Expecting Better: A State-by-State Analysis of Laws That Help New Parents
OREGON ranked with 70% (B) California was #1 with an A- and 125 points, Washington was 6th with a B and 75 points and Oregon was 7th with a B and 70 points.

Private Sector Workers

Job-Protected Family and Medical Leave

Private sector workers have greater access to family and pregnancy disability leave under state law than under the federal FMLA. The Oregon family leave law applies to employers with 25 or more employees.205 Workers who have worked 25 or more hours per week for 180 days are eligible for up to 12 weeks of leave.206 The law defines family more broadly than the federal FMLA to include domestic partners.

In addition, birth mothers are eligible for 12 weeks of pregnancy disability leave and an additional 12 weeks of family leave to care for a new child.208

Flexible Use of Sick Leave

Under the Oregon family leave law, private sector workers at firms with 25 or more employees who earn paid leave are entitled to use it for the care of a new child or a family member with a serious health condition (including pregnancy disability).209

Nursing Mothers’ Workplace Rights

All nursing mothers who work for employers with 25 or more workers are entitled to reasonable break time and a place other than a bathroom to express breast milk at work for up to 18 months after childbirth.

State Workers

Job-Protected Family and Medical Leave

Like private sector workers, state workers have greater access to family and pregnancy disability leave under state law than under the federal FMLA. Workers who have worked 25 or more hours per week for 180 days are eligible for up to 12 weeks of leave.211 The law defines family more broadly than the federal FMLA to include domestic partners.

In addition, as in the private sector, female state workers who are eligible for family and medical leave may take up to 12 weeks of pregnancy-related leave and up to an additional 12 weeks of family leave to care for a new child.

National Partnership for Women & Families

Flexible Use of Sick Leave

As in the private sector, state workers who earn paid leave are entitled to use it for the care of a new child or a family member with a serious health condition (including pregnancy disability).

Nursing Mothers’ Workplace Rights

As in the private sector, women employed by the state are entitled to reasonable break time and a place other than a bathroom to express breast milk at work for up to 18 months after childbirth.
Source: www.nationalpartnership.org/site/DocServer/Expecting_Better_Report.pdf?docID=10301