What Do You Think? Employees injured at work normally cannot sue a company for negligence and obtain money damages. The “exclusive remedy rule” limits them to workers’ compensation benefits. But there is an exception if […]

Compliance Corner In Oregon, if an MCO receives a complaint or dispute that is not included in the MCO dispute resolution process, the MCO must, within seven days from the date of receiving the complaint, […]

What Do You Think? To obtain compensation for an occupational disease, an employee has to show that she had the condition and that her job caused it. A case involving an emergency dispatcher highlights the […]

Case File An immunity provision under Oregon law that applied to workers' compensation coverage ran afoul of the state's constitution because it left workers without a counterbalance hefty enough to offset the common-law remedy taken […]

Compliance Corner The headlines seem to report ever-growing amounts of workplace violence in health care settings across the country, and states are taking action to keep workers safe. For example, as Simply Research subscribers know, […]

State Snapshot BASIC RULE In Oregon, the sole remedy for an employee who suffers injury, death, or an occupational disease in the course and scope of employment is workers’ compensation. ORS 656.018. This means that […]

Compliance Corner Quick: You're in Oregon and you need to know whether a certain medical benefit is covered under the state's workers' compensation law. Thanks to a Simply Research Compliance Summary, that info could be […]

Compliance Corner If you're a self-insured employer in Oregon looking to stay on the right side of the law, you need to know what the state's reporting requirements are. That info is available to Simply […]