The Court of Appeals also held that the grant of immunity to bar the worker's claims against the individual state employees did not violate Oregon's constitution. Workers' Comp 101: Under Oregon's workers' compensation law, compensation is available to a covered worker who has suffered a "compensable injury." Noneconomic damages are not available as benefits under Oregon's workers' compensation law. The court's problem with the removal of the common-law remedy in the Tort Claims Act was that it left would-be claimants without recourse. TakeawayThe workers' compensation immunity provision of Oregon's Tort Claims Act exceeds the substantive limits that state's constitution imposes on the legislature's authority to modify common-law remedies.