MLAC to Review Amendments to Presumption, Other Comp Bills

Oregon’s Management-Labor Advisory Committee at a Friday hearing will review possible amendments to comp bills, including a proposal that would create a presumption that secondary effects of COVID-19 are compensable for some workers for the next three decades. Another new proposal committee members will review would require SAIF Corp. to process claims for self-insured employers. Proposed amendments to Senate Bill 802, a measure by Sen. Chris Gorsek, D-Troutdale, that would require the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study issues relating to the secondary effects of COV...