MLAC SB 489 Subcommittee Cancels Meeting

A subcommittee of Oregon’s Management-Labor Advisory Committee canceled a meeting scheduled for Friday to discuss Senate Bill 489. The measure, by Sen. Kathleen Taylor, D-Milwaukie, would eliminate a statutory prohibition on retroactive authorization of temporary disability benefits and would also prevent carriers or self-insured employers from taking a credit or offset against any work comp benefits for overpayments made more two years ago. Proponents of the measure say it creates parity in rules that apply to payers and claimants. They argue that if injured workers can request un...