Portland General Electric Co. v. Bureau of Labor & Industries

Portland General Electric Company (PGE) seeks review of a decision of the Court of Appeals affirming a Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) order which held that PGE had engaged in an unlawful employment practice by denying an employee’s request to use accrued paid sick leave as part of the parental leave that he was authorized to take under ORS 659.360. PGE v. Bureau of Labor and Industries, 116 Or App 356, 842 P2d 419 (1992). The issue is whether ORS 659.360 allows an employee to utilize accrued paid sick leave as part of parental leave, even though the employee has not met the conditions…