Oregon Family Leave Act Health Benefits Provision Amended: Employment Law Manual Updated, Legal Timetable Added

Author: Gloria Ju

Currently, the Oregon Family Leave Act does not require an employer to continue to provide employee health benefits during a period of family leave unless required under an agreement between the employer and the employee, a collective bargaining agreement or an employer policy. Effective January 1, 2016, an employee may continue group health insurance coverage during a period of family leave on the same terms as if the employee had continued to work. The employee must continue to make any regular contributions to the cost of the health insurance premiums during the leave that he or she was making prior to the leave.

In light of this development, the FMLA: Oregon section of the Employment Law Manual has been updated and a Legal Timetable entry has been added.