OAR 436-070-0003: Purpose and Applicability

Edition: Current OARD snapshotEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07

(1) Purpose. These rules prescribe the rate of the Workers’ Benefit Fund assessment under ORS 656.506 effective Jan. 1, 2026, the method and manner for calculating the assessment rate, and the method and manner in which employers are to pay the assessment. (2) Applicability. (a) These rules apply to all employers. (b) The director may waive procedural rules as justice requires, unless otherwise obligated by statute.

Official history and status

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 656.506 & ORS 656.726(4)

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 656.506

History: WCD 2-2025, amend filed 10/02/2025, effective 01/01/2026 WCD 3-2023, amend filed 10/13/2023, effective 01/01/2024 WCD 11-2021, amend filed 10/12/2021, effective 01/01/2022 WCD 8-2019, amend filed 10/01/2019, effective 01/01/2020 WCD 19-2018, amend filed 11/01/2018, effective 01/01/2019 WCD 3-2016, f. 11-8-16, cert. ef. 1-1-17 WCD 10-2012, f. 12-7-12, cert. ef. 4-1-13 WCD 2-2005, f. 3-24-05, cert. ef. 4-1-05 WCD 2-1996, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-96 WCD 9-1994, f. 10-31-94, cert. ef. 1-1-95 WCD 3-1983, f. 6-30-83, cert. ef. 7-1-83, Renumbered from 436-055-0103

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