Family medical leave
Federal Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA) and Paid Leave Oregon are three laws designed to provide you with job protection and time off work to care for yourself or a family member during a serious medical condition or other situation as outlined below.
Effective July 1, 2024, FMLA and OFLA have very different provisions. Paid Leave Oregon, however, may run concurrently with FMLA, depending on the situation.
Eligibility
You must have worked as a Reed employee for at least 180 days and at least 25 hours per week to qualify for OFLA. Generally, you may take up to 12 weeks of FMLA/OFLA leave during a 12 month rolling calendar year, starting from the first day of your leave, however in certain instances such as pregnancy, OFLA allows for more time off.
Reasons for taking protected leave
Pregnancy leave
Parental leave
Family member’s serious health condition leave
Employee’s serious health condition leave
Sick child leave
Call to active duty leave
Service member family leave
Bereavement leave
Leave for victims of sexual violence, sexual assault or stalking
Crime victims' leave
On the job injury or illness
For foreseeable leaves, provide at least 30 days advance notice. For unforeseeable leaves, provide notice as soon as practicable.
If circumstances change during your leave, notify your supervisor and human resources within three business days, or as soon as possible.
Pay and benefits during FMLA and OFLA leave
Many FMLA leaves will qualify for pay through Paid Leave Oregon, with sick pay being used to supplement this benefit.
While your leave is paid, you will receive holiday pay and you will continue to accrue sick time and vacation. If your leave is unpaid, you will not qualify for holidays and you will not accrue sick time and vacation.
While on an approved FMLA, OFLA, and/or Paid Leave Oregon leave, you will continue to receive benefits, provided you continue to pay your portion of the cost. When you exhaust your sick and vacation pay, you must make arrangements with human resources to pay your portion of benefit costs for the duration of your leave.
What is job protection?
Job protection means that when you return to work from FMLA/OFLA/Paid Leave Oregon, you will be reinstated to your former position. Generally, FMLA/OFLA/Paid Leave Oregon provide 12 weeks' job protection. If you exhaust protected leave and you are still unable to return to work, you may or may not be reinstated to your former position or any other position.
If your position was eliminated while you were on leave, you may or may not be reassigned to an equivalent position, if one is available.
Applying for a leave
Find more information regarding applying for a leave as well as the leave of absence request form on this page.
Additional information