Or. Admin. R. 839-014-0600 - Definitions
As used in ORS 659.285(3) and in OAR 839-014-0600 to 839-014-0630, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Emergency"
means circumstances in which the life, health, safety or property of a person,
or of a member of a person's immediate family, is threatened with imminent
harm, and shall include any instance in which a reasonable person would seek
the immediate assistance of medical, law enforcement or emergency
personnel.
(2) "Farm-worker camp
operator" means any person who operates a farm-worker camp, notwithstanding the
provisions of OAR 839-014-0035(8).
(3) "Operating telephone" means a telephone
for the purpose of communicating with persons outside the farm-worker camp and
over which information may be given and received at the time it is intended to
be given or received.
(4) "Owned or
controlled" includes sufficient ownership or control to affect the terms and
conditions of occupancy of the housing.
(5) "Pay telephone" means a telephone which
is operated by use of coins or credit card. "Pay telephone" does not include a
telephone normally used by the employer for the employer's private
use.
(6) "Reasonable access" means
access to a telephone at any time the employee indicates that an emergency
exists and that a telephone is needed to communicate with any person for the
purpose of dealing with the emergency. A reasonably accessible telephone must
be located at the housing or within one tenth of one mile from the
housing.
(7) "Reasonable
opportunity for private use" means that workers are provided access to a
telephone which can be used by them under circumstances in which their
conversation cannot be overheard or monitored by the employer or by any other
person, and at times of the day and week when they are not working, and during
which they can conduct personal business. If the telephone is not located at
the site of the housing, reasonable opportunity for private use includes
posting at the housing in view of the workers, in the language used to
communicate with the employees, a notice containing directions to the telephone
and any conditions on use or availability of the telephone.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: ORS 164, ORS 165, ORS 651, ORS 658 & ORS 962
Stats. Implemented: ORS 659.280 - ORS 659.295
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