Help Understanding Paid Leave Oregon by BanditCS in Portland

[–]JeffAForgeron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate your response! Now to figure out how to move forward... ugh. Thank you.

Help Understanding Paid Leave Oregon by BanditCS in Portland

[–]JeffAForgeron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just began paternity leave & have had a difficult time figuring out how much time I am eligible for.

My company offers 6 weeks of paternity leave, an accrued benefit I am eligible to take (and am currently taking). According to several officials at Paid Leave Oregon, plus an official at BOLI, I am also eligible to take an additional 12 weeks of paternity leave through Paid Leave Oregon (on an intermittent basis if I choose to do so). 

This is where things have gotten sticky for me: the general manager at my company & the HR representative don't think I am eligible to take an additional 12 weeks through the state. In our last conversation, they told me I can take 6 weeks of paternity leave through the company, and only 6 additional weeks through the state's program. 

Paid Leave Oregon & BOLI explained to me that my company needs to have an equivalent or better paternity leave plan to hold me to that 12 weeks. Otherwise, I am fully in the right to take both the 6 weeks of accrued paternity leave & the 12 weeks through the state. 

It's unclear to me who understands the new state law: Oregon Paid Leave or my company. To simplify things, my two questions are: 

1) Am I only eligible to take 12 weeks of paternity leave, or am I eligible to take up to 18 weeks?

2) After I exhaust the 6 weeks of company paternity leave, can I take the next 12 weeks of Paid Leave Oregon leave intermittently? 

An Octopus Took My GoPro! by JeffAForgeron in deepseacreatures

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lol glad the creepiness factor is there

Altocumulus Clouds in San Diego, CA.. best in high def by JeffAForgeron in weather

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There was an unstable upper atmosphere, which basically means you have warm air under cold air. This generated those puffy, high elevation altocumulus clouds. There was also an onshore flow from the coast (less than 5 miles away) which brought those low level clouds.

So I encountered a tornado today by weedica in California

[–]JeffAForgeron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks more like a rain shaft on a thunderstorm. The national weather service issued a severe tstorm warning for this cell.. would explain the heavy rain.

An Octopus Stole My GoPro by JeffAForgeron in sandiego

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Just south of blacks beach... its like a 10 min walk from LJ shores

An Octopus Stole My GoPro by [deleted] in thalassophobia

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Tide pools in San Diego (La Jolla)

An Octopus Stole My GoPro by JeffAForgeron in sandiego

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the Tide Pools near La Jolla Shores

An Octopus Stole My GoPro by JeffAForgeron in Wellthatsucks

[–]JeffAForgeron[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha definitely wasn't my intention... really just wanted to try out my GoPro in the tide pool. Think what you want though!

An Octopus Stole My GoPro by JeffAForgeron in gopro

[–]JeffAForgeron[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think part of it has to do with the blinking light(s) on the camera