More good news for working men and women! A recent Workers’ Compensation case clarified that, for injured workers working out of a union hall, the rate of temporary disability benefits/time loss is based on a five-day work week at 40 hours per week, regardless of the number of days actually worked on the current job. If you have questions or need help with your Oregon workers’ compensation claim, please contact our office!
The Garrow law office won another important case before the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Board. The injured worker, a middle school teacher and track coach who suffered a wrist injury while demonstrating throwing a discus to his track team, received an increase in his permanent disability, and a work disability award, because he could not go…
In another important decision for injured workers, the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Board decided that if workers injured on the job who have short-term disability benefits through your work, may still receive time loss (temporary disability) benefit paid by the workers’ compensation insurance company, as well as short-term disability benefits. These benefits are not the same…
Marge of the Garrow Law office recently attended a seminar on what is new in Oregon workers’ compensation law. A new case holds that if you work for your employer out of your house, you may still be covered by workers’ compensation for hazards you encounter at your home. In the recent case, the worker,…
Workers’ compensation law requires injured workers to get a work release from their doctor that tells the employer that they cannot work or that they can only do modified work. It is important to get the work release every time you see the doctor and give it to your employer. It is a good idea…
In a recent case, the employer tried to claim that a worker intentionally injured himself on the job, which would have made the injured worker ineligible for workers compensation benefits. According to witnesses, the injured worker was walking back to the job site as a co-worker was driving a forklift in the same direction. The…
Recently in the funnies, one of America’s favorite cartoon characters, with the weird hair and beautiful deli-owning wife, who works in an office with a crusty old boss, recently reported his work injuries to his insurance company. One of his “injuries” was being “spritzed” by the boss. The insurance company wondered if this was covered. …