WCB, Advisory Committees Schedule Meetings

Oregon's Workers' Compensation Board will discuss possible amendments to rules allowing filing and serving case documents by email during a March 17 meeting in Salem. The discussion will focus on whether to amend the rules to say an email filing "should" include a hearing request form. The existing rule says an email filing "shall" include a hearing request form. Meanwhile, the board's advisory committee will meet March 14 and again on March 21 to discuss attorney fees. The board is soliciting input on the process for the biennial review of all attorney fees ...