Contact HRLeaves@uoregon.edu or 541-346-3085 if you you have questions or would like to request Military Leave under FMLA and/or OFLA.
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Exigency Leave
Exigency leave allows eligible employees to take up to 12 work weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave in a 12-month period for a “qualifying exigency” arising out of the foreign deployment of the employee’s spouse, son, daughter, or parent. FMLA leave for this purpose is called qualifying exigency leave.
For more information review the Department of Labor's Fact Sheet #28M(c).
Military Caregiver Leave
Military caregiver leave allows an eligible employee who is the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a covered service member with a serious injury or illness to take up to a total of 26 workweeks of unpaid leave during a “single 12-month period” to provide care for the service member.
For more information review the Department of Labor's Fact Sheet #28M(a).
Oregon Military Family Leave Act (OMFLA)
The Oregon Military Family Leave Act (OMFLA) allows an employee to take up to 14 days of leave per deployment to spend time with a spouse or same-gender domestic partner who is in the military and has been notified of an impending call or order to active duty or who has been deployed during a period of military conflict. Additional information more information visit the State of Oregon: Bureau of Labor and Industries website.
