[1] The current commissioner is Christina Stephenson replacing Val Hoyle who was elected to Oregon's 4th congressional district in 2022.

In 1903, the Oregon Legislative Assembly created the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Inspector of Factories and Workshops in response to public concerns about the effects industrialization on society.

[4] Val Hoyle was elected as the new BOLI Commissioner in 2018, after Avakian decided that he would not seek re-election.

The Commissioner serves as chief executive of the department-level Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, chairs the State Apprenticeship and Training Council, and acts as executive secretary of the Wage and Hour Commission.

[1] The Commissioner has enforcement responsibility for state laws prohibiting discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodation, and vocational, professional and trade schools, and may initiate a “commissioner’s complaint” on behalf of victims.