Lasley v. Ontario Rendering

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board reversing the referee’s decision on review of an order of the Director of the Department of Insurance and Finance concerning claimant’s eligibility for vocational assistance.

This is the first case in which we are asked to address the scope of, and standard for, review of a decision of the Director pursuant to ORS 656.283(2), concerning vocational assistance. The Director determined that claimant was disqualified from vocational- services under OAR 436-120-045(7), which provided that the eligibility of a worker for those…