SUMMARY
This chapter focuses on specific Oregon employment rights afforded to injured workers, including the right to reinstatement, the right to reemployment, and the right to be free of discrimination. PDF Download - After purchase go to My Content to retrieve your digital file(s).
DESCRIPTION
Chapter 27
REINSTATEMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF INJURED WORKERS
Rebecca A. Watkins
Robert K. Meyer
§ 27.1 SCOPE OF CHAPTER
§ 27.2 REINSTATEMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT OF INJURED WORKERS UNDER ORS CHAPTER 659A
§ 27.2-1 Injured Worker
§ 27.2-2 Covered Employer
§ 27.2-3 Reinstatement Rights under ORS 659A.043
§ 27.2-3(a) Released to Work
§ 27.2-3(b) Former Position Exists and Is Available
§ 27.2-3(c) Any Other Existing Position That Is Vacant and Suitable
§ 27.2-4 Reemployment Rights under ORS 659A.046
§ 27.2-4(a) Released to Work
§ 27.2-4(b) “Available” Employment
§ 27.2-4(c) “Suitable” Employment
§ 27.2-5 Demand for Reinstatement or Reemployment
§ 27.2-6 Circumstances Resulting in Loss of Reinstatement and Reemployment Rights
§ 27.2-7 Effect of Collective-Bargaining Agreement
§ 27.2-8 Statute of Limitations
§ 27.2-9 Injured State Worker
§ 27.3 WORKERS’ COMPENSATION DISCRIMINATION
§ 27.3-1 Covered Employer
§ 27.3-2 Unlawful Employment Practices
§ 27.3-3 Employer’s Motive
§ 27.4 ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS AND CIVIL ACTIONS
§ 27.4-1 Administrative Complaints
§ 27.4-2 Civil Actions
§ 27.4-3 Right to a Jury and Remedies
§ 27.4-4 Tort-Claim Notice Provisions Apply to Claims for Discrimination and Failure to Reinstate or Reemploy
§ 27.5 EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS UNDER THE LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ACT
§ 27.6 JOB-RESTORATION UNDER THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION ACT
§ 27.6-1 Overview
§ 27.6-2 Employees Covered
§ 27.6-3 Rights after Full Recovery from Compensable Injuries
§ 27.6-3(a) Fully Recovered within One Year
§ 27.6-3(b) Fully Recovered after More Than One Year
§ 27.6-4 Rights of a Physically Disqualified Employee
§ 27.6-5 Rights of a Partially Recovered Employee
§ 27.6-6 Disqualifying Factors for Employees Seeking Restoration
§ 27.6-7 Appeals to the Merit Systems Protections Board