The relationship between Paid Leave Oregon and existing company benefits is complicated, but employers generally get to decide whether — and how — the two interact.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Paid Leave Oregon officially launched this week, giving nearly all Oregonian workers the ability to take up to 12 weeks of paid leave per year for things like the birth of a child, a serious illness or a domestic violence situation. Participants receive state benefit payments in lieu of paychecks while they’re away. All eligible workers in Oregon began making 0.6% payroll contributions to the program fund at the start of this year, with big employers contributing another 0.4%.
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