Oregon Statutes 657.100 – When individual deemed unemployed; exclusions; rules
(1) An individual is deemed ‘unemployed’ in any week during which the individual performs no services and with respect to which no remuneration for services performed is paid or payable to the individual, or in any week of less than full-time work if the remuneration paid or payable to the individual for services performed during the week is less than the individual’s weekly benefit amount.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 657.100
- Benefits: means the money allowances payable to unemployed persons under this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 657.010
- 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) For the purposes of ORS § 657.155 (1), an individual who performs full-time services in any week for an employing unit is not unemployed even though remuneration is neither paid nor payable to the individual for the services performed; however, nothing in this subsection shall prevent an individual from meeting the definition of ‘unemployed’ as used in this section solely by reason of the individual’s performance of volunteer services without remuneration for a charitable institution or a governmental entity.
(3) An individual may not be deemed ‘unemployed’ under this section for any week in which the individual is receiving family and medical leave insurance benefits under ORS Chapter 657B.
(4) The Director of the Employment Department shall prescribe rules as the director deems necessary with respect to the various types of unemployment. [Amended by 1981 c.77 § 3; 2019 c.700 § 54; 2021 c.30 2,4,6]