2 rules apply together in Oregon. Each is listed with its own source; Juriset does not combine them.
Federal (United States): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Effective from .
State (Oregon): Oregon Sick Time (paid sick time, ORS 653.601 to 653.661) (paid). Oregon Sick Time (unpaid sick time, ORS 653.601 to 653.661) (unpaid). Paid Leave Oregon (Family and Medical Leave Insurance, ORS chapter 657B) (paid). Domestic Workers' Protection Act paid personal leave (ORS 653.547) (paid). Effective from .
Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Programs
Name
Family and Medical Leave Act
Paid
no
Condition
Unpaid, job-protected leave with continuation of group health benefits. Up to 12 workweeks in a 12-month period for qualifying family and medical reasons; up to 26 workweeks in a single 12-month period of military caregiver leave. Covered employers: private-sector employers with 50 or more employees in 20 or more workweeks in the current or previous calendar year; public agencies and local educational agencies regardless of the number of employees. Eligible employees: at least 12 months with the employer, at least 1,250 hours of service in the 12 months before leave, and work at a location where the employer has at least 50 employees within 75 miles. The employer chooses the 12-month period method (29 CFR 825.200(b)).
The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for qualifying family and medical reasons and requires continuation of their group health benefits under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave. … For eligible employees, up to 12 workweeks of leave in a 12-month period for any of the following qualifying reasons: … An eligible employee who is the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness may take up to 26 workweeks of leave during a single 12-month period to care for the servicemember. … Private-sector employers who employ 50 or more employees in 20 or more workweeks in either the current calendar year or the previous calendar year,
Public agencies (including federal, state, and local government employers), regardless of the number of employees, and … Work for a covered employer for at least 12 months,
Have at least 1,250 hours of service with the employer during the 12 months before their FMLA leave starts, and
Work at a location where the employer has at least 50 employees within 75 miles.
State: Oregon
Oregon Sick Time (paid sick time, ORS 653.601 to 653.661) (paid). Oregon Sick Time (unpaid sick time, ORS 653.601 to 653.661) (unpaid). Paid Leave Oregon (Family and Medical Leave Insurance, ORS chapter 657B) (paid). Domestic Workers' Protection Act paid personal leave (ORS 653.547) (paid).
Version 2 · effective from · verified on
Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Programs
Name
Oregon Sick Time (paid sick time, ORS 653.601 to 653.661)
Paid
yes
Condition
Paid when the employer employs at least 10 employees working anywhere in Oregon, or at least six if the employer is located in a city with a population exceeding 500,000 (Portland). Accrual of at least one hour for every 30 hours worked or 1-1/3 hours for every 40 hours worked; employers may limit accrual to 40 hours per year, or may front-load at least 40 hours at the beginning of each year. Use may be limited to 40 hours in a year. Up to 40 hours of unused sick time carries over; total accrual may be capped at 80 hours. Accrual starts on the first day of employment; use begins on the 91st calendar day of employment. Paid at the employee's regular rate of pay. 'Year' includes any consecutive 12-month period.
Funded by
employer
Annual max
40
Leave type
sick
Annual max unit
hours
Employer size min
10
Accrual hours earned
1
Accrual per hours worked
30
Name
Oregon Sick Time (unpaid sick time, ORS 653.601 to 653.661)
Paid
no
Condition
Applies to employers that employ fewer than 10 employees working anywhere in Oregon (fewer than six for employers located in a city with a population exceeding 500,000). Accrual of at least one hour of unpaid sick time for every 30 hours worked or 1-1/3 hours for every 40 hours worked; employers may limit accrual to 40 hours per year, or front-load at least 40 hours. Use may be limited to 40 hours in a year. Use begins on the 91st calendar day of employment.
Annual max
Upcoming changes
No published changes are waiting to take effect.
Change history
Federal: United States
Version
Effective
Published
Change
Value
3in effect
new
paid_leave in us: version 3, effective 2026-10-24, published (new)
Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid).
State: Oregon
Version
Effective
Published
Change
Value
2in effect
new
paid_leave in us-or: version 2, effective 2026-10-24, published (new)
Oregon Sick Time (paid sick time, ORS 653.601 to 653.661) (paid). Oregon Sick Time (unpaid sick time, ORS 653.601 to 653.661) (unpaid). Paid Leave Oregon (Family and Medical Leave Insurance, ORS chapter 657B) (paid). Domestic Workers' Protection Act paid personal leave (ORS 653.547) (paid).
An employer is permitted to choose any one of the following methods for determining the 12-month period in which the 12 weeks of leave entitlement described in paragraph (a) of this section occurs:
(1) The calendar year;
(2) Any fixed 12-month leave year, such as a fiscal year, a year required by State law, or a year starting on an employee's anniversary date;
(3) The 12-month period measured forward from the date any employee's first FMLA leave under paragraph (a) begins; or,
(4) A “rolling” 12-month period measured backward from the date an employee uses any FMLA leave as described in paragraph (a).
Paid Leave Oregon (Family and Medical Leave Insurance, ORS chapter 657B)
Paid
yes
Condition
Up to 12 weeks of benefits per benefit year for family leave, medical leave or safe leave in any combination; up to two additional weeks for limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition, not to exceed 14 weeks per benefit year. Benefit year is 52 consecutive weeks (53 in certain cases) beginning on the Sunday immediately preceding the date leave commences. Eligible employee must have earned at least $1,000 in wages during the base year (or alternate base year). Weekly benefit is 100 percent of the employee's average weekly wage if it is 65 percent or less of the state average weekly wage; otherwise 65 percent of the average weekly wage plus 50 percent of the employee's average weekly wage above 65 percent of the average weekly wage; maximum 120 percent and minimum 5 percent of the average weekly wage. Job protection applies only to an eligible employee employed by the employer for at least 90 days before taking leave.
Funded by
public_insurance
Annual max
12
Leave type
family_medical
Job protected
yes
Annual max unit
weeks
Name
Domestic Workers' Protection Act paid personal leave (ORS 653.547)
Paid
yes
Condition
If the domestic worker worked an average of at least 30 hours per week during the previous year, provide the domestic worker with at least three paid personal leave days off.
Employees earn at least 1 hour of protected sick time for every 30 hours of work, up to 40 hours per year. (Employers can choose to front-load at least 40 hours of sick time at the beginning of the year.)
Protected sick leave is also paid time when an employer has 10 or more Oregon employees (six or more if they have a location in Portland).
Employers that employ at least 10 employees working anywhere in this state shall implement a sick time policy that allows an employee to accrue at least one hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours the employee works or 1-1/3 hours for every 40 hours the employee works. Employers may limit the number of hours of paid sick time that employees may accrue to 40 hours per year. … Employers that employ fewer than 10 employees working anywhere in this state shall implement a sick time policy that allows an employee to accrue at least one hour of unpaid sick time for every 30 hours the employee works or 1-1/3 hours for every 40 hours the employee works. … The employee may carry over up to 40 hours of unused sick time from one year to a subsequent year. … May adopt a policy that limits an employee to using no more than 40 hours of sick time in a year. … An employee is eligible to use sick time beginning on the 91st calendar day of employment with the employer and may use sick time as it is accrued. … An employer that employs 10 or more employees working anywhere in this state shall pay an employee for accrued sick time used at the regular rate of pay of the employee. … If an employer located in a city with a population exceeding 500,000 employs at least six employees working anywhere in this state, the employer shall implement a policy consistent with this section as it applies to employers with at least 10 employees working anywhere in this state. … If the domestic worker worked an average of at least 30 hours per week during the previous year, provide the domestic worker with at least three paid personal leave days off.
Supporting source:ORS Chapter 657B - Family and Medical Leave Insurance, 657B.020 (supports programs[2].name, programs[2].paid, programs[2].leave_type, programs[2].annual_max, programs[2].annual_max_unit, programs[2].condition, programs[2].service_tiers, programs[2].employer_size_min, programs[2].accrual_hours_earned, programs[2].accrual_per_hours_worked, programs[2].vacation_pay_percent, programs[2].eligibility_service_months, programs[2].funded_by, programs[2].job_protected)
A covered individual may qualify for up to 12 weeks of family and medical leave insurance benefits per benefit year … a covered individual may qualify for up to two additional weeks of benefits for limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition, including but not limited to lactation, for a total amount of leave under this subsection and subsection (1) of this section, not to exceed 14 weeks per benefit year. … An employee who has earned at least $1,000 in wages during the base year … all employers and employees shall contribute to the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund established under ORS 657B.430. … If the eligible employee’s average weekly wage is equal to or less than 65 percent of the average weekly wage, the employee’s weekly benefit amount shall be 100 percent of the employee’s average weekly wage. … A maximum weekly benefit amount of 120 percent of the average weekly wage. … A minimum weekly benefit amount of five percent of the average weekly wage. … an eligible employee is entitled to be restored to the position of employment held by the employee when the leave commenced … The protections provided under this section apply only to an eligible employee who was employed by the employer for at least 90 days before taking leave described under subsection (1) of this section.