As used in ORS § 659A.190 to 659A.198:

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 659A.190

  • Employer: means any person who in this state, directly or through an agent, engages or uses the personal service of one or more employees, reserving the right to control the means by which such service is or will be performed. See Oregon Statutes 659A.001
  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(1) ‘Covered employer‘ means an employer who employs six or more persons in the State of Oregon for each working day during each of 20 or more calendar workweeks in the year in which an eligible employee takes leave to attend a criminal proceeding or in the year immediately preceding the year in which an eligible employee takes leave to attend a criminal proceeding.

(2) ‘Crime victim’ means a person who has suffered financial, social, psychological or physical harm as a result of a person felony, as defined in the rules of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, and includes a member of the immediate family of the person.

(3) ‘Criminal proceeding’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 131.005 and includes a juvenile proceeding under ORS Chapter 419C or any other proceeding at which a crime victim has a right to be present.

(4) ‘Eligible employee’ means an employee who:

(a) Worked an average of more than 25 hours per week for a covered employer for at least 180 days immediately before the date the employee takes leave to attend a criminal proceeding; and

(b) Is a crime victim.

(5) ‘Immediate family’ means spouse, domestic partner, father, mother, sibling, child, stepchild and grandparent. [2003 c.603 § 2]