(1) As used in ORS 652.420 to 652.445:\n(a) 'Commissioner' means the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries.\n(b) 'Labor bureau' includes any agency, bureau, commission, board or officer in another state that performs functions substantially corresponding to those of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries.\n(2) The definitions of ORS 652.310 and 652.320 shall apply to ORS 652.420 to 652.445, but nothing contained in those sections shall be construed to preclude reciprocal enforcement of wage claims under ORS 652.420 to 652.445, when the services of the employee were rendered in another state. [1953 c.256 §1; 1987 c.158 §125; 2007 c.71 §205]
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