Oregon Paid Family Leave

Oregon Family Leave Act

The Oregon Family Leave Act, passed in 1995, states that employers with 25 or more employees must provide their workers with job protected leave to care for themselves or family members in case of illiness, injury, childbirth and adoption.  To be eligible, the employee must be employed with the company for at 180 days prior to the lave  and work at least an average of 25 hours per way in the 180 day period.  For parental leave, you quality if you have work at the current employer for at least 180 days.  There is no min. hours requirement to satisfy.

Generally, employees are entitled to a maximum of 12 weeks of family leave within the employer's 12 month leave year.  A woman using pregnancy disability leave is entitled to 12 additional weeks of leave in the same leave year for any qualifying OFLA purpose.  A man or woman using a full 12 weeks of parental leave is entitled to take up to 12 additional weeks for purposes of sick child leave.

30 days advance notice is required unless the leave is due to an emergency.

Family leave is unpaid.  However employees can use their accrued vacation paid, sick and other paid leave to compensate their lost pay.

In all cases, the employer must return employees to their former job or equivalent job if the former position no longer exists.