Oregon Statutes 660.139 – Applicant indentured to family business or current employer
(1) Unless the State Apprenticeship and Training Council determines there is an adverse impact on apprenticeship opportunities based on an individual’s race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or ethnic group, an applicant who is otherwise eligible for selection as an apprentice under the selection method used by the local joint committee may, with the consent of the applicant, be indentured to a family business or the applicant’s current employer without regard to whether another employer would otherwise be entitled to indenture the apprentice under the selection method used by the local joint committee.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 660.139
- Gender identity: means an individual's gender-related identity, appearance, expression or behavior, regardless of whether the identity, appearance, expression or behavior differs from that associated with the gender assigned to the individual at birth. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
- Sexual orientation: means an individual's actual or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(2) As used in this section:
(a) ‘Current employer’ means the employer with whom the applicant has been a full-time, regular employee for at least six months before the applicant is selected into the apprenticeship program.
(b) ‘Family business’ means a business owned in whole or in part by a parent or grandparent of the applicant. [1999 c.755 § 2; 2007 c.100 § 30; 2021 c.367 § 47]
[Amended by 1955 c.719 § 9; repealed by 1967 c.6 § 29]
[1967 c.6 § 20; 1971 c.271 § 3; repealed by 1981 c.764 12,20 (660.137 enacted in lieu of 660.141)]