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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><img width="185" height="60" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.gif@01D1333C.DAF35710"></span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">December 10, 2015<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CONTACT: Paloma Sparks at (971) 673-0841 or Charlie Burr, (971) 673-0788<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:black">BOLI announces</span></b>
<b><span style="color:black">sick time related seminars for employers <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="color:black">Seminars planned for Metro areas, Central, Southern and Eastern Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Compliance </span><span style="color:black">experts will hold the first seminar in December, followed by a series of statewide seminars in early 2016.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">“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.”
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Sick leave seminar 1: Portland<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Date: Friday, December 18<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Time: 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Location: Portland State Office Building, 800 NE Oregon, Room 1B, Portland (in the Lloyd District)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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
</span><a href="mailto:bolita@boli.state.or.us">bolita@boli.state.or.us</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="text-decoration:none">.
</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">Attendance at each is $25.</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Sick leave seminars, 2016</span></b><span style="color:black">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>January<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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January 6 Portland 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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1:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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January 20 Eugene 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
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1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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January 21 Medford 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
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1:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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January 22 Roseburg 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>February<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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February 8 Coos Bay 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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February 9 Florence 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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February 10 Lincoln City 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border:none;padding:0in;padding-top:1.0pt;padding-bottom:1.0pt;border-bottom:.5pt solid windowtext">
February 11 Tillamook 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border:none;padding:0in;padding-top:1.0pt;padding-bottom:1.0pt;border-bottom:.5pt solid windowtext">
February 12 Astoria 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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February 22 Portland 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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February 23 Ashland 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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February 23 Grants Pass 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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February 24 Klamath Falls 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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February 25 Bend 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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February 29 Ontario 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>March<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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March 1 Baker City 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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March 2 Enterprise 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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March 2 La Grande 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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March 3 Pendleton 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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March 4 The Dalles 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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March 10 Portland 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border:none;padding:0in;padding-top:1.0pt">March 16 Eugene 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">(Registration is open while locations are being secured and finalized. Interested employers can visit the agency’s Technical Assistance for Employers website
</span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/BOLI/TA/pages/index.aspx">here</a><span style="color:black">.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Final rules for Oregon leave can be found online
</span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/boli/TA/docs/2015%20Sick%20Time%20Rules.pdf">here</a><span style="color:black">. 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 </span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/BOLI/TA/pages/index.aspx">also available</a><span style="color:black"> from the agency’s Technical Assistance for Employers Program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Employers can contact the agency with sick time or other employment questions at (971) 673-0824.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">###<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Charlie Burr<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Communications Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 1045<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Portland, Oregon 97232<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tel: 971-673-0788<o:p></o:p></p>
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