OAR 438-085-0411: Employee Rights

(1) Affected employees or authorized representatives may elect to participate as parties in a contested case in which they have not requested a hearing by submitting a request to the Hearings Division. (2) An affected employee’s or authorized representative’s request to become a party in a case must be filed at least five days before the hearing, if any, on the merits of the case. The assigned Administrative Law Judge may otherwise allow an affected employee or authorized representative to participate as a party only upon a showing of good cause. (3) The written request to become a party must show that the person is an affected employee or an authorized representative.