Or. Admin. Code § 839-009-0230

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024

Section 839-009-0230 - OFLA: Purposes for Taking Leave

Eligible employees may take OFLA leave for the purposes referred to as child placement leave, pregnancy disability leave, sick child leave, and bereavement leave.

(1) Child placement leave is leave taken under OFLA before January 1, 2025, to effectuate the legal process required for placement of a foster child or the adoption of a child.

(2) Pregnancy disability leave is leave taken by an employee for their own disability related to pregnancy, including pregnancy termination or childbirth, whether the disability occurs before, during or after the birth of the child, or for prenatal care, including fertility or infertility treatment.

(3) Sick child leave is leave taken to care for an employee's child suffering from an illness, injury, or condition that requires home care.

(a) Sick child leave includes leave to care for an employee's child whose school or child care provider has been closed in conjunction with a statewide public health emergency declared by a public health official.

(b) An employer is not required to grant OFLA leave for routine medical or dental appointments.

(4) Bereavement leave is leave taken to deal with the death of a family member and includes leave taken to attend the funeral or alternative to a funeral of the family member, to make arrangements necessitated by the death of the family member, or to grieve the death of the family member.

Or. Admin. Code § 839-009-0230

BL 2-1995, f. 9-8-95, cert. ef. 9-9-95; BLI 5-2000, f. & cert. ef. 2-1-00; BLI 10-2002, f. & cert. ef. 5-17-02; BLI 16-2013, f. & cert. ef. 12-31-13; BLI 5-2015, f. & cert. ef. 5/18/2015; BLI 8-2015, f. & cert. ef. 6/24/2015; BLI 4-2020, temporary amend filed 03/18/2020, effective 03/18/2020 through 09/13/2020; BLI 7-2020, amend filed 09/11/2020, effective 9/14/2020; BLI 14-2022, minor correction filed 09/20/2022, effective 9/20/2022; BLI 9-2024, amend filed 03/01/2024, effective 3/2/2024; BLI 15-2024, amend filed 06/28/2024, effective 7/1/2024

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 659A.805 & ORS 651.060

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 659A.150 - 659A.186