Every employer employing one or more subject workers in the state is subject to this chapter.
ORS 656.023
Known as the Workers’ Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 656–656 (348 sections).
Applied in 25 court decisions — leading case Blacknall v. Westwood Corporation (1988)
Most recently applied in 298 Or. App. 357 - Preble v. Centennial Sch. Dist. No. 287 (June 2019)
1965 c.285 §8
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.