Tag Archives: Paid Leave

Oregon insiders: Who’s who in and around state government

Oregon Senate Democrats this week chose Kathleen Taylor, D-Portland, as their new majority leader. Taylor will take over July 15 when Majority Leader Kate Lieber, D-Beaverton, becomes co-chair of the Legislature’s Joint Ways & Means Committee. The other caucus officers remain the same, including Janeen Sollman, D-Hillsboro, as deputy majority leader. Serena Stoudamire Wesley will join […]
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Opinion: How Oregon’s new paid leave and family leave rules will affect employers

Summer is always a hot time for time off requests, and this summer Oregon employers face a new set of challenges adapting to recent changes to the Oregon Family Leave Act and Paid Leave Oregon, effective as of July 1. These changes, which modify family and medical leave rules, are the result of legislation passed […]
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New Oregon laws take effect July 1. Here’s what will change

A handful of new Oregon laws are set to take effect July 1, and there are a couple that stand out for their potential to quickly have far reaching impacts for Oregonians: a new data privacy policy and an update to the state’s Family Medical Leave Act to curtail some areas where it overlaps with the […]
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Oregon Employment Dept. announces 2024-25 minimum, maximum weekly unemployment and paid leave benefits

The Oregon Employment Department announced Thursday the 2024-25 minimum and maximum weekly benefit amounts for Unemployment Insurance and Paid Leave Oregon. By law, the department calculates the minimum and maximum benefit amounts once a year. These calculations are based on Oregon’s State Average Weekly Wage and are generally effective from July 1 through June 30 […]
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Oregon Employment Department making changes to improve service

The Oregon Employment Department director acknowledged inferior customer service with hundreds of phone calls on hold for more than an hour and delays in delivering first unemployment payments, but said the agency hopes to make progress with additional hires this summer. “We know that each person that is waiting is an individual that needs our […]
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Oregon Employment Department director on major online claim system setbacks

OED Director David Gerstenfeld was on Eye on Northwest Politics this week. In March, the Oregon Employment Department (OED) rolled out a new online claim system called Frances Online. However, things haven’t worked out the way they’d hoped. Thousands of Oregonians seeking unemployment or paid leave benefits have had trouble navigating the system, getting anybody to answer […]
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Frances Online Unemployment Insurance, Paid Leave Oregon benefits update

The Oregon Employment Department (OED) is now in its ninth week of using Frances Online for Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits. In that time, the new system has paid out $111.3 million dollars in benefits, and there has been a significant increase in customers successfully using Frances Online. Source: Frances Online Unemployment Insurance, Paid Leave Oregon […]
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Oregon’s top police trooper on leave following Amber Alert shooting 

Superintendent Casey Codding, who leads the Oregon State Police, is one of three troopers on administrative leave after he fired his service weapon Tuesday amid a high-speed chase on Interstate 5 near Eugene. Codding was among the troopers who responded after police in Oregon identified a former Washington state police and school resource officer who […]
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Relief for Oregon unemployment claim delays could take ‘several months’ to kick in

When Caryne Mount lost her job as a sales representative for a sewing machine company in February, the Grants Pass resident promptly filed for unemployment benefits, received two checks, then found herself in limbo. The state switched to a new computer system for processing claims last month and placed her claim “in suspense.” The Oregon […]
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Editorial: Too little known about Oregon’s paid leave | Opinion |

Oregon’s Employment Department is saying the right things about the state’s new paid leave program, Paid Leave Oregon. But what it is showing Oregonians about its performance is too meek and its excuses seem anemic. Is the program riven with fraud? Is it working well? Source: Editorial: Too little known about Oregon’s paid leave | […]
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