ORS Chapter 657b — Family and Medical Leave

ORS 657b.015. (a) An eligible employee; (b) A self-employed individual; or (c) An employee of a tribal government. (10) Domestic partner means an individual joined in a domestic partnership. (11) Domestic partnership has the meaning given that term in ORS 106.310. (12) Eligible employee means: (a)(A) An employee who has earned at least $1,000 in wages during the base year; or (B) If an employee has not earned at least $1,000 in wages during the base year, an employee who has earned at least $1,000 in wages during the alternate base year; and (b) An employee to whom paid family and medical leave insurance benefits may be available under ORS 657B.015. (13) Eligible employees average weekly wage means an amount calculated by the Director of the Employment Department by dividing the total wages earned by an eligible employee during the base year by the number of weeks in the base year. (14)(a) Employee means: (A) An individual performing services for an employer for remuneration or under any contract of hire, written or oral, express or implied. (B) A home care worker as defined in ORS 410.600. (b) Employee does not include: (A) An independent contractor as defined in ORS 670.600. (B) A participant in a work training program administered under a state or federal assistance program. (C) A participant in a work-study program that provides students in secondary or postsecondary educational institutions with employment opportunities for financial assistance or vocational training. (D) A railroad worker exempted under the federal Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. (E) A volunteer. (F) A judge as defined in ORS 260.005. (G) A member of the Legislative Assembly. (H) A holder of public office as defined in ORS 260.005. (15)(a) Employer means any person that employs one or more employees working anywhere in this state or any agent or employee of such person to whom the duties of the person under this chapter have been delegated. (b) Employer includes: (A) A political subdivision of this state or any county, city, district, authority or public corporation, or any instrumentality of a county, city, district, authority or public corporation, organized and existing under law or charter; (B) An individual; (C) Any type of organization, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust, estate, joint stock company or insurance company; (D) Any successor in interest to an entity described in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph; (E) A trustee, trustee in bankruptcy or receiver; or (F) A trustee or legal representative of a deceased person. (c) Employer does not include the federal government or a tribal government. (16) Employment agency has the meaning given that term in ORS 658.005. (17) Family and medical leave insurance benefits means the wage replacement benefits that are available to a covered individual under ORS 657B.050 or under the terms of an employer plan approved under ORS 657B.210, for family leave, medical leave or safe leave. (18)(a) Family leave means leave from work taken by a covered individual: (A) To care for and bond with a child during the first year after the childs birth or during the first year after the placement of the child through foster care or adoption; or (B) To care for a family member with a serious health condition. (b) Family leave does not mean: (A) Leave described in ORS 659A.159 (1)(d); (B) Leave described in ORS 659A.159 (1)(e); or (C) Leave authorized under ORS 659A.093. (19) Family member means: (a) The spouse of a covered individual; (b) A child of a covered individual or the childs spouse or domestic partner; (c) A parent of a covered individual or the parents spouse or domestic partner; (d) A sibling or stepsibling of a covered individual or the siblings or stepsiblings spouse or domestic partner; (e) A grandparent of a covered individual or the grandparents spouse or domestic partner; (f) A grandchild of a covered individual or the grandchilds spouse or domestic partner; (g) The domestic partner of a covered individual; or (h) Any individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with a covered individual is the equivalent of a family relationship. (20) Medical leave means leave from work taken by a covered individual that is made necessary by the individuals own serious health condition. (21) Parent means: (a) A biological parent, adoptive parent, stepparent or foster parent of a covered individual; (b) A person who was a foster parent of a covered individual when the covered individual was a minor; (c) A person designated as the legal guardian of a covered individual at the time the covered individual was a minor or required a legal guardian; (d) A person with whom a covered individual was or is in a relationship of in loco parentis; or (e) A parent of a covered individuals spouse or domestic partner who meets a description under paragraphs (a) to (d) of this subsection. (22) Safe leave means leave taken for any purpose described in ORS 659A.272. (23) Self-employed individual means: (a) An individual who has self-employment income as defined in section 1402(b) of the Internal Revenue Code as amended and in effect on December 31, 2022; or (b) An independent contractor as defined in ORS 670.600. (24) Serious health condition has the meaning given that term in ORS 659A.150. (25) Third party administrator means a third party that enters into an agreement with the Director of the Employment Department to implement and administer the paid family and medical leave program established under this chapter. (26) Tribal government has the meaning given that term in ORS 181A.940. (27)(a) Wages has the meaning given that term in ORS 657.105. (b) Wages does not mean contribution amounts paid to the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund by an employer on behalf of an employee under ORS 657B.150 (5). [2019 c.700 2; 2021 c.388 10; 2021 c.456 29; 2022 c.24 1; 2022 c.83 29; 2023 c.171 29; 2023 c.292 11] Note: Section 16 (8), chapter 292, Oregon Laws 2023, provides: Sec. 16. (8) The amendments to ORS 657B.010 by section 11 of this 2023 Act apply to contributions paid and benefits made available on or after January 1, 2023. [2023 c.292 16(8); 2023 c.292 16a(8)] BENEFITS AND CLAIMS (Generally)