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Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.210 (2026)

Temporary total disability; payment during medical treatment; employer election to pay supplemental benefits; rules

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      656.210 Temporary total disability; payment during medical treatment; employer election to pay supplemental benefits; rules. (1) When the total disability is only temporary, the worker shall receive during the period of that total disability compensation equal to 66-2/3 percent of wages, but not more than 133 percent of the average weekly wage nor less than the amount of 90 percent of wages a week or the amount of $50 a week, whichever amount is less. Notwithstanding the limitation imposed by this subsection, an injured worker who is not otherwise eligible to receive an increase in benefits for the fiscal year in which compensation is paid shall have the benefits increased each fiscal year by the percentage which the applicable average weekly wage has increased since the previous fiscal year.

      (2)(a) For the purpose of this section, the weekly wage of workers shall be ascertained:

      (A) For workers employed in one job at the time of injury, by multiplying the daily wage the worker was receiving by the number of days per week that the worker was regularly employed; or

      (B) For workers employed in more than one job at the time of injury, by adding all earnings the worker was receiving from all subject employment.

      (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a)(B) of this subsection, the weekly wage calculated under paragraph (a)(A) of this subsection shall be used for workers employed in more than one job at the time of injury unless the insurer, self-insured employer or assigned claims agent for a noncomplying employer receives:

      (A) Within 30 days of receipt of the initial claim, notice that the worker was employed in more than one job with a subject employer at the time of injury; and

      (B) Within 60 days of the date of mailing a request for verification, verifiable documentation of wages from such additional employment.

      (c) Notwithstanding ORS 656.005 (7)(c), an injury to a worker employed in more than one job at the time of injury is not disabling if no temporary disability benefits are payable for time lost from the job at injury. Claim costs incurred as a result of supplemental temporary disability benefits paid as provided in subsection (5) of this section may not be included in any data used for ratemaking or individual employer rating or dividend calculations by an insurer, a rating organization licensed pursuant to ORS chapter 737, the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation or the Department of Consumer and Business Services if the injured worker is not eligible for permanent disability benefits or temporary disability benefits for time lost from the job at injury.

      (d) For the purpose of this section:

      (A) The benefits of a worker who incurs an injury shall be based on the wage of the worker at the time of injury.

      (B) The benefits of a worker who incurs an occupational disease shall be based on the wage of the worker at the time there is medical verification that the worker is unable to work because of the disability caused by the occupational disease. If the worker is not working at the time that there is medical verification that the worker is unable to work because of the disability caused by the occupational disease, the benefits shall be based on the wage of the worker at the worker’s last regular employment.

      (e) As used in this subsection, “regularly employed” means actual employment or availability for such employment. For workers not regularly employed and for workers with no remuneration or whose remuneration is not based solely upon daily or weekly wages, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, by rule, may prescribe methods for establishing the worker’s weekly wage.

      (3) No disability payment is recoverable for temporary total or partial disability suffered during the first three calendar days after the worker leaves work or loses wages as a result of the compensable injury unless the worker is totally disabled after the injury and the total disability continues for a period of 14 consecutive days or unless the worker is admitted as an inpatient to a hospital within 14 days of the first onset of total disability. If the worker leaves work or loses wages on the day of the injury due to the injury, that day shall be considered the first day of the three-day period.

      (4) When an injured worker with an accepted disabling compensable injury is required to leave work to receive compensable medical services for the compensable injury, the worker shall receive temporary disability benefits calculated pursuant to ORS 656.212 for the period during which the worker is absent, until such time as the worker is determined to be medically stationary. However, benefits under this subsection are not payable if wages are paid for the period of absence by the employer. An insurer may require a worker to confirm the period during which the worker is absent from work to receive compensable medical services under this subsection. The notice requirement under ORS 656.262 (4)(j) does not apply to temporary disability benefits paid pursuant to this subsection.

      (5)(a) The insurer of the employer at injury or the self-insured employer at injury, may elect to be responsible for payment of supplemental temporary disability benefits to a worker employed in more than one job at the time of injury. In accordance with rules adopted by the director, if the worker’s weekly wage is determined under subsection (2)(a)(B) of this section, the insurer or self-insured employer shall be reimbursed from the Workers’ Benefit Fund for the amount of temporary disability benefits paid that exceeds the amount payable pursuant to subsection (2)(a)(A) of this section had the worker been employed in only one job at the time of injury. Such reimbursement shall include an administrative fee payable to the insurer or self-insured employer pursuant to rules adopted by the director.

      (b) If the insurer or self-insured employer elects not to pay the supplemental temporary disability benefits for a worker employed in more than one job at the time of injury, the director shall either administer and pay the supplemental benefits directly or shall assign responsibility to administer and process the payment to a paying agent selected by the director.

      (6) The director shall adopt rules for the payment and reimbursement of supplemental temporary disability benefits under this section. [Amended by 1955 c.713 §1; 1957 c.452 §2; 1959 c.517 §2; 1965 c.285 §22c; 1969 c.183 §1; 1969 c.500 §1; 1971 c.204 §1; 1973 c.614 §1; 1974 c.41 §6; 1975 c.507 §1; 1975 c.663 §1; 1985 c.507 §3; 1987 c.521 §1; 1987 c.713 §7; 1995 c.332 §15; 2001 c.865 §3; 2003 c.760 §1; 2007 c.241 §10; 2009 c.313 §1; 2023 c.142 §1]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 133 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1957–2026 · leading case: Dep't of Consum. & Bus. Servs. v. Muliro, 380 P.3d 270 (Or. 2016).
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Dep't of Consum. & Bus. Servs. v. Muliro, 380 P.3d 270 (Or. 2016). · cites it 48× “” ORS 656.210 (2)(b)(A). The statute plainly establishes a timeframe during which that information must be received by the designated entity for a claimant to establish a supplemental disability claim, and that timeframe is tied to the injured worker’s initial claim.”
Cutright v. Weyerhaeuser Co., 702 P.2d 403 (Or. 1985). · cites it 35× “Total disability describes the extent of disability that a worker may suffer.”
Tye v. McFetridge, 149 P.3d 1111 (Or. 2006). · cites it 8× “ORS 656.210 5 sets out a scheme for compensating workers who temporarily are totally disabled through an on-the-job injury or an occupational disease.”
Nelson v. SAIF Corp., 731 P.2d 429 (Or. 1987). · cites it 10× “The issue is whether money paid by the employer, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, into the employees’ pension fund and for medical and dental insurance for the employees is a part of “the daily wage the worker was receiving” for the purpose of calculating the…”
Bono v. State Accident Ins., 692 P.2d 606 (Or. 1984). · cites it 6× “Jones had *409 “requested interim compensation payments (called temporary total disability) * * We did not express that interim compensation payments were to be made pursuant to the benefits calculation of ORS 656.210, but this follows from the quoted statement.”
Fred Meyer, Inc. v. Bundy, 978 P.2d 385 (Or. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 8× “The Board noted that a claimant's entitlement to temporary disability benefits under ORS 656.210 and ORS 656.212 was not amended in 1995 in any way that was material to the meaning of ORS 656.”
Menasha Corp. v. Crawford, 29 P.3d 1129 (Or. 2001). · cites it 10× “268 does not set forth the requirements for substantive entitlement to temporary disability; those requirements are set forth in *409 ORS 656.210 and 656.212. Kenneth P. Bundy, 48 VanNatta 2501, 2503 (1996).”
Gwynn v. State Accident Ins. Fund Corp., 745 P.2d 775 (Or. 1987). · cites it 4× “212; (2) temporary total disability, ORS 656.210; (3) permanent partial disability, ORS 656.”
Hadley v. Cody Hindman Logging, 925 P.2d 158 (Or. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 7× “ORS 656.210 also contains an inexact term.”
Valencia v. GEP BTL, LLC, 269 P.3d 65 (Or. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 9× ““(e) ‘Supplemental disability 1 means wage loss replacement for the secondary job(s) that exceeds the temporary disability, up to, but not exceeding, the maximum established by ORS 656.210. “(f) ‘Verifiable documentation’ means information that provides: “(A) Identification of…”
Dep't of Consum. & Bus. Servs. v. Muliro, 341 P.3d 131 (Or. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 30× “Under ORS 656.210, an injured worker can receive temporary total disability compensation in an amount based on the worker’s wages.”
Drews v. EBI Companies, 795 P.2d 531 (Or. 1990). “ORS 656.210(1). This court is not authorized to modify that statute by reading it to not apply to an aggravation or worsening claim.”
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— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.210(1) — 31 cases
Cutright v. Weyerhaeuser Co., 702 P.2d 403 (Or. 1985). “Total disability describes the extent of disability that a worker may suffer.”
Dep't of Consum. & Bus. Servs. v. Muliro, 380 P.3d 270 (Or. 2016). “” ORS 656.210 (2)(b)(A). The statute plainly establishes a timeframe during which that information must be received by the designated entity for a claimant to establish a supplemental disability claim, and that timeframe is tied to the injured worker’s initial claim.”
Drews v. EBI Companies, 795 P.2d 531 (Or. 1990). “ORS 656.210(1). This court is not authorized to modify that statute by reading it to not apply to an aggravation or worsening claim.”
Nelson v. SAIF Corp., 731 P.2d 429 (Or. 1987). “The issue is whether money paid by the employer, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, into the employees’ pension fund and for medical and dental insurance for the employees is a part of “the daily wage the worker was receiving” for the purpose of calculating the…”
Crumley v. Combustion Eng'g, 758 P.2d 878 (Or. Ct. App. 1988).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.210(10)(a) — 1 case
Tattoo v. Barrett Bus. Serv., 847 P.2d 872 (Or. Ct. App. 1993).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.210(2) — 17 cases
Nelson v. SAIF Corp., 731 P.2d 429 (Or. 1987). “The issue is whether money paid by the employer, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, into the employees’ pension fund and for medical and dental insurance for the employees is a part of “the daily wage the worker was receiving” for the purpose of calculating the…”
Hadley v. Cody Hindman Logging, 925 P.2d 158 (Or. Ct. App. 1996). “ORS 656.210 also contains an inexact term.”
Menasha Corp. v. Crawford, 29 P.3d 1129 (Or. 2001). “268 does not set forth the requirements for substantive entitlement to temporary disability; those requirements are set forth in *409 ORS 656.210 and 656.212. Kenneth P. Bundy, 48 VanNatta 2501, 2503 (1996).”
Crumley v. Combustion Eng'g, 758 P.2d 878 (Or. Ct. App. 1988).
Saiville v. EBI Companies, 726 P.2d 394 (Or. Ct. App. 1986).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.210(2)(a) — 1 case
Volk v. Am. West Airlines, 899 P.2d 746 (Or. Ct. App. 1995).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.210(2)(a)(A) — 5 cases
Dep't of Consum. & Bus. Servs. v. Muliro, 380 P.3d 270 (Or. 2016). “” ORS 656.210 (2)(b)(A). The statute plainly establishes a timeframe during which that information must be received by the designated entity for a claimant to establish a supplemental disability claim, and that timeframe is tied to the injured worker’s initial claim.”
Dep't of Consum. & Bus. Servs. v. Muliro, 341 P.3d 131 (Or. Ct. App. 2014). “Under ORS 656.210, an injured worker can receive temporary total disability compensation in an amount based on the worker’s wages.”
United Airlines v. Anderson, 142 P.3d 508 (Or. Ct. App. 2006).
DCBS v. Muliro (Or. 2016).
Marsh v. Saif Corp. (In re Comp. of Marsh), 442 P.3d 1122 (Or. Ct. App. 2019).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.210(2)(a)(B) — 5 cases
Dep't of Consum. & Bus. Servs. v. Muliro, 380 P.3d 270 (Or. 2016). “” ORS 656.210 (2)(b)(A). The statute plainly establishes a timeframe during which that information must be received by the designated entity for a claimant to establish a supplemental disability claim, and that timeframe is tied to the injured worker’s initial claim.”
Valencia v. GEP BTL, LLC, 269 P.3d 65 (Or. Ct. App. 2011). ““(e) ‘Supplemental disability 1 means wage loss replacement for the secondary job(s) that exceeds the temporary disability, up to, but not exceeding, the maximum established by ORS 656.210. “(f) ‘Verifiable documentation’ means information that provides: “(A) Identification of…”
Chu v. SAIF Corp. (In re Chu), 415 P.3d 68 (Or. Ct. App. 2018).
Dep't of Consum. & Bus. Servs. v. Muliro, 341 P.3d 131 (Or. Ct. App. 2014). “Under ORS 656.210, an injured worker can receive temporary total disability compensation in an amount based on the worker’s wages.”
DCBS v. Muliro (Or. 2016).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.210(2)(a)(C) — 2 cases
Overbey v. Plan, 761 P.2d 547 (Or. Ct. App. 1988).
Lowry v. Du Log, Inc., 782 P.2d 454 (Or. Ct. App. 1989).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.210(2)(b) — 7 cases
Dep't of Consum. & Bus. Servs. v. Muliro, 380 P.3d 270 (Or. 2016). “” ORS 656.210 (2)(b)(A). The statute plainly establishes a timeframe during which that information must be received by the designated entity for a claimant to establish a supplemental disability claim, and that timeframe is tied to the injured worker’s initial claim.”
Valencia v. GEP BTL, LLC, 269 P.3d 65 (Or. Ct. App. 2011). ““(e) ‘Supplemental disability 1 means wage loss replacement for the secondary job(s) that exceeds the temporary disability, up to, but not exceeding, the maximum established by ORS 656.210. “(f) ‘Verifiable documentation’ means information that provides: “(A) Identification of…”
Dep't of Consum. & Bus. Servs. v. Muliro, 341 P.3d 131 (Or. Ct. App. 2014). “Under ORS 656.210, an injured worker can receive temporary total disability compensation in an amount based on the worker’s wages.”
DCBS v. Muliro (Or. 2016).
Rehfeld v. Sedgwick Claims Mgmt. Servs., 388 P.3d 403 (Or. Ct. App. 2017).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.210(2)(b)(A) — 11 cases
Dep't of Consum. & Bus. Servs. v. Muliro, 380 P.3d 270 (Or. 2016). “” ORS 656.210 (2)(b)(A). The statute plainly establishes a timeframe during which that information must be received by the designated entity for a claimant to establish a supplemental disability claim, and that timeframe is tied to the injured worker’s initial claim.”
Dep't of Consum. & Bus. Servs. v. Muliro, 341 P.3d 131 (Or. Ct. App. 2014). “Under ORS 656.210, an injured worker can receive temporary total disability compensation in an amount based on the worker’s wages.”
Tye v. McFetridge, 112 P.3d 435 (Or. Ct. App. 2005).
Hadley v. Cody Hindman Logging, 925 P.2d 158 (Or. Ct. App. 1996). “ORS 656.210 also contains an inexact term.”
DCBS v. Muliro (Or. 2016).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.210(2)(b)(B) — 5 cases
Valencia v. GEP BTL, LLC, 269 P.3d 65 (Or. Ct. App. 2011). ““(e) ‘Supplemental disability 1 means wage loss replacement for the secondary job(s) that exceeds the temporary disability, up to, but not exceeding, the maximum established by ORS 656.210. “(f) ‘Verifiable documentation’ means information that provides: “(A) Identification of…”
Dep't of Consum. & Bus. Servs. v. Muliro, 341 P.3d 131 (Or. Ct. App. 2014). “Under ORS 656.210, an injured worker can receive temporary total disability compensation in an amount based on the worker’s wages.”
Oliver v. Scamps Pet Ctr., 862 P.2d 1327 (Or. Ct. App. 1993).
Newkirk v. Curry Good Samaritan Ctr., 751 P.2d 1121 (Or. Ct. App. 1988).
Smartt v. Adult & Fam. Servs., 770 P.2d 606 (Or. Ct. App. 1989).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.210(2)(c) — 6 cases
Hadley v. Cody Hindman Logging, 925 P.2d 158 (Or. Ct. App. 1996). “ORS 656.210 also contains an inexact term.”
Shubert v. Blue Chips, 951 P.2d 172 (Or. Ct. App. 1997).
State Farm Ins. v. Lyda, 939 P.2d 1181 (Or. Ct. App. 1997).
Chu v. SAIF Corp. (In re Chu), 415 P.3d 68 (Or. Ct. App. 2018).
Overbey v. Plan, 761 P.2d 547 (Or. Ct. App. 1988).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.210(2)(d) — 1 case
Rivers v. SAIF Corp., 304 P.3d 770 (Or. Ct. App. 2013).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.210(2)(d)(A) — 5 cases
Tye v. McFetridge, 149 P.3d 1111 (Or. 2006). “ORS 656.210 5 sets out a scheme for compensating workers who temporarily are totally disabled through an on-the-job injury or an occupational disease.”
SAIF Corp. v. Sparks, 309 P.3d 174 (Or. Ct. App. 2013).
United Airlines v. Anderson, 142 P.3d 508 (Or. Ct. App. 2006).
Rivers v. SAIF Corp., 304 P.3d 770 (Or. Ct. App. 2013).
Poland v. SAIF, 303 Or. App. 665 (Or. Ct. App. 2020).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.210(2)(e) — 5 cases
Tye v. McFetridge, 149 P.3d 1111 (Or. 2006). “ORS 656.210 5 sets out a scheme for compensating workers who temporarily are totally disabled through an on-the-job injury or an occupational disease.”
Tye v. McFetridge, 112 P.3d 435 (Or. Ct. App. 2005).
Concrete Cutting Co. v. Clevenger, 81 P.3d 723 (Or. Ct. App. 2003).
Poland v. SAIF, 303 Or. App. 665 (Or. Ct. App. 2020).
Rivers v. SAIF Corp., 304 P.3d 770 (Or. Ct. App. 2013).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.210(3) — 13 cases
Cutright v. Weyerhaeuser Co., 702 P.2d 403 (Or. 1985). “Total disability describes the extent of disability that a worker may suffer.”
Gwynn v. State Accident Ins. Fund Corp., 745 P.2d 775 (Or. 1987). “212; (2) temporary total disability, ORS 656.210; (3) permanent partial disability, ORS 656.”
Bono v. State Accident Ins., 692 P.2d 606 (Or. 1984). “Jones had *409 “requested interim compensation payments (called temporary total disability) * * We did not express that interim compensation payments were to be made pursuant to the benefits calculation of ORS 656.210, but this follows from the quoted statement.”
Liberty Nw. Ins. Corp. v. Short, 795 P.2d 118 (Or. Ct. App. 1990).
Bono v. State Accident Ins. Fund Corp., 673 P.2d 558 (Or. Ct. App. 1983).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.210(4) — 4 cases
Robinson v. Nabisco, Inc., 11 P.3d 1286 (Or. 2000).
Simi v. LTI Inc. - Lynden Inc., 491 P.3d 33 (Or. 2021).
Getz v. Wonder Bur, 52 P.3d 1097 (Or. Ct. App. 2002).
Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Surprise, 748 P.2d 1024 (Or. Ct. App. 1988).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.210(5) — 3 cases
Dep't of Consum. & Bus. Servs. v. Muliro, 380 P.3d 270 (Or. 2016). “” ORS 656.210 (2)(b)(A). The statute plainly establishes a timeframe during which that information must be received by the designated entity for a claimant to establish a supplemental disability claim, and that timeframe is tied to the injured worker’s initial claim.”
Chu v. SAIF Corp. (In re Chu), 415 P.3d 68 (Or. Ct. App. 2018).
DCBS v. Muliro (Or. 2016).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.210(5)(b) — 4 cases
Dep't of Consum. & Bus. Servs. v. Muliro, 380 P.3d 270 (Or. 2016). “” ORS 656.210 (2)(b)(A). The statute plainly establishes a timeframe during which that information must be received by the designated entity for a claimant to establish a supplemental disability claim, and that timeframe is tied to the injured worker’s initial claim.”
Valencia v. GEP BTL, LLC, 269 P.3d 65 (Or. Ct. App. 2011). ““(e) ‘Supplemental disability 1 means wage loss replacement for the secondary job(s) that exceeds the temporary disability, up to, but not exceeding, the maximum established by ORS 656.210. “(f) ‘Verifiable documentation’ means information that provides: “(A) Identification of…”
Dep't of Consum. & Bus. Servs. v. Muliro, 341 P.3d 131 (Or. Ct. App. 2014). “Under ORS 656.210, an injured worker can receive temporary total disability compensation in an amount based on the worker’s wages.”
DCBS v. Muliro (Or. 2016).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.210(6) — 2 cases
Dep't of Consum. & Bus. Servs. v. Muliro, 341 P.3d 131 (Or. Ct. App. 2014). “Under ORS 656.210, an injured worker can receive temporary total disability compensation in an amount based on the worker’s wages.”
Chu v. SAIF Corp. (In re Chu), 415 P.3d 68 (Or. Ct. App. 2018).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.210(f) — 1 case
Wells v. Pete Walker's Auto Body, 740 P.2d 245 (Or. Ct. App. 1987).
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