OR SB916

Workers unemployed due to a lockout (employer refusing to permit work) are eligible for unemployment benefits with no disqualification period, while workers unemployed due to a strike face a one-week disqualification followed by 8-10 weeks of benefits depending on the unemployment fund's adequacy ratio

Adds statutory definitions for "labor dispute," "lockout," and "strike" to Oregon unemployment insurance law, distinguishing between employer-initiated work stoppages and employee-initiated collective refusals to work

Employees who receive back pay from an employer to resolve a strike must repay any unemployment benefits received during the strike period, and the director cannot waive recovery of these overpayments

School district and education service district employees who receive unemployment benefits during a labor dispute must have those benefits counted toward their total compensation under the collective bargaining agreement and deducted from future wages

Removes previous exemptions that allowed workers to avoid labor dispute disqualification by proving they were not participating in, financing, or directly interested in the dispute