Interns and independent contractors — Oregon Templates
Oregon law extends certain workplace protections to interns, as well as employees. Interns (paid or unpaid) are “considered to be in an employment relationship with an employer” for purposes of Oregon’s employee protections against certain unlawful employment practices including the following:
sexual harassment
discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status or age
discrimination based on service in the uniformed services
disability discrimination and impermissible medical inquiries or examinations
whistleblower retaliation
requiring breathalyzer, polygraph, psychological stress or brain-wave test
obtaining or using genetic information
discrimination based on tobacco use during non-work hours.
Similar to the definition of intern under Oregon’s wage and hour laws, Oregon law defines an intern for purposes of workplace protections as a person who performs work for an employer for the purpose of training, if all of the following criteria are matched:
the employer is not committed to hire the person performing the work at the conclusion of the training period
the employer and the person performing the work agree in writing that the...
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