Advisory Committee Suggests Rules for Document Translation

An advisory committee to the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Board is recommending rules that would require all evidence submitted at hearings to be in English, with the party submitting the document bearing the cost of translation if necessary. The committee’s proposal would be that the cost of translation would be a recoverable litigation expense for claimants. Oregon regulators have been working to address how to handle court filings that aren’t in English since the Oregon Court of Appeals in 2014 ruled that statements must be translated and can’t be ig...