Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 839 - BUREAU OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES
Division 21 - RULES REGULATING THE EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS IN OREGON
Section 839-021-0006 - Definitions

(1) "Agriculture" includes farming in all its branches and among other things includes the cultivation and tillage of the soil, dairying, the production, cultivation, growing, and harvesting of any agricultural or horticultural commodities, the raising of livestock, bees, fur-bearing animals, or poultry and any practices performed by a farmer or on a farm as an incident to or in conjunction with such farming operations, including preparation for market, delivery to storage or to market, or to carriers for transportation to market. "Agricultural employment" is employment in "Agriculture" as herein defined.

(2) "Bureau" means Bureau of Labor and Industries of the State of Oregon.

(3) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries.

(4) "Employ" has the same meaning as that which appears in ORS 653.010(2).

(5) "Employer" has the same meaning as that which appears in ORS 653.010(3).

(6) "Employment Certificate" means the employment certificate issued to employers for the employment of minors pursuant to ORS 653.307, and the employment permit referred to in ORS 653.320(3).

(7) "Harvest Season" means a period of time during which the crop or crops of the agricultural employer for whom a minor is employed are harvested. Work performed during the harvest season includes work in connection with the gathering of the crop but does not include cultivation and tillage of the soil or cultivation and growing of agricultural commodities.

(8) "Minor" means any person under 18 years of age.

(9) "Workday" means any fixed period of 24 consecutive hours.

(10) "Workweek" means any fixed and regularly recurring period of seven consecutive workdays.