ORS 653.641: Unlawful practices.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
It is an unlawful practice for an employer or any other person to: (1) Deny, interfere with, restrain or fail to pay for sick time to which an employee is entitled under ORS 653.601 to 653.661; (2) Retaliate or in any way discriminate against an employee with respect to any term or condition of employment because the employee has inquired about the provisions of ORS 653.601 to 653.661, submitted a request for sick time, taken sick time, participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding or hearing related to ORS 653.601 to 653.661, or invoked any provision of ORS 653.601 to 653.661; or (3) Apply an absence control policy that includes sick time absences covered under ORS 653.601 to 653.661 as an absence that may lead to or result in an adverse employment action against the employee. [2015 c.537 §11]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 603-082-0010: Purpose — implements
- OAR 603-082-0020: Definitions — implements
- OAR 839-007-0000: Definitions — implements
- OAR 839-007-0000: Definitions — authority
- OAR 839-007-0005: Jointly Employed Employees — implements
- OAR 839-007-0005: Jointly Employed Employees — authority
- OAR 839-007-0007: Front-loading Sick Time — implements
- OAR 839-007-0007: Front-loading Sick Time — authority
- OAR 839-007-0015: Calculating the Number of Employees Employed — implements
- OAR 839-007-0015: Calculating the Number of Employees Employed — authority
- OAR 839-007-0020: Permissible Use of Sick Time — implements
- OAR 839-007-0020: Permissible Use of Sick Time — authority
- OAR 839-007-0025: Increments of Sick Time to Be Taken by Employee — implements
- OAR 839-007-0025: Increments of Sick Time to Be Taken by Employee — authority
- OAR 839-007-0030: Payment of Sick Time — implements
- OAR 839-007-0030: Payment of Sick Time — authority
- OAR 839-007-0032: Application of Sick Time Provisions to New Businesses — implements
- OAR 839-007-0032: Application of Sick Time Provisions to New Businesses — authority
- OAR 839-007-0033: Sick Time on Public Works Projects — implements
- OAR 839-007-0033: Sick Time on Public Works Projects — authority
- OAR 839-007-0045: Verification and Certification for Sick Time Use — implements
- OAR 839-007-0045: Verification and Certification for Sick Time Use — authority
- OAR 839-007-0055: Substantial Equivalency — implements
- OAR 839-007-0055: Substantial Equivalency — authority
- OAR 839-007-0065: Unlawful Employment Practice — implements
- OAR 839-007-0065: Unlawful Employment Practice — authority
- OAR 839-007-0100: Civil Penalties — implements
- OAR 839-007-0100: Civil Penalties — authority
This rule cites
- ORS 653.601 — resolved
- 653.661 — resolved
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Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors653.html