Nero v. City of Tualatin

Claimant seeks review from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board. He assigns error to the Board’s decision not to award a penalty under ORS 656.268(4)(g), which provides:

“If, upon reconsideration of a claim closed by an insurer or self-insured employer, the department orders an increase by 25 percent or more of the amount of compensation to be paid to the worker for permanent disability and the worker is found upon reconsideration to be at least 20 percent permanently disabled, a penalty shall be assessed against the insurer or self-insured employer and paid to the worker in an amount…