Labor commissioner lists goals for second term
commissioner in May 2002. He was
able’ is six months after the request
job as one with health
SALEM — Dan Gard-
elected to the Oregon House of Repre-
and $5,000 (for their time),” he said.
care benefits for workers
ner was sworn in Jan. 2 to
sentatives from District 13 in 1969.
Gardner will propose a limit of 45
and their families, and
a second term as commis-
Gardner served as assistant Democra-
days after a records request is made,
retirement benefits.
sioner of the Oregon Bu-
tic leader during the 1999 session and
and a yet-to-be-determined “reason-
Gardner said he also
reau of Labor and Indus-
was unanimously elected House De-
able cost.”
will push for legislation
tries.
mocratic Leader in 2000.
Gardner was first elected labor
requiring overtime pay
A former state legislator
for workers after each
and a card-carrying mem-
eight-hour shift they
ber (third generation) of
work. The law was
the International Brother-
changed in the 1990s to
hood of Electrical Workers
pay overtime only after
Local 48, Gardner outlined
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40-hours a workweek.
his 2007 legislative agenda
Gardner said often-
— an agenda he says “will
times retail employers schedule work-
help both Oregon’s workers and the
ers 12 to 16 hours a day. If that worker
state’s economy over the next four
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tance for employers’ programs. BOLI
shift, he or she can be fired,” he said.
has offices in Portland, Salem, Eu-
Gardner said workers are more
gene, Bend, Medford and Pendleton,
prone to injuries if they work longer
employs 106 people, and has a two-
than eight hours in a day. His bill
year budget of approximately $20
would require time-and-a-half pay af-
million.
ter eight hours on the job.
Gardner said he will continue to
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ployers intend to follow the law at all
times for the benefit of their workers
and their companies,” he said.
Additionally, Gardner will work to
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