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\"House Bill 3022 would enable other state agencies to share information with us as we administer our programs,\" Karen Hamelba, director of Paid Leave Oregon at the Oregon Employment Department, told the committee.

Hamelba described five main components to the bill: 1) allow joint audits with the Department of Revenue of employers' combined quarterly payroll tax reports to reduce duplicate audits; 2) authorize the Department of Revenue to automatically share self‑employment income information with the Employment Department for people who opt into Paid Leave Oregon; 3) permit Revenue to share income information reported by employers to help verify employee versus independent contractor status; 4) align new‑hire reporting from the Department of Justice Division of Child Support so Paid Leave Oregon receives the same new‑hire information unemployment insurance already receives; and 5) allow the Department of Corrections and county jails to share confinement data that they already share with unemployment insurance programs to assist eligibility determinations.

Hamelba said the bill does not include employer reporting of Paid Leave Oregon contributions on W‑2s that had been in an earlier 2023 concept and that the Department of Revenue had raised concerns about during the prior session. \"This is not a new concept. This concept was brought up during the 2023 legislative session. At that time it was House Bill 2290,\" she said.

Lindsay Lakey, unemployment insurance division director at the Employment Department, said confidentiality statutes limit what the department can disclose and that the proposed sharing would be confined to the same statutory protections that currently apply to unemployment insurance data. \"We have a specific statute on confidentiality for unemployment insurance... so this information sharing, it will be confined underneath that statute,\" Lakey said.

Exane Culver, representing the Department of Revenue, told the committee the Revenue Department already captures the tax and reporting data described in the bill and can implement the data exchange using existing resources as drafted. \"Because it is simply sharing information we already capture, the Department is able to implement the data exchange with existing resources,\" Culver said.

Committee members asked about the purpose of sharing Department of Justice child‑support new‑hire data and about controls for data privacy and retention. Hamelba said the new‑hire information helps identify recently hired employees to reduce overpayments. Chair Graber asked the agencies to provide a more detailed response on data privacy controls to the committee following the hearing.

No committee vote was taken the day of the hearing; staff said a work session will be scheduled later.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Committee On Labor and Workplace Standards 01/27/2025","oneSentenceSummary","House Committee on Labor and Workplace Standards members received testimony Jan. 27 on House Bill 3022, a proposal to authorize specific state agencies to disclose information to the Oregon Employment Department to help administer Paid Leave Oregon and unemployment insurance.","taxTitle","Workplace Standards, House of Representatives, Committees, Legislative, Oregon","taxId",78401,"location","Oregon","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6366601,"Oregon bill would update Employment Department statutes to reflect Paid Leave Oregon",74,19000,93000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2159437-50e17f776cd331f2459b71fd404b152c&start=19&end=93","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2159437-50e17f776cd331f2459b71fd404b152c/thumbnail_19000.jpg","/articles/6366601/Oregon/Oregon-bill-would-update-Employment-Department-statutes-to-reflect-Paid-Leave-Oregon","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6366601-eaef6dc5a348088f2ad7b24e633e48e6/orig.mp4?Expires=1771168527&Signature=kmPAQbpIlpj~00T~UrpEUkH~KpXh7hf~GleoM2Ksw9dgB0xq1Pyjze92BlAf0ToeFyKSvU40GflzoZ~66i-8mMhq1CmqSWme2~tysif~3d3FBJNrxwIvFPEEocCegNevxuFHUNbP3V-eBlu9-h6GNF3r-WH5nxh1haQ6Zboi-O-tcjkcyTzU8tvZrcEDxqEVlFsgKZx2bSE-KINFqrAK~yxv2ShkDCQXuHsqYbGIZhEMhLfOIDX8s~6zD3pyferTTaX29LPGNVoBLPSSySFOhtJuimFPWGlJvseNnB-N52uekwSiAbx55TPUUvilTvCF9rVfL5v5~ZG4y1faOc5QHQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","House Committee on Labor and Workplace Standards Chair Graber presided over a public hearing Jan. 27 at which the Oregon Employment Department asked the committee to support House Bill 3021, a measure that would revise statutes the department administers to reflect current program responsibilities.

\"The main adjustment that we're seeking to make with this bill is to remove all references to the office of childcare, which hasn't been part of the employment department since 2013, and replace them with the paid leave Oregon program,\" David Gens, senior legislative adviser with the Oregon Employment Department, told the committee.

The bill would make six housekeeping updates to chapters of law the department administers, including Oregon Revised Statutes chapter 657 and 657B, department staff said. Gens also described a proposed provision to ensure that future state-law changes that do not conform with federal requirements would have no force or effect for federally funded programs the department administers.

Gens told the committee the changes reflect current practice, are consistent with existing terminology in other Oregon laws and would not create any fiscal impact. \"All the proposed changes included as part of House Bill 3021 are consistent with how OED is already administering our programs and they do not create any fiscal impact,\" he said.

Committee leadership did not take a vote at the hearing. Chair Graber said committee members may submit follow-up questions and that a work session on the measure will be scheduled later in the session.

The hearing was informational only; no committee action or vote was recorded during the Jan. 27 session.","At a Jan. 27 House Committee hearing, the Oregon Employment Department asked lawmakers to pass House Bill 3021 to remove outdated references to the Office of Childcare, add Paid Leave Oregon references and add a federal-conformity clause; presenters said the changes are administrative and have no fiscal impact.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6366591,"Bill would eliminate '8‑times' penalty for disqualified unemployment claimants while keeping requalification rule",196,704000,900000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2159437-50e17f776cd331f2459b71fd404b152c&start=704&end=900","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2159437-50e17f776cd331f2459b71fd404b152c/thumbnail_704000.jpg","/articles/6366591/Oregon/Bill-would-eliminate-8times-penalty-for-disqualified-unemployment-claimants-while-keeping-requalification-rule","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6366591-d830903c93422c7be139ab831abc5ca8/orig.mp4?Expires=1771168527&Signature=lwilBwn4787c4rYoq4kHzi6fH0BTUvlSGfGclW5scEDvWy8FLsD4whjwV7aaVv4wPmfAMHCllChv7vafp0LWjpimxJWN7nSY5rnQWtrPo4lZSpbJyZELp4JTYyR7PPOQUhqs4Jq3p2IpHlT1rJwkuLfayRD9PgZ2zD0kOqBHqG-YFRUEBBMVVJFyhmsE~czSgZv~ct0QXijCs6yTNLOy-TcLQi7DT-BmLlNJ8G4rWFcGqYMwDI~-~Q6gcGuZndychZEt0eDDECLK588P1wHYwqKIGAF0RB9D9Z3psLeWOhaIbsi-gqXBgMPWKiJnTlidgoA0jaq3rt8Ui5zLd56TYQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","House Committee on Labor and Workplace Standards members heard testimony Jan. 27 on House Bill 3024, which would remove the statutory penalty that reduces a requalified claimant's maximum unemployment benefit by eight times the weekly benefit amount.

\"House Bill 3024 would eliminate the penalty while leaving in place the requirement to requalify,\" Lindsey Lakey, division director for Unemployment Insurance at the Oregon Employment Department, told the committee. Lakey described current practice: when a claimant is disqualified for cause (for example, quitting without good cause or being fired for misconduct), the claimant must requalify by earning four times their weekly benefit amount in subsequent employment. Under current law, once they requalify they face an \"8 times\" penalty that reduces their total available weeks of benefits; Lakey said the bill would remove that penalty but keep the requalification requirement.

Lindsey Lakey explained the penalty's practical effect: \"Typically, this means that instead of 26 weeks of benefits to use in a 52 week period, the worker will only have 18 weeks... We refer to this as the 8 times penalty.\" She and other witnesses said the percentage of claimants who requalify and then claim benefits is relatively small and the department does not expect the change to meaningfully affect the unemployment trust fund or tax schedule forecasts. Lakey also said removing the penalty should speed adjudication and allow staff to devote time to other program work.

Committee members asked about program enforcement and work‑search audits. Lakey described that claimants must report weekly work‑search activity and that the department conducts audits and responds to tips and employer reports; she said random work‑search audits have been of limited value historically and that targeted tips or employer-provided lists are more productive.

Advocates from the Oregon Law Center supported the bill. \"When people lose their jobs... it's usually because something is not going well,\" Bridget Budbell of the Oregon Law Center told the committee, arguing the penalty reduces an important safety net while offering little deterrent value.

A committee question prompted Lakey to state a funding fact: \"Employees do not pay into unemployment insurance. It's completely funded by employer taxes.\" Chair Graber closed the hearing without a committee vote; a work session will be scheduled later in the session.","At a Jan. 27 hearing the Oregon Employment Department and legal-aid advocates supported House Bill 3024, which would remove an eight-times reduction penalty that reduces a claimant’s maximum benefit after disqualification; the bill would retain the requirement that claimants requalify by earning four times their weekly benefit amount.","actionData","errors"]

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