WCD Convening Advisory Group

The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division announced that an advisory rulemaking group will meet in August to discuss replacing temporary disability rating standards adopted in response to a state Supreme Court decision. In June, the division adopted temporary rules governing the effects of denied conditions on apportionment it said were consistent with the high court’s ruling in Johnson v. SAIF Corp. The court in Johnson held that a worker is entitled to the full value of the total impairment, including the portion attributed to a denied condition, when a compensable injury is a m...