Oregon Governor Tina Kotek recently signed into law a bill that will extend civil rights, discrimination, and harassment workplace protections to participants in registered apprenticeship programs and certain private-sector on-the-job training programs.1 The law takes effect January 1, 2024.
As set forth in ORS Chapter 659A, Oregon law already provides civil rights, discrimination, and harassment workplace protections to employees and interns. Federal law prohibits discrimination based on certain protected classes in registered apprenticeships, but Oregon had no clear parallel state protection.2
