Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries
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| Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries | |
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| Branch: | Executive |
| Type: | Nonpartisan |
| Selection: | Statewide election |
| Term: | 4 years |
| Authority: | Statute |
| Established: | 1918 |
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| Name: | Dan Gardner |
| Term ends: | 2011 |
The Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries is a nonpartisan, statewide elective office in the executive branch of government of the U.S. state of Oregon. The term of office is four years.[1]
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[edit] Duties and responsibilities
The Commissioner serves as chief executive of the department-level Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, chairs the State Apprenticeship and Training Council, and acts as executive secretary of the Wage and Hour Commission.[1]
He or she has enforcement responsibility for state laws prohibiting discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodation, and vocational, professional and trade schools, and may initiate a “commissioner’s complaint” on behalf of victims.[1]
The Commissioner administers state laws regulating wages, hours of employment, basic working conditions, child labor and wage rates; and is responsible for licensure of certain professions and industries. Final orders in contested cases are issued by the commissioner.[1]
The Wage Security Fund that covers workers for unpaid wages in certain business closure situations, and enforcement of group-health insurance termination-notification provisions fall within the Commissioner's purview. He or she is also responsible for oversight of the state’s registered apprenticeship-training system.[1]
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[edit] History
In 1903, the Oregon Legislative Assembly created the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Inspector of Factories and Workshops in response to public concerns about the effects industrialization on society. Its head, titled Commissioner, was appointed by the Governor, Secretary of State, and Treasurer 1906, when it became an elective office.[2]
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[edit] List of Commissioners
The following table displays a list of the eight individuals who have served as Commissioner since the office's inception, with their respective terms of office. Party affiliation is included for those individuals whose service began before the legislature made the position a nonpartisan office in 1979.[3]
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| 1 | O. P. Hoff | Republican | June 2, 1903 - January 6, 1919 |
| 2 | C. H. Gram | Republican | January 6, 1919 - January 4, 1943 |
| 3 | W. E. Kimsey | Republican | January 4, 1943 - January 3, 1955 |
| 4 | Norman O. Nilsen | Democratic | January 3, 1955 - January 6, 1975 |
| 5 | Bill Stevenson (Oregon politician) | Democratic | January 6, 1975 - January 1, 1979 |
| 6 | Mary Wendy Roberts | Democratic | January 1, 1979 - January 2, 1995 |
| 7 | Jack Roberts | Republican | January 2, 1995 - January 6, 2003 |
| 8 | Dan Gardner | Nonpartisan | January 15, 1907 - April 14, 1911 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Commissioner of Labor and Industries Dan Gardner (HTML). Oregon Bluebook (Online). Oregon Secretary of State (2006). Retrieved on 2006-12-10.
- ^ Bureau of Labor and Industries - Agency History (HTML). Oregon Blue Book. Oregon Secretary of State (2001). Retrieved on 2006-12-10.
- ^ Bureau of Labor and Industries - Agency History (HTML). Oregon Bluebook (Online). Oregon Secretary of State (2006). Retrieved on 2006-12-10.
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