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Oregon’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance program (PFMLI) goes into effect January 1, 2023, and is funded by employer and employee contributions. Employers with less than 25 employees are not required to contribute to the program, but their employees are. Employers will be required to participate in the program or provide an equivalent plan. ORLA is actively looking into private sector solutions right now.
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Frequently Asked Question: What About Counting Seasonal Employees?
From the Oregon Employment Department: Currently, administrative rule (OAR 471-070-3160), determines employer size by using an employer’s Oregon quarterly payroll report to count employees to determine the employer size, including full-time, part-time, seasonal, and temporary employees, as well as out-of-state workers. The employer would add the quarterly count for each of the last four quarterly reports and divide by four to determine if they are a large or small employer (less than 25 employees). However, the Paid Leave Oregon program is currently reevaluating how employer size is determined with the Advisory Committee so the calculation may change in the future. |
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POSTING REQUIREMENTS FOR OREGON EMPLOYERS
Oregon employers are required by a number of state and federal agencies to display a variety of workplace notices and posters. Download from BOLI's website. New Paid Leave Notice for All Oregon Employers: Effective January 1, 2023, employers will need to post a new model notice poster at each work site (and provide it electronically or by mail to any remote workers). |
OREGONSAVES
OregonSaves is a retirement savings program administered by the State that ensures all workers have an easy and convenient way to save for their future in the workplace. Oregon State law requires businesses that do not offer a retirement savings plan to facilitate OregonSaves. Businesses with three or more employees must register by March 1, 2023, and all businesses must be registered by July 31, 2023. |
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FOOD WASTE PREVENTION, DONATION AND COMPOSTING
Metro’s educational initiative, Food Waste Stops With Me, was launched in spring of 2018 to help businesses reduce the amount of food they throw away. Implementation of a regional food scraps separation requirement began March 2022 with businesses in Washington, Multnomah and Clackamas counties needing to comply by 2023. All businesses generating more than one 60-gallon roll cart of food scraps per week will be required to separate their food scraps and keep them out of the landfill by composting, donation or upstream prevention practices. Read more about Reducing Food Waste. |
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PLASTIC STRAWS & BAGS
In the 2019 Legislative Session, lawmakers passed a straw restriction and plastic bag ban. Read more on the statewide ordinances.
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MENU LABELING
Official enforcement of the federal menu labeling law began May 7, 2019 according to the National Restaurant Association. The menu labeling regulations apply to restaurants and similar retail food establishments that are part of a chain of 20 or more locations doing business under the same name and offering for sale substantially the same menu items. These establishments must post calorie information for many food items on their menus in a consistent manner nationwide, and make other nutrition data available in writing, upon request. For more info, visit these resources: |
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CARBON MONOXIDE
Alarms or detection systems shall be installed in Group R Occupancies. Check Oregon Codes 908.7.2 in the Oregon Fire Code for more information. See also NCSL Carbon Monoxide Detector Requirements. Oregon uses the 2018 edition of the International Fire Code as the basis of their state and local fire codes. The IFC changed the requirement for carbon monoxide (CO) detection in hotels from an unmonitored CO alarm to a monitored (usually via the fire alarm system) CO detector in rooms and spaces in hotels with a fuel-fired appliance, e.g., boiler rooms, pool heater rooms, laundries, kitchens, generator room and any room/space with a fireplace (propane, natural gas or wood fired). This requirement is retroactive in its application. |
OREGON INDOOR CLEAN AIR ACT (ICAA)
Also known as the Smokefree Workplace Law, the ICAA prohibits smoking in the workplace and within 10 feet of all entrances, exits, accessibility ramps that lead to and from an entrance or exit, windows and air-intake vents. Visit Oregon.gov for more information. |
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CBD AND F&B
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission adopted a rules amendment Dec. 19, 2019, that will allow it to take action against licensees who make or sell products that mix CBD and alcohol. The ban applies to manufactured products, but OLCC will begin separate rulemaking to prohibit bars and restaurants from blending CBD into alcoholic drinks. The OLCC created an FAQ, a CBD guide and infographics relating to CBD and alcohol available on their website. See also: |
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