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CCH® UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE — 04/26/17

Oregon amends its UI rules regarding corporate elections

Oregon has amended its Employment Department rules as follows:

Corporate elections. The Department will notify a corporation, in writing, whether an election meets the statutory requirements, as well as the effective date of the election. The notice approving or denying the election will be mailed to the corporation's last known address as shown in its records.

If the statutory requirements are met, the election not to provide coverage will continue until revoked or canceled.

Once the election is approved, the corporation must notify the Department in writing of any changes to ownership within 30 days of the change occurring.

An election not to provide coverage will be revoked if there is a change in ownership that causes the corporate officers to no longer meet the requirements of the law. The election will be revoked effective on the date of the change regardless of when the Department was notified of the change. If the election is revoked, the Department will mail a notice of revocation to the corporation's last known address as shown in its records.

The corporation may cancel an election at any time by notifying the Department in writing, and the cancellation will be effective in the quarter filed unless a later date is specified in the cancellation notice. If the corporation chooses to cancel the election, then it will not be granted another exclusion for a minimum of two completed calendar years from the effective date of the cancellation.

Notices of denial and notices of revocation become final 20 calendar days after the notice is mailed unless within such time the corporation files a request for a hearing. A request for hearing on the denial of a corporation's election must be in writing and submitted by the employer or the employer's agent.