What are the Penalties for Workers’ Compensation Fraud in Oregon?

Compliance Corner

Salem, OR (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Readers of this site have seen countless stories about fraud across the country in workers' compensation claims, but subscribers of Simply Research know what the rules are regarding the consequences of fraud, state by state.

For example, here's what Oregon spells out.

Penalties

Misdemeanor. Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or representation to the Workers’ Compensation Board or its employees, the Workers’ Compensation Board chairperson, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services or employees of the director, the insurer or self-insured employer for the purpose of obtaining any benefit or payment under this chapter, either for self or any other person, or who knowingly misrepresents to the board, the board chairperson, the director or the corporation or any of their representatives the amount of a payroll, or who knowingly submits a false payroll report to the board, the board chairperson, the director or the corporation, commits a Class A misdemeanor.

False payroll. An employer commits a Class A misdemeanor if the employer, with the intent to decrease the employer’s premium for coverage under this chapter, knowingly submits a false payroll report to the Workers’ Compensation Board, the Workers’ Compensation Board chairperson, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, the corporation or an insurer.

Failure on the part of an employer to send the signed payroll statement required by ORS 656.504 within 30 days after receipt of notice by the director or corporation is a Class A misdemeanor.

Every day. Violation of ORS 656.052 is a Class D violation. Each day during which an employer engages in any subject occupation in violation of ORS 656.052 constitutes a separate offense.

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