Little Donkey Enterprises, Inc. v. State Accident Insurance Fund

Petitioner seeks review of the final order of the Department of Insurance and Finance that ordered petitioner to pay workers’ compensation premiums assessed by SAIF. We review for substantial evidence and errors of law, ORS 183.480; ORS 183.482, and conclude that substantial evidence supports the department’s factual findings and that it did not err in determining that the workers in question are employees rather than independent contractors. However, the department failed to consider whether those employees are exempt as non-subject workers under ORS 656.027.

Petitioner argues that the…