As used in ORS 652.310 to 652.414, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries. (2) Court means a court of competent jurisdiction and proper venue to entertain a proceeding referred to in ORS 652.310 to 652.414. (3) Demand means a written demand for payment made during business hours on an employer or any appropriate representative of an employer by an employee or by some person having and exhibiting due authority to act in said employees behalf. (4) Pay means to deliver or tender compensation at a previously designated and reasonably convenient place in this state, during working hours, in legal tender or by order or negotiable instrument payable and paid in legal tender without discount on demand in this state or by deposit without discount in an employees account in a financial institution, as defined in ORS 706.008, in this state, provided the employee and the employer have agreed to such deposit. (5) Payment means the delivery, tender or deposit of compensation in the medium of payment described in subsection (4) of this section. Such delivery, tender or deposit shall be made to or for the account of the employee concerned or to or for the account of any person having due authority to act in said employees behalf. (6) Rate of payment means the rate at which payment is made or is to be made in the manner described in this section. (7) Wage claim means an employees claim against an employer for compensation for the employees own personal services, and includes any wages, compensation, damages or civil penalties provided by law to employees in connection with a claim for unpaid wages. [Amended by 1975 c.190 1; 1975 c.488 2; 1979 c.695 1; 1999 c.59 193; 1999 c.351 39; 2001 c.7 2]
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