Collins v. Anderson

Employer appeals the determination of the Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) that claimant is entitled to compensation benefits for an industrial injury. The sole issue is whether claimant is a worker or an independent contractor.

ORS 656.005 provides:

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"(16) 'Employer’ means any person, including receiver, administrator, executor or trustee, and the state, state agencies, counties, municipal corporations, school districts and other public corporations or political subdivisions, who contracts to pay a remuneration for and secures the right to direct and control the services of any…