G-32-21.2 Oregon Sick Time

Approved: 03/21/2023, Revised: 9/17/2024

Accrual of Oregon Sick Time under SB 454, ORS 653.601 to 653.661, OAR 839.007

Employees eligible for accrual of Oregon sick time accrue hours at the rate of one (1) hour for every thirty (30) hours worked up to a maximum of forty (40) hours of sick time per calendar year. Hours worked includes overtime hours worked. A maximum of forty (40) hours of unused sick time may be carried over from one year to the subsequent year, up to a total of eighty (80) hours.

Eligible employees begin accruing sick time hours on their first day of employment at COCC. Accrued sick time may only be used for qualified absences. Employees earning Oregon sick time may access earned sick time for a qualified absence in the month after it is earned. Eligible employees who have accrued sick time will receive quarterly email notifications to inform them of their earned and available sick time balance. Employees can see their sick time balance on their Bobcat Web account.

Employees must use a minimum of one (1) hour of sick time per occurrence. Employees must report sick time hours on their time sheet. See COCC General Procedure Manual HR-16-0 Sick Leave and Sick Time Procedure for sick time reporting procedure.

Accrued Oregon sick time is separate and distinct from COCC sick leave. Oregon sick time is not transferable, and does not count toward any PERS calculation. Employees cannot accrue both sick time and sick leave simultaneously.

Oregon sick time stipulates that sick time eligible employees are not entitled to be paid for accrued but unused sick time during employment or when their employment is terminated for any reason. Oregon sick time is not a vested benefit.

If an employee’s COCC employment is terminated and the employee is rehired within one hundred and eighty (180) days of separation, any accrued, unused balance at the time of separation will be reinstated. If the employee’s rehire date is greater than one hundred and eighty (180) days after separation, the employee will start accruing from a zero balance upon rehire.

See COCC Procedure HR-16-0 Sick Leave and Sick Time Procedure, COCC Policy G-34-4.3.1 Oregon SB 454, ORS 653.601 to 653.661, OAR 839.007, and the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries website for more details.