Note: Sections 50, 51 and 63 (1)(b), chapter 700, Oregon Laws 2019, provide:
Sec. 50. Review of department expenses. Beginning January 1, 2024, and not more than once each year for three consecutive calendar years thereafter, the Director of the Employment Department shall conduct a review of the expenses incurred by the Employment Department in reviewing plans for approval under ORS 657B.210, including an analysis of adequacy of the application fee determined by the department and administrative expenses related to request for review of determinations regarding approval or denial of applications as provided under ORS 657B.410. [2019 c.700 §50; 2021 c.639 §2]
Sec. 51. Director of Employment Department to report to legislature on progress of program implementation. (1)(a) The Director of the Employment Department shall submit to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to workforce or business and labor, in the manner provided in ORS 192.245, reports summarizing the Employment Department’s progress toward implementing the family and medical leave insurance program described in ORS chapter 657B.
(b) The director shall submit the first report not later than February 15, 2020, and a second report not later than September 1, 2022.
(2) Beginning on July 1, 2024, and once during each of the following three consecutive biennia, the director shall, to the extent that the director has acquired the information, submit to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to workforce or business and labor, in the manner provided in ORS 192.245, a report that includes:
(a) The total number of claims submitted under ORS 657B.090.
(b) The number of claims allowed under ORS 657B.100 and the number of claims denied under ORS 657B.100.
(c) The total amount of benefits paid out of the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund established under ORS 657B.430.
(d) Data regarding the use of moneys in the fund, the solvency of the fund and the balance of the fund.
(e) The amount of contributions collected under ORS 657B.150.
(f) The number of applications for plan approval submitted under ORS 657B.210, including the number of plans approved and the costs the department incurred in reviewing such applications.
(g) The number of applications received by the department for employer assistance and the total amounts awarded in grants under ORS 657B.200.
(h) The director shall include in the reports described in this subsection any recommendations made by the advisory committee under ORS 657B.380. [2019 c.700 §51; 2021 c.639 §3]
Sec. 63. (1)(b) ORS 657B.015, 657B.020, 657B.025, 657B.030, 657B.050, 657B.060, 657B.090, 657B.100, 657B.120 and 657B.200 become operative on September 3, 2023. [2019 c.700 §63(1)(b); 2021 c.30 §1(1)(b); 2021 c.639 §6a(1)(b)]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment
Chapter 657B - Family and Medical Leave Insurance
Section 657B.005 - Legislative findings.
Section 657B.010 - Definitions.
Section 657B.015 - Benefit eligibility.
Section 657B.020 - Qualifying purposes for benefits; duration of benefits.
Section 657B.025 - Coordination of leave.
Section 657B.040 - Notice to employers prior to commencing leave; exceptions.
Section 657B.060 - Job protection; benefits; discrimination prohibited.
Section 657B.070 - Denying leave; discrimination and retaliation prohibited; remedies for violation.
Section 657B.080 - False statements or failure to report material fact by employer.
Section 657B.090 - Claim for benefits; leave increment requirements.
Section 657B.110 - Continuous jurisdiction of director; reconsideration of previous decisions.
Section 657B.175 - Effect of place of performance of service.
Section 657B.180 - Unlawful practices of employer.
Section 657B.190 - Employer’s security for payment of contributions.
Section 657B.200 - Employer assistance grants; eligibility; rules.
Section 657B.210 - Equivalent plans, generally; rules; fee.
Section 657B.230 - Application for reapproval of plan.
Section 657B.240 - Withdrawal from plan; handling of employee deductions.
Section 657B.250 - Portability of benefits and retention of eligibility status between jobs.
Section 657B.290 - Filing of lien statement or warrant.
Section 657B.310 - Release, compromise or satisfaction of lien.
Section 657B.350 - Third party administrator; agreements; oversight by director.
Section 657B.360 - Determining number of employees employed by employer; replacement workers; rules.
Section 657B.380 - Advisory committee; membership; terms.
Section 657B.390 - Employment records; inspection.
Section 657B.400 - Confidentiality of information.
Section 657B.410 - Appeals process, generally; process subject to judicial review.
Section 657B.420 - Appeals of decisions under equivalent employer plan; rules.
Section 657B.430 - Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund.
Section 657B.440 - Employer required to provide notice advising employees of rights and duties.
Section 657B.460 - Construction of chapter.
Section 657B.470 - Preemption of local laws relating to paid family and medical leave.