SAIF Working on Bill to Criminalize Employer Fraud

Oregon’s SAIF Corp. is developing a legislative proposal that would facilitate criminal prosecution of employers that engage in workers’ compensation fraud. The state-chartered workers’ compensation carrier said in a two-page summary of its plans for a fraud bill that there is an imbalance in the system that only allows prosecution of workers. Workers who knowingly and intentionally commit workers’ compensation can be criminally prosecuted, the carrier said. Employers that knowingly misrepresent payroll or worker hours or that intentionally misclassify employees&rsquo...