Oregon's minimum wage is adjusted annually based on changes in inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
Full Time Minimum Wage: $358.00 pw
Or $18,616 per year working 40 hours per week and 52 weeks a year.
Minimum Wage Trainees, Internship: $8.95
Interns or trainees in the for-profit private sector who are qualifying more as employees than as trainees must be paid at least the minimum wage and overtime compensation for more then 40 hours worked in a workweek.
Overtime pay is the cash compensation for the hours eligible employees work in excess of 40 hours in a workweek (a workweek = 7x24= 168 hours). The overtime pay rate is one and one-half (1.5) times the regular working hour rate of pay.
Violations Minimum Wage
If you didn't receive the minimum wage you may file a claim on a form provided by Oregon's Wage and Hour Division. If you have a valid wage claim the Wage and Hour Division will attempt to recover all wages owed.
Where Federal and state law have different minimum wage rates, the higher standard applies.
Minimum Wage Tipped Workers: $8.95
Oregon's state law doesn't allow tip credit.
Oregon Minimum Wage Coverage-Exemptions
A lot of Oregon's workers are protected (or "covered") by the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA ) for their minimum wage, but there are exemptions. Read more about:
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