Week of July 8, 2019
OREGON—8 th STATE TO PASS
FAMILY/MEDICAL LEAVE
Oregon officially became the most inclusive law in the country, with respect to paid family and medical leave, when Governor Katy Brown signed the bill into law last week (July 1, 2019).  
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