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More DetailsDecember 4th, 2025
The general principle is that a document must be reasonably calculated to put the Department on notice that the party was taking issue with a Department decision to qualify as a dispute. Boyd v. City of Olympia, 1 Wash.App.2d 17 (2017). Applying this standard the Court of Appeals reached separate…
November 25th, 2025
On June 24, 2025, Oregon Senate Bill 916 (“SB 916”) was signed into law by Governor Tina Kotek. Effective January 1, 2026, this statute will eliminate the longstanding “labor dispute” disqualification in Oregon’s unemployment insurance (UI) law, meaning that workers who are unemployed due to a strike or lockout may,…
November 19th, 2025
Generally, if a claimant does not timely file a hearing request, they will lose their right to compensation unless they can show good cause. The Supreme Court of Oregon has long held that an attorney’s failure to file a hearing request does not constitute good cause. Sekermestrovich v. SAIF, 280…
