The head of the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division told lawmakers on Monday his agency is backing away from a proposal to increase permanent partial disability benefits that was projected to cost $21 million annually.
Employers told members of the state House of Representatives’ Committee on Business and Labor that they oppose the division’s suggestion to increase the cap on permanent partial disability benefits by 33%. With the WCD now abandoning that proposal, employers said they would support another provision to increase by 33% the cap on permanent total disa...
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