This Law Firm Publication by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. discusses the new paid sick leave ordinance passed by the city of Portland. The new ordinance requires businesses with six or more employees to provide up to 40 hours of paid sick leave per year. Businesses with less than six employees must provide up to 40 hours of unpaid sick time. The new ordinance, which also imposes recordkeeping requirements and prohibits discrimination or retaliation against employees who request, use or complain they are not receiving sick leave, will go into effect on January 1, 2014. In passing this law, Portland joins San Francisco, Seattle, Washington D.C., and the state of Connecticut. A similar state-wide bill is currently being considered by the Oregon legislature.