Overtime: Oregon

Federal law and guidance on this subject should be reviewed together with this section.

Author: Sean Ray, Barran Liebman LLP

Updating Author: Brightmine Editorial Team

Summary

• Oregon's overtime compensation requirements are similar to federal law, with limited exceptions. Most nonexempt employees must be paid at least one and one-half times their regular rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in a workweek. See Basic Overtime Requirements.
• Employees working in manufacturing and certain other industries also are owed overtime when they work more than 10 hours in a day. See Daily Overtime Requirements.
• Certain forms of remuneration may be excluded from the regular rate of pay when calculating overtime. See The Regular Rate.
• Oregon law allows for the fluctuating workweek method of calculating overtime compensation for employees who are paid an agreed-upon fixed amount per week even though their hours may change week to week. See The Fluctuating Workweek.
• Oregon law allows public employers to compensate employees for overtime with compensatory time off instead of monetary payment. See Compensatory Time.
• Certain employees may be paid overtime based on alternatives to the standard 40-hours-per-week threshold. See Alternative Work Periods.