Oregon BOLI: 6-year statute of limitations, broad enforcement scope.
The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) Civil Rights Division is the primary state-level wage and hour enforcement agency. It investigates wage claims, discrimination complaints, sick time violations, Fair Workweek violations, Equal Pay Act claims, and more. Oregon's 6-year statute of limitations under ORS 12.080 is among the longest in the country — much longer than federal FLSA's 2-3 years. Workers can also bring claims in small claims court for amounts up to $10,000.
BOLI Compliance Audit Trail
Maintains 6-year audit trail of pay records, classifications, schedules, and policy acknowledgments. Surfaces complaint risk indicators and bond requirements.
What those rules do as records accumulate.
The hero card configuration: Flag on retention windows, Avoid on repeat-violation patterns.
Pay records, schedules, classifications, and policy acknowledgments are retained for 6 years to align with Oregon's wage claim SOL. Records are searchable and exportable for BOLI investigations.
When an employer repeatedly fails to pay wages within 5 days of scheduled payday, BOLI may require a bond under ORS 652.125. Teambridge surfaces the cumulative pattern and the bond risk before BOLI escalation.
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BOLI is the wage and hour cop. The 6-year SOL is the accountability window.
BOLI's Civil Rights Division is one of the more active state enforcement agencies. The 6-year SOL means past missteps remain claimable for years.
BOLI's Civil Rights Division scope
BOLI's Civil Rights Division enforces wage and hour law (ORS 651-653), employment discrimination (ORS 659A), sick time (ORS 653.601), Fair Workweek Act (ORS 653.412-485), Equal Pay Act (ORS 652.220), and other employment statutes. Workers can file complaints administratively; BOLI investigates and may issue determinations, civil penalties, or refer to court.
6-year statute of limitations
Oregon's general SOL for wage claims under ORS 12.080 is 6 years — longer than most states. Federal FLSA claims have 2 years (3 for willful). The 6-year window means a worker can claim unpaid overtime from 2020 in 2026. Records retention should match the SOL: 6 years minimum for wage records.
Teambridge maintains 6-year retention and surfaces escalating risk patterns.
The 6-year retention is a baseline; the proactive risk surfacing is what prevents BOLI escalation.
Pay, schedule, classification, policy acknowledgments.
All wage and hour records — pay rates, hours, classifications, schedules, policy acknowledgments, sick time accrual, Fair Workweek compliance — are retained for 6 years.
Records exportable for BOLI investigation.
When BOLI requests records for an investigation, Teambridge can export the complete worker record set in a single workflow. Audit trail includes timestamps and revision history.
Repeat lateness, repeat misclassification flagged.
Patterns of repeat violations — late paychecks, classification disputes, missed breaks — are surfaced before they accumulate into BOLI bond requirements or class actions.
Year-end review of wage compliance.
An annual compliance review aggregates the year's wage records, surfaces any latent issues, and produces an audit-ready summary for executive review.
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