2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 14, Chapters 645 - 669
ORS Chapter 656
656.990 Penalties.
(1) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or representation to the Workers Compensation Board or its employees, the Workers Compensation Board chairperson, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services or employees of the director, the insurer or self-insured employer for the purpose of obtaining any benefit or payment under this chapter, either for self or any other person, or who knowingly misrepresents to the board, the board chairperson, the director or the corporation or any of their representatives the amount of a payroll, or who knowingly submits a false payroll report to the board, the board chairperson, the director or the corporation, commits a Class A misdemeanor.
(2) Violation of ORS 656.052 is a Class D violation. Each day during which an employer engages in any subject occupation in violation of ORS 656.052 constitutes a separate offense.
(3) Violation of ORS 656.056 is a Class D violation.
(4) The individual refusing to keep the payroll in accordance with ORS 656.726 or 656.758 when demanded by the director or corporation commits a Class C misdemeanor.
(5) Failure on the part of an employer to send the signed payroll statement required by ORS 656.504 within 30 days after receipt of notice by the director or corporation is a Class A misdemeanor.
(6) Violation of ORS 656.560 (4) is a Class D violation. [Amended by 1959 c.450 9; 1965 c.285 93; 1977 c.804 33; 1981 c.535 48; 1981 c.854 56; 1985 c.770 9; 1990 c.2 44; 1999 c.876 10; 1999 c.1051 216; 2011 c.597 268]
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