Morales v. SAIF Corp.

The issue in this workers’ compensation case is whether ORS 656.325(5)(b) entitled claimant’s former employer to cease paying benefits for temporary total disability and to begin paying benefits for temporary partial disability when claimant’s attending physician approved work in a modified job that the former employer would have offered claimant if claimant had not been terminated for violating a work rule. We conclude that the statute authorized the payment changes at issue in this case and, therefore, affirm the order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (board) and the decision of the Court…