Salem, OR (WorkersCompensation.com) -- For readers fortunate enough to have access to Simply Research, a case popped up on that site last week that has important information on how IMEs work in Oregon. The case, […]

Eugene, OR (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Need a handy guide to assessment rates in Oregon? Look no further. Method Each pay period, an employer must retain from the moneys earned by each employee an amount equal to […]

Eugene, OR (WorkersCompensation.com) -- To determine medically stationary status in Oregon, state statutes spell out what must be present. The following breaks down the requirements. In Oregon, a worker is medically stationary in the following […]

Eugene, OR (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Do you feel like your work has gotten harder lately? Maybe it has, but that's not the same as "work hardening" in a workers' compensation context. To understand what it means, […]

On August 9, 2023, the Court of Appeals of Oregon, in City of Salem v. Stadeli, for the first time, reviewed the standard that should be applied when employers seek to rebut the workers compensation (WC) […]

Salem, OR (workerscompensation.com). Under the firefighter’s presumption, firefighters in Oregon need not bear the burden of demonstrating that certain diseases were caused by their occupation, if certain criteria are met.  When the presumption applies  The […]

Sweethome, OR (WorkersCompensation.com) – It’s not often one hears of a sheep herder applying for workers’ compensation benefits. And one rarely hears of an employee collecting benefits because his appendicitis occurred on the job. But […]

Oregon—Exclusive Remedy On July 7, 2023, the Supreme Court of Oregon, in Bundy v. NuStar GP, LLC, clarified that Oregon statute 656.019 does not create an exception to workers compensation (WC) exclusive remedy. Oregon statute […]