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More than four years since the passage of Oregon’s Paid Family Medical Leave Act into law, paid leave benefits will finally be available to Oregon employees starting September 3, 2023.  Applications for benefits, toolkits and quick start guides are all now available online at paidleave.oregon.gov.  Here is what employers need to know:

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The U.S. Department of Labor issued today an Administrator’s Interpretation of the FMLA Regulation defining "in loco parentis" relationships as part of the FMLA’s definition of "son" or "daughter".  Is this "big news" and, if so, why?  

One could always argue that individuals standing ‘in loco parentis" to a child covered under the FMLA could take FMLA leave for the birth or…