeking employment to any place where a
strike, lockout or other labor dispute exists if it has knowledge or reasonably
should have knowledge of the same, without notifying the individual of such
conditions in writing.
(6) No employment
agency shall refer an applicant for employment without notifying such applicant
whether a labor contract is in existence at the establishment to which the
applicant is being sent, and whether union membership is required.
(7) No employment
agency shall divide charges for services with an employer, agent or employee of
an employer or person to whom individuals are referred for employment. This
subsection does not prohibit cooperative arrangements between employment
agencies so long as an applicant for employment does not thereby pay more than
one charge for all services performed.
(8) No employment
agency shall charge an applicant a charge for services for accepting employment
with such employment agency or any subsidiary of that agency.
(9) No employment
agency shall charge an applicant a charge for services when help is furnished
to an employer, an agent, any employee of an employer, a member or person who
has a financial interest in such employment agency.
(10) No
employment agency shall request or accept an assignment of wages from an
applicant for employment. [1953 c.694 §20; 1973 c.678 §19; 1981 c.318 §25]