Bills Would Create Presumption of Compensability for COVID-19

Bills introduced in the Oregon Legislature would create a presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for specified essential workers and people working at places where 10% of the workforce tested positive for the disease. House Bill 3025, by Rep. Dacia Grayber, D-Tigard, and Senate Bill 488, by Sen. Kathleen Taylor, D-Milwaukie, would add COVID-19 to the definition of an occupational disease. The bills would also create a rebuttable presumption that the disease arose from employment when certain conditions are satisfied. The disease would be presumed compensable if a person was expose...