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Apr 02 2024
Leave LawsOregonWebinar

WEBINAR 5/15: Changes to Oregon Family Leave Act & Paid Leave Oregon

                    Significant changes to OFLA and PLO take effect on 7/1/24. These changes aim to simplify leave administration for Oregon employers by addressing overlaps between the two laws. QUESTIONS WE’LL COVER What types of leave are available under the “new” OFLA? How has PLO changed? How…

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Mar 11 2024
Leave LawsOregon

OREGON: Major leave changes will eliminate OFLA and PLO overlap

The Oregon legislature has passed SB 1515, which makes major changes to the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA), and minor changes to Paid Leave Oregon (PLO), in an effort to eliminate the overlap between the two leave laws. The governor is expected to sign the bill. Most leaves that are currently covered by both OFLA…

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Aug 24 2023
Leave LawsOregon

OREGON: Paid Leave Oregon bill addresses use of accrued leave

On July 13, 2023, Governor Tina Kotek signed into law a bill that makes numerous amendments to the Paid Leave Oregon statute, including clarification on the use of company-provided accrued paid leave. Effective on September 24, 2023, SB 913 removes language that indicated the use of any accrued paid leave to supplement Paid Leave Oregon…

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Aug 17 2023
Leave LawsOregonWebinar

8/3 WEBINAR RECORDING: Paid Leave Oregon

Starting on September 3, 2023, Oregon employees will be able to apply for benefits under Oregon’s Paid Leave Oregon program. Are you ready? If not, you’re not alone. The law created a lot of questions. In particular: What are my obligations as an employer? How does this work with existing legally required protected leaves such…

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Apr 20 2023
Leave LawsOregon

OREGON: Changes likely to OFLA and Paid Leave Oregon

Employers should brace for likely changes to the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA) and Paid Leave Oregon (also called paid family and medical leave insurance, or PFMLI), which the 2023 legislature is considering in order to partially align the two laws. Normally we don’t report on proposed legislation because so much can change in the…

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Mar 16 2023
Leave LawsOregonWorkers’ Comp

OREGON Q&A: Track OFLA after workers’ comp claim is denied

Question: We have an Oregon employee who has been off work due to an injury for 10 weeks. The employee claimed that the injury was work related, so we didn’t count the time off under OFLA. But our workers compensation carrier recently denied the claim. Now that the claim isn’t covered by workers' compensation do…

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Mar 16 2023
CaliforniaCOVID-19Oregon

Healthcare masking to end April 3, 2023, in CA, OR, and WA

Wearing a mask in healthcare settings will no longer be required in California, Oregon, or Washington as of April 3, 2023. The announcements from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Oregon Health Authority (OHA), and the Washington Department of Health (DOH) all say that masks are still recommended, and healthcare providers are free to…

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Mar 02 2023
Leave LawsOregon

OREGON: OFLA eligibility returns to normal as health emergency ends

Oregon’s declared public health emergency due to RSV is set to expire at 12:01 a.m. on March 6, 2023, so eligibility for leave under the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA) will return to normal on that date. As we previously reported, Governor Kate Brown’s public health emergency declaration temporarily shrank the minimum length of employment…

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Feb 02 2023
Employee ClassificationsOregonWage and Hour

Minimum salary for noncompete agreements rises in 2023

Employers in Oregon and Washington who use noncompetition agreements must review enforceability requirements and increased minimum salary thresholds annually in order to ensure that their contracts remain legally enforceable at the time of separation from employment. Oregon: For valid noncompete agreements signed on or after January 1, 2022, the minimum gross salary for separated workers…

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Jan 05 2023
OregonWage and Hour

OREGON: No pay due for security screening time

The Oregon Supreme Court recently ruled that Oregon wage and hour law is consistent with federal law in not requiring employees to be paid for time spent in mandatory security screenings at the end of their shifts because the screening activity wasn’t integral and indispensable to their principal work activities. As we previously reported, in…

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Nov 03 2022
Leave LawsOregonQ&A

Q&A: Assess how to report PFML wages for multistate employees

Question: Our company is located in Oregon, and we have an employee who works in person two days a week at our facility in Portland. The employee teleworks the rest of the week from their residence in Vancouver, Washington. Should we report their wages to the paid family and medical leave (PFML) program in Oregon…

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Oct 20 2022
OregonTermination & ResignationWage and Hour

OREGON: Owners and managers can be personally liable

The Oregon Court of Appeals recently ruled that a person making decisions on behalf of a business entity employer can be held personally liable for aiding, abetting, or inciting a violation of Oregon’s discrimination statutes. Two restaurant servers filed a class-action lawsuit alleging that their employer’s tip-pooling arrangement violated Oregon law. The employees alleged that…

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