Legal Question in Business Law in Oregon

Living Where You Work

I am a resedant manager for an apartment complex in Oregon, it is required that I live on site, I have worked and lived here for almost a year and have paid more in rent then many of my tenants, I also use my apartment for an office this is also required by the people that I am employed with, I have an open and closed sign that hangs in my window every day, and also there is a sign on the front of the apartments that has manager and my apartment number, the only thing I have been reimbursed for is my phone, fax and internet, I guess my question is, should I have to pay rent? also can my company that I work for make me work so many hours and call it a rent credit show it on my check stub as a rent credit and an amount and take it out before taxes?


Asked on 1/05/08, 1:47 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Andrew Svitek Svitek Law Group, LLC

Re: Living Where You Work

I believe the answers are yes to both of your questions -- although I'd be interested to see how your contract reads. First, this is fundamentally a contract question: you both have agreed to do something (you to perform some work and they to compensate you). If it's not working out, you either renegotiate or get out but check whether the contact has a penalty.

An interesting issue comes up in these situation whether you're protected under "employment law" or "landlord tenant law" in the cases of termination/eviction. Perhaps an employment lawyer can determine if your employer is violating any employment laws in this arrangement, but the arrangement itself should not pose a problem.

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Answered on 1/07/08, 6:02 am


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