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Workers' Compensation Division and PEO industry back bill renaming worker‑leasing law to PEO statute
Summary
Department and industry witnesses told the Senate committee House Bill 2,800 replaces the term “worker leasing company” with “professional employer organization (PEO),” updates definitions to reflect modern business practices, and streamlines reporting by moving notice requirements to insurers to allow electronic data interchange.
The Senate Committee on Labor and Business heard House Bill 2,800 from the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) and industry stakeholders. The bill would replace the statutory term “worker leasing company” with “professional employer organization” (PEO), modernize definitions, and update reporting procedures.
Matt West, Workers' Compensation Division Administrator, said the division licenses and regulates worker‑leasing companies under ORS 656.850 but that the statutory definition is…
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