Oregon Statutes - Chapter 653 - Minimum Wages; Employment Conditions; Minors - Section 653.545 - Visitation rights of commission; prosecution of offenses against child labor laws.

(1) The Wage and Hour Commission or anyone authorized by the commission in writing may visit the factories, workshops and mercantile establishments in their several towns and cities and ascertain whether any minors are employed therein contrary to ORS 653.310, 653.315, 653.320 and 653.340 and the rules promulgated by the Wage and Hour Commission pursuant to ORS 653.307 and shall report any cases of illegal employment to the proper school authorities and to the district attorney of the county. The commission may require that the annual employment certificates and lists of minors employed in such factories, workshops, or mercantile establishments, shall be produced for their inspection.

(2) The commission shall bring complaints for offenses under ORS 653.310, 653.315, 653.320 and 653.340 to the attention of the proper district attorney who shall prosecute such offenses. [Amended by 1971 c.626 §4; 1993 c.18 §136a; 1995 c.133 §3]

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