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Bereavement Leave
State: Oregon
Subject: Family and Medical Leave, Job-Protected Leave
Bill: H.B. 2950
Sponsor: Keny-Guyer (D)
Date Introduced: 02/18/2013
Referred to Committee on Business & Labor: 02/25/2013
Public hearing in Committee on Business & Labor: 03/15/2013
Passed House, sent to Senate: 04/15/2013
Summary:
Amends Oregon's family leave law to allow eligible workers to take up to two weeks of unpaid leave to deal with the death of a family member. Workers must take bereavement leave within three months after the death of the family member or the discovery of the death of the family member. The leave taken is counted toward the worker's 12 weeks of leave allowed under Oregon's family leave law.
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