The Bureau of Labor and Industries holds contested case hearings and issues final orders.
The Commissioner issues Final Orders that interpret and apply the many statutes and administrative rules enforced by this agency. Find recent and historical final orders below on this page.
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Recent final orders
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- Case number
- 88-22
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- Mid-Oregon Builders
- Date
- 1/28/2026
- Description
The forum concluded that Respondent Mid Oregon Builders, LLC violated ORS 659A.030(1 )(a), (b) when it failed to take suf f icient action to prevent unlawful harassment by an officer of the corporation and constructively discharged the Complainant based on her sex and Respondents Russi, Duncan, and Cambridge were subject to liability under ORS 659A.030(1)(h) for that violation. The forum also concluded that Respondent Mid Oregon Builders, LLC violated ORS 659A.030(1 )(g) and ORS 659A.199(1) when it subjected Complainant to adverse treatment for opposing an unlawful practice and reporting what she believed to be evidence of a violation of state or federal law. Respondents Russi and Duncan were found to be subject to liability under ORS 659A.030(1 )(h) for those violations. The forum awarded Complainant $750,000 in damages for mental and emotional distress and $48,444.70 for lost wages and required training and policy changes.
- Cite
- 40 BOLI_ (2026); appeal pending
- Case number
- 156-24; 157-24
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- StayHai
- Date
- 1/28/2026
- Description
Respondent employed four wage claimants in 2020 at the piece rate of $125 per pound. All four wage claimants performed work at the direction of Respondent and for Respondent's benefit, for which they were not paid. Additionally, Respondent employed two wage claimants in 2021 at the agreed-upon hourly rate of $16. Both wage claimants employed in 2021 performed work for Respondent, for which they were not paid. Respondent was ordered to pay the six wage claimants a total of $18,720.50 in unpaid, due, and owing wages. Respondent's failure to pay the wages owed to the six wage claimants was willful, and Respondent was ordered to pay a total of $61,488 in ORS 652.150 penalty wages.
- Cite
- 40 BOLI_(2026)
- Case number
- 03-23
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- Lariot Corporation
- Date
- 1/28/2025
- Description
In a default case, the Agency proved that Respondent subjected Complainant to unlawful discrimination in violation of the Oregon Family Leave Act (“OFLA”) by failing to restore Complainant to the position he held prior to the start of his family leave and by failing to provide Complainant with a written request for information to verify if his leave qualified for OFLA and/or failing to notify Complainant if he was eligible and qualified to take OFLA leave. The Agency also proved that Respondent’s separation from employment was a constructive discharge. The Agency did not prove that Respondent committed an unlawful employment practice by denying Complainant family leave. The forum awarded Complainant $75,152 in lost wages and $40,000 in emotional, mental, and physical suffering damages. In addition to ordering Respondent to cease and desist from violating laws pertaining to unlawful discrimination, the forum also ordered Respondent to complete, at its own expense, training on preventing discrimination in the workplace, including OFLA and other protected types of leave, and to create and implement policies pertaining to OFLA and other types of protected leave that accurately reflects Oregon law. ORS 659A.171(1), ORS 659A.183(1), OAR 839-009-0270(1), and OAR 839-009-030(3).
- Cite
- 40 BOLI _ (2025)
- Case number
- 95-23
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- DevNW
- Date
- 9/5/2024
- Description
The Agency correctly determined that Requester’s Evergreen Apartments Project was a public works project, and that the affordable housing exemption in ORS 279C.810(2)(d) does not apply to the Project because it is not “residential construction” as defined by ORS 279C.810(2)(d)(D). ORS 279C.800, ORS 279C.810, ORS 279C.840, OAR 839-025-0004(27).
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- 40 BOLI _ (2024;) reversed and remanded by DEVNW v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, 353 Or. App. 25 (2026)
- Case number
- 67-20
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- Garden Resort, LLC
- Date
- 2/22/2024
- Description
The forum concluded that Respondent unlawfully discriminated and retaliated against Complainant in violation of ORS 653.641(2) and OAR 839-007-0065(1)(b),(c),(e) and (3) when it required him to present a doctor’s note showing that he was fit to return to work and sent him home after he took sick time. Complainant was awarded $12,000 in emotional distress damages for that violation. The forum dismissed charges that Respondent discriminated and retaliated against Complaint in violation of ORS 659A.030(1)(b), OAR 839-005-0010(1)(a)(b)(c)(d)(A), (B)(i)(l); OAR 839-005-0010(4)(a)(A)(B)(C), (b); ORS 659A.030(1)(f); OAR 839-005-0125(1)-(3) and OAR 839-005-0010(1)(a)(b)(c)(d)(A).
- Cite
- 40 BOLI 2 (2024)
- Case number
- 37-16
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- Frehoo, Inc. dba Stars Cabaret & Steak House (Amended)
- Date
- 1/25/2024
- Description
The Agency established by a preponderance of the evidence that that Respondent Frehoo, Inc. (“Frehoo"), an adult entertainment club featuring nude female dancers, subjected a 15-year-old female dancer to unlawful sexual harassment by Frehoo's customers in violation of ORS 659A.030(1)(b) and OAR 839-005-0030(5), (7). The forum also concluded that Respondents Jon Herkenrath and Todd Mitchell aided and abetted the unlawful sexual harassment. ORS 659A.030(1)(g). Respondents Pamela Colburn, Lisa Heinzman-Myers, Randy Kaiser, and Jeff Struhar are not liable as aiders and abettors. The forum awarded the aggrieved person $1,000,000 in compensatory damages for the mental and physical suffering she experienced as a result of the unlawful conduct. The forum also ordered Respondents Frehoo, Herkenrath, and Mitchell to cease and desist from continuing to violate laws pertaining to discrimination because of sex and sexual harassment in the workplace. ORS 659A.050(2), (4).
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- 39 BOLI 197 (2024); reversed and remanded by Mitchell v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, 349 Or. App. 520 (2026); adhered to as modified on reconsideration by Mitchell v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, 352 Or. App. 122 (2026).
- Case number
- 02-20
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- The Royal Clothiers
- Date
- 12/8/2023
- Description
The forum concluded that Respondents violated ORS 659A.030(1)(f), ORS 659A.199(1), and OAR 839-005-0125(1)-(3) and OAR 839-010-0100(1) when they terminated the Complainant because of her protected whistleblower activities. The forum awarded Complainant $3,490 in lost wages and $10,000 in emotional and mental suffering damages.
- Cite
- 39 BOLI 183 (2023)
- Case number
- 17-21
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- Henkels & McCoy, Inc.
- Date
- 10/12/2023
- Description
The Formal Charges alleged that Respondent discriminated against and terminated Complainant because he made reports of a violation of state or federal law, rule or regulation, in violation of ORS 659A.199(1) and OAR 839-010-0100(1). The forum concluded that the Agency failed to prove the alleged violations by a preponderance of the evidence and dismissed all charges.
- Cite
- 39 BOLI 148 (2023)
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