OAR 839-009-0320: OFLA: Enforcement and Retaliation

(1) An employer's duties and obligations under OFLA extend to a successor employer as defined in FMLA, 29 CFR 825.107. (2) In accordance with the provisions of OFLA an eligible employee claiming a violation of the OFLA may file a complaint with the Civil Rights Division of the Bureau of Labor and Industries in the manner provided by ORS 659A.820. (3) Pursuant to ORS 659A.183, it is an unlawful employment practice for an employer to deny family leave to an eligible employee or retaliate or in any way discriminate against any person with respect to hiring, tenure or any other term or condition of employment because the person has inquired about OFLA leave, submitted a request for OFLA leave or invoked any provision of the Oregon Family Leave Act. (4) It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer to count OFLA leave against an employee in determining the employee's compliance with attendance policies or to count OFLA leave against an employee when determining eligibility for bonuses based on attendance. An employee is entitled to continue eligibility for a bonus based on attendance upon return from OFLA leave and may not be disqualified from the bonus as a result of taking OFLA leave. (5) Pursuant to ORS 659A.030(1)(f), it is an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discharge, expel or otherwise discriminate against any person because the person has filed a complaint, testified or assisted in any proceeding in connection with the Oregon Family Leave Act. (6) Pursuant to ORS 659A.030(1)(g), it is an unlawful employment practice for any person, whether an employer or an employee, to aid, abet, incite, compel or coerce the doing of any of the acts in violation of the Oregon Family Leave Act or to attempt to do so.