2025 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment
Chapter 653 - Minimum Wages; Employment Conditions; Minors
Section 653.442 - Right to rest between work shifts.

Universal Citation:
OR Rev Stat § 653.442 (2025)
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(1) Unless the employee requests or consents to work such hours, an employer may not schedule or require an employee to work during the following rest periods:

(a) The first 10 hours following the end of the previous calendar day’s work shift or on-call shift; or

(b) The first 10 hours following the end of a work shift or on-call shift that spanned two calendar days.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, an employer shall compensate an employee for each hour or portion of an hour that the employee works during a rest period described in subsection (1) of this section at one and one-half times the employee’s regular rate of pay.

(3) Subsection (2) of this section does not apply to any hour or portion of an hour an employee works during the rest period described in subsection (1) of this section during which the employee is engaged in providing roadside assistance services. As used in this subsection, "roadside assistance" means offsite repair assistance rendered to a motorist with a disabled vehicle. [2017 c.691 §6]

Note: See second note under 653.412.

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