Oregon’s Workers’ Compensation Division for the last time announced that it has updated online calculators that can be used to determine disability benefits owed to injured workers.
The division each year adjusts disability benefits based on changes in the state’s average weekly wage. The average wage, or SAWW, increased 4.6%, to $1,077.05 for 2018, from $963.01.
The maximum temporary disability benefit for people injured on or after July 1 will increase, to $1,339.37 from $1,280.80. Permanent disability benefits are capped at 133% of the average weekly wage and can’t...
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