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Committee hears informational bills to refine Paid Leave Oregon administration and debt authority

2149400 · January 21, 2025
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Summary

Committee members heard multiple informational measures and a committee omnibus amendment to make technical and administrative changes to Paid Leave Oregon and related statutes.

The Senate Committee on Labor and Business held informational hearings on multiple bills and committee drafting related to Paid Leave Oregon and the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA).

Senate Bill 69 (committee omnibus, dash-1 amendment). Committee staff explained the dash-1 amendment is an omnibus, largely technical package developed after inter-branch and interim work. Josh Nasby of the Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) said sections 1–2 transfer rulemaking authority over job-protection, discrimination and retaliation rules from the Employment Department to BOLI so that the enforcement agency adopts rules related to enforcement. Section 3 pauses the running of statutes of limitation while an administrative appeal is pending; section 4 clarifies sick-child leave is limited to minors or persons who meet the definition of a person with a disability; section 5 narrows a 30-day notice requirement to…

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