Democrats and Family Forward Want Oregon Leave Act to Cover Healthcare

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Under the federal Family Medical Leave Act, large employers are required to continue group health insurance offered to employees while the employee is on unpaid leave. But that’s not the case with the Oregon Family Leave Act, making it possible for smaller employers to cut off health insurance for employees who are absent because of an illness.By: Chris GrayA wide array of Democrats want to extend the healthcare protections that exist in the federal Family Medical Leave Act to the state’s older Oregon Family Leave Act, requiring employers to continue group insurance plans to employees who take unpaid leave under the Oregon law, just as they have alwMar 10 2015

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