WCD Increases Employer-at-Injury Administration Fee

The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division adopted rules that will increase the fee paid to carriers for administering the Employer-at-Injury program by 50% next year. Carriers will be paid $180 to cover administrative costs associated with helping employers participate in the program as of Jan. 1. Carriers are currently paid $120. The Employer-at-Injury program encourages early return-to-work by providing incentives such as wage subsidies when workers are placed in modified positions while recovering from an injury. The WCD in September said it hoped that increasing the administrative...