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Paid Leave Oregon: state reports broad early takeup, $931 average weekly benefit and healthy trust fund reserve
Summary
Karen Hummelba, director of Paid Leave Oregon, told the Senate committee Tuesday that the new paid‑leave program has seen substantial early use and is financing benefits from contributions currently set at 1 percent of payroll.
Karen Hummelba, director of Paid Leave Oregon at the Oregon Employment Department, briefed the Senate Committee on Early Childhood and Behavioral Health Tuesday on the new paid‑leave program and bonding (parental) leave statistics.
Hummelba said the program began accepting claims in September 2023 and provides up to 12 weeks of paid leave in a benefit year for qualifying events (medical leave, family leave, bonding leave, safe leave and pre‑placement leave for prospective adoptive or foster parents). Birthing parents with pregnancy‑related limitations may receive up to 14 weeks. Benefit years begin on a claimant’s first day of…
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