NEWS RELEASE: BOLI announces sick time-related seminars for employers
Burr, Charlie
charlie.burr at state.or.us
Thu Dec 10 11:21:04 PST 2015
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For Immediate Release
December 10, 2015
CONTACT: Paloma Sparks at (971) 673-0841 or Charlie Burr, (971) 673-0788
BOLI announces sick time related seminars for employers
Seminars planned for Metro areas, Central, Southern and Eastern Oregon
PORTLAND, OR-The Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) will hold a series of sick time-related seminars starting in December so that employers can learn about Oregon's new requirements set to take effect next year, the agency announced today.
Passed by the 2015 Oregon Legislature, SB 454 expands access to sick time for hundreds of thousands of workers who currently do not have access to any paid time off when they're ill or caring for a sick child or spouse.
Compliance experts will hold the first seminar in December, followed by a series of statewide seminars in early 2016.
"Oregon's new sick time law will strengthen the health and economic security of thousands of working families around the state," said Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian. "We're committed to implementing the law in a way that works for employers and employees alike and hope that these seminars will prepare workplaces around the state for the new protections."
Sick leave seminar 1: Portland
Date: Friday, December 18
Time: 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location: Portland State Office Building, 800 NE Oregon, Room 1B, Portland (in the Lloyd District)
Registration for the December seminar is closed, but additional seminars from January to March will help employers navigate Oregon's new protections. To reserve a spot, employers can email the agency at bolita at boli.state.or.us<mailto:bolita at boli.state.or.us>. Attendance at each is $25.
Sick leave seminars, 2016:
January
January 6 Portland 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
1:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
January 20 Eugene 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
January 21 Medford 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
1:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
January 22 Roseburg 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
February
February 8 Coos Bay 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
February 9 Florence 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
February 10 Lincoln City 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
February 11 Tillamook 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
February 12 Astoria 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
February 22 Portland 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
February 23 Ashland 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
February 23 Grants Pass 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
February 24 Klamath Falls 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
February 25 Bend 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
February 29 Ontario 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
March
March 1 Baker City 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
March 2 Enterprise 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
March 2 La Grande 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
March 3 Pendleton 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
March 4 The Dalles 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
March 10 Portland 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
March 16 Eugene 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
(Registration is open while locations are being secured and finalized. Interested employers can visit the agency's Technical Assistance for Employers website here<http://www.oregon.gov/BOLI/TA/pages/index.aspx>.)
Final rules for Oregon leave can be found online here<http://www.oregon.gov/boli/TA/docs/2015%20Sick%20Time%20Rules.pdf>. Additional fact sheets, sample sick time accrual notice templates, sick leave notice posters for employees (that, while not mandatory, can satisfy notice requirements), and other resources are also available<http://www.oregon.gov/BOLI/TA/pages/index.aspx> from the agency's Technical Assistance for Employers Program.
A diverse advisory committee comprised of employers, labor organizations, legislators, agricultural and farm sector representatives, and family policy advocates assisted BOLI in the rulemaking process.
Employers can contact the agency with sick time or other employment questions at (971) 673-0824.
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Charlie Burr
Communications Director
Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries
800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 1045
Portland, Oregon 97232
Tel: 971-673-0788
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