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Organization

Working Blocks

Agency Administration

These offices provide executive management services that set policy and operational guidelines for the agency. The division also provides department-wide support services including:

  • Communications
  • Legislative Affairs
  • Financial Services
  • Information Technology
  • Human Resources
  • Office of Equity and Inclusion
  • Strategy, Innovation, and Performance Office
  • Internal Audit

Workforce Operations

This division serves businesses and job seekers by providing a public labor exchange where employers can find the workers they need, and job seekers can gain employment and resource referrals. They also manage several programs including:

Employment services are delivered in partnership with Workforce Investment Act (WIA) agencies, private partners and other community-based organizations under the WorkSource Oregon brand. Together they stimulate job growth by connecting businesses and workers with the resources they need to succeed. Learn more about WorkSource Oregon at www.WorkSourceOregon.org


Unemployment Insurance Benefits

This division manages the state's Unemployment Insurance program. The Unemployment Insurance program provides partial wage replacement benefits to eligible workers who are unemployed through no fault of their own. Benefits are paid from Oregon's Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund. 

The Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund is funded through a payroll tax that is paid by employers. Benefits support workers and their families, and generate economic activity in local communities.

In addition to partial wage replacement benefits, the division also operates several special unemployment programs which include:



Contributions and Recovery

The Contribution and Recovery Division collects wage data and employer-funded payroll taxes used to determine eligibility and pay unemployment insurance and Paid Leave benefits to workers. This requires exchanging information with over 140,000 Oregon employers and maintaining wage records on 1.9 million Oregon employees each quarter. 
  
To reduce the reporting burden on employers, the State of Oregon has combined registrations, reports and payments for payroll taxes. 
  
The Contributions and Recovery division has a strong partnership with the Oregon Department of Revenue (Withholding and Transit taxes), and the Department of Consumer & Business Services (Worker's Benefit Fund) to provide these services. 

There are six main program service areas of this division which include: 

  • Status
  • Recovery
  • Support Services
  • Account Review and Suspense Reporting
  • Audits
  • Hearings


Workforce & Economic Research

The Workforce & Economic Research division collects, analyzes and shares information that describes the state's current economic situation, the diversity and health of the economy and the immediate and long-term trends impacting employment, wages and the labor workforce in Oregon.

This division provides information that includes:

  • Unemployment rates
  • Job growth or loss estimates
  • Wage and occupational data
  • Long-term employment trends
  • Customized business survey results
  • Educational requirements for Oregon's jobs
  • Income trends
  • Job vacancy reports

To learn more about the labor market information developed by the Workforce & Economic Research division, please visit: www.QualityInfo.org


Paid Leave Oregon

Paid Leave Oregon is a program that allows employees in Oregon to take time off for life’s most important moments. This includes paid time off for family, medical, or safe leave. Find out more on the Paid Leave website