Under Oregon Governor Kate Brown’s Executive Order 21-15, the state of public health emergency due to COVID-19 will continue in Oregon until December 31, 2021, unless the governor extends the deadline or terminates the state...more
9/30/2021
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee's Childcare ,
Governor Brown ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Public Schools ,
Quarantine ,
School Closures ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws
On June 11, 2021, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed into law House Bill 2935, also known as the CROWN Act (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair), joining several other states in explicitly prohibiting...more
On June 8, 2021, Governor Kate Brown signed into law House Bill (HB) 2474, amending the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA) to update and expand the law’s eligibility and leave provisions. The amendments give eligibility to take...more
In the summer of 2019, Oregon enacted the Oregon Workplace Fairness Act (SB 726), which imposed sweeping new requirements on Oregon employers in response to the #MeToo movement. Although some of the law’s provisions took...more
During the summer of 2019, the Oregon legislature passed two bills broadening protections for pregnant and lactating employees, including extending lactation break requirements to apply to employers of all sizes, requiring...more
12/5/2019
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Pregnancy ,
State Labor Laws