ORS 653.601 mandates paid sick leave statewide, and Paid Leave Oregon under ORS Chapter 657B provides paid family and medical leave benefits.
Oregon's paid sick leave law, ORS 653.601 to 653.661, requires employers with 10 or more employees (6 in Portland) to provide one hour of paid sick leave per 30 hours worked, up to 40 hours annually. Smaller employers must provide unpaid sick time. Paid Leave Oregon, codified in ORS Chapter 657B and operational since September 2023, offers up to 12 weeks of paid family, medical, or safe leave funded through joint employer-employee contributions. ORS 653.661 preempts most local sick-leave ordinances except certain pre-existing programs. The Bureau of Labor and Industries and the Employment Department share enforcement.
BOLI may assess back pay, civil penalties, and reinstatement for employees denied lawful leave benefits.
Salem, OR
Salem designates public parking spaces for electric vehicle charging. Those spaces are reserved exclusively for vehicles that are actively charging. Paying t...
Salem, OR
Salem Revised Code Chapter 102 prohibits vehicles from remaining parked on the same public street block for more than 24 consecutive hours. Overnight parking...
Salem, OR
Salem has no city ordinance setting a specific defensible-space distance (e.g., 30 or 100 feet). Tall grass, brush, and dead vegetation can be abated as a pu...
Salem, OR
Salem adopts the Oregon Fire Code (OFC) in SRC Chapter 58, which incorporates OFC Chapter 61 and NFPA 58 standards governing LP-gas and propane storage, hand...
Salem, OR
Salem declares overgrown weeds and tall grass a public nuisance under SRC Chapter 98. Property owners must maintain vegetation to prevent it from becoming a ...
Salem, OR
Salem encourages home composting and offers curbside yard-debris collection. SRC Chapter 47 governs solid waste and yard debris. No permit is required for ba...
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