Oregon Measure 41, Public Employees' Earnings Initiative (1996)
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| Topic Labor and unions |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure 41 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 5, 1996. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported requiring public employees’ earnings to be expressed as costs borne by the employer for the employee’s benefit, such as a salary, benefit packages, vacation, rest and meal breaks, holiday pay, and personal leave. |
A "no" vote opposed requiring public employees’ earnings to be expressed as costs borne by the employer for the employee’s benefit, such as a salary, benefit packages, vacation, rest and meal breaks, holiday pay, and personal leave. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure 41 |
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| Yes | 446,115 | 34.74% | ||
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838,088 | 65.26% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure 41 was as follows:
| “ | AMENDS CONSTITUTION: STATES HOW PUBLIC EMPLOYEE EARNINGS MUST BE EXPRESSED QUESTION: Shall constitution require that public employee earnings be expressed as employer’s cost for employee per hour worked, including wages, benefits? SUMMARY: Amends constitution. Measure requires that public employees’ earnings be expressed as costs borne by the employer for the employee’s benefit. Those costs include base pay/salary, benefit package, vacation, clothing allowance, rest and meal breaks, holiday pay, personal leave, social security and medicare taxes, retirement, federal unemployment taxes, family leave, sick leave, bonuses, merit pay, overtime, child care, compensation time, employer tax, continuing education, and state unemployment taxes. Workers' compensation premiums are excluded. Measure makes complete information regarding employer costs available to the public. ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT: No fiscal impact to state governments. One-time expenditure to local governments, including schools, of at least $789,000, assuming a $1,000 minimum reprogramming expense per public employer payroll system. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
An initiated constitutional amendment is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends a state's constitution. Eighteen (18) states allow citizens to initiate constitutional amendments.
In Oregon, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is equal to 8% of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval unless the initiative proposes changing vote requirements, then the initiative must be approved by the same supermajority requirement as proposed by the measure.
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Footnotes
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