The Essential Guide to Family & Medical Leave

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Oregon
Family and Medical Leave (Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 659A.150 and following)
Covered Employers: Employers with at least 25 employees.
Eligible Employees
• Parental Leave: Employee must have worked at least 180 days for the
employer before leave is scheduled to begin.
• All Other Types of Leave: Employee must have worked at least 180 days
for the employer and at least 25 hours per week during the 180 days
immediately preceding the start of leave.
Types of Leave
• Parental Leave: For the birth or adoption of a child, or the placement of a
foster child.
• Serious Health Condition Leave: To care for a family member with a serious
health condition or for the employee’s own serious health condition.
• Pregnancy Disability Leave: For prenatal care or pregnancy disability.
• Sick Child Leave: To care for a sick child who does not have a serious health
condition but requires home care. Employer does not have to allow
employee to take sick child leave if another family member is willing and
able to care for the child.
Amount of Leave: Twelve weeks within any one-year period, with the following
additional entitlements:
• An employee who takes 12 weeks of any other leave may take an
additional 12 weeks of pregnancy disability leave.
• An employee who takes 12 weeks of parental leave may take an
additional 12 weeks of sick child leave.
• An employee may combine these entitlements to take up to 36 weeks of
leave: 12 for pregnancy disability, 12 for parental leave, and 12 for sick
child leave.
Two family members (including spouses) who work for the same employer
are each entitled to 12 weeks of leave, but the employer does not have to
allow them to take this leave at the same time unless (1) both have serious