Kling v. Exxon Corp.

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• explaining that an employer’s showing of good faith does not preclude finding of willful failure to pay wages due on termination of employment
• “The term ‘wilful,’ as it appears in ORS 652.150, [authorizing penalties against employers who wilfully fail to pay wages] means that the employer knew what it was doing, intended to do it and was a free agent.”
• employer unsuccessfully argued that payment on its regularly scheduled payroll date should excuse a penalty under the statute, even where the employer also paid the employee for days he didn't work between his termination and the receipt of his paycheck

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