OAR 436-070-0010: Assessment Rate: Method and Manner of Determining

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

(1) The assessment owed by an employer under this rule division and ORS 656.506 must be calculated using the method in OAR 436-070-0020 and based on a rate of 1.8 cents per hour. (2) Factors considered by the director in developing the rate include, but are not limited to: (a) The estimated annual fund expenditures and revenues; (b) The fund balance requirements; (c) The estimated annual hours worked per employee; (d) The estimated number of employees covered by workers’ compensation insurance; and (e) Other records relating to fund expenditures and revenues.

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 17-2018, amend filed 09/28/2018, 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 436-055-0120

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