Oregon law requires employers to provide employees with itemized wage statements on regular paydays. Such statements must include details, such as date of payment, dates of work covered, employee’s name, employer’s name and...more
7/7/2025
/ BOLI ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Transparency ,
Payroll Deductions ,
Penalties ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage Deductions ,
Wage Statements
Paid Leave Oregon is a wage replacement benefit program administered by the Oregon Employment Department meant to compensate employees who need to take time off work to care for and bond with a child following the child’s...more
On March 20, 2024, Governor Tina Kotek signed into law Senate Bill 1515, which eliminated some qualifying reasons for leave under the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA) that overlapped with qualifying reasons for leave under Paid...more
Governor Tina Kotek is expected to sign the bill into law a bill that would eliminate most qualifying reasons for an employee’s protected leave under the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA) that are now covered under the state’s...more
On January 12, 2024, the Oregon Employment Department (OED) promulgated new regulations to clarify its procedures and criteria for implementing Paid Leave Oregon. As discussed further below, these regulations relate to...more
1/30/2024
/ Administrative Appeals ,
Domestic Violence ,
Employee Benefits ,
Hate Crimes ,
New Regulations ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Paid Leave ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Safe Leave ,
Sexual Assault ,
Stalking ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
On June 7, 2023, Governor Tina Kotek signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 999, a measure that will more closely align certain provisions of Paid Leave Oregon with the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA)....more
Oregon employers with collective bargaining agreements (CBA) have until March 31, 2023, to begin deducting employee contributions to Paid Leave Oregon, the Paid Leave Oregon Advisory Committee clarified on March 1, 2023....more
Beginning on January 1, 2023, Oregon will join Washington and eleven other states in providing paid family leave to all employees.
As Oregon employers prepare for the implementation of paid family leave, questions...more
In 2019, the Oregon Legislative Assembly passed the Paid Family Medical Leave Act, which established a paid family and medical leave insurance (PFMLI) program for Oregon employees. PFMLI provides an employee with compensated...more
In 2019, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed the Workplace Fairness Act (OWFA), which took full effect as of October 1, 2020. Among other things, the law prohibits employers from requiring employees to enter into agreements...more