Oregon Statutes - Chapter 657 - Unemployment Insurance - Section 657.990 - Penalties.

(1) Violation of ORS 657.295 is punishable for each offense by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.

(2) Violation of ORS 657.300 is a misdemeanor.

(3) Violation of ORS 657.480 (3)(a) or (b) is a Class C felony.

(4) In addition to any penalties otherwise prescribed in this chapter, violation of ORS 657.495, 657.565, 657.660 (2) or any other provision of this chapter is a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500, or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both. If an offending employer or the employer of an offending agent is a corporation, the president, secretary and the treasurer, or officers exercising corresponding functions, are subject to the penalties in this subsection in respect to any duties of which they respectively had or, in the proper exercise of their duties, ought to have had knowledge.

(5) Subject to ORS 153.022, willful violation of this chapter or of any order issued or rule adopted under this chapter, the violation of which is made unlawful or the observance of which is required under this chapter, and for which a penalty neither is prescribed in this section nor provided by any other applicable statute, is punishable by a fine of not less than $20 nor more than $200, or by imprisonment for not more than 60 days, or both. Each day the violation continues is considered a separate offense.

(6) Circuit courts and justice courts have concurrent jurisdiction of any offense under this section. [Amended by 1971 c.743 §405; 1999 c.1051 §322; 2005 c.35 §3]

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