Oregon Statutes 657.385 – Method of paying benefits; amount; applicability of law to shared work plans; rules
(1) An individual who is eligible for shared work benefits under ORS § 657.370 to 657.390 shall be paid, with respect to any week of unemployment, a weekly shared work unemployment insurance benefit amount. Such amount shall be equal to the individual’s regular weekly benefit amount multiplied by the nearest full percentage of reduction of the individual’s regular weekly hours of work, as set forth in the employer‘s plan. The benefit payment under ORS § 657.370 to 657.390, if not a multiple of one dollar, shall be rounded to the nearest dollar, and an even one-half dollar shall be rounded to the next higher multiple of one dollar.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 657.385
- Benefits: means the money allowances payable to unemployed persons under this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 657.010
- employer: means any employing unit which employs one or more individuals in an employment subject to this chapter in each of 18 separate weeks during any calendar year, or in which the employing unit's total payroll during any calendar quarter amounts to $1,000 or more. See Oregon Statutes 657.025
- employment: includes service that is:
(a) Subject to the tax imposed by the Federal Unemployment Tax Act; or
(b) Required to be covered under this chapter as a condition for employers to receive a full tax credit against the tax imposed by the Federal Unemployment Tax Act. See Oregon Statutes 657.030
- Week: means any period of seven consecutive calendar days ending at midnight, as the director may prescribe by rule. See Oregon Statutes 657.010
(2) The provisions of ORS § 657.150 (6) shall not apply to earnings from the shared work employer of an individual eligible for payments under ORS § 657.370 to 657.390 unless the resulting payment would be less than the regular benefit payment for which the individual would otherwise be eligible under ORS § 657.150 (6) without regard to shared work unemployment insurance benefits.
(3) Except as otherwise provided by ORS § 657.370 to 657.390, all provisions of this chapter and rules adopted by the Director of the Employment Department apply to ORS § 657.370 to 657.390. The director may adopt such rules as the director considers necessary to carry out the purposes of ORS § 657.370 to 657.390. [1982 s.s.1 c.2 § 11; 1983 c.51 § 2; 2003 c.14 § 404; 2015 c.529 § 2]