Alerts - January 07, 2008

Withdrawal of Section 251 Referral to the Chair for Lawfulness of Policy on Changing a Firm’s Classification and the 75 Day Rule: 

On October 4, 2007 the board of directors of the Workers Compensation Board, operating as WorkSafeBC, signed Resolution 2007/10/04-06.  This Resolution amends items #AP1-37-3 and AP1-96-1 of the Assessment Manual to include, in the list of reasons for change in classification, policy changes that might result in a change to an employer’s classification.  The effective date of the change is November 1, 2007 and it applies to all decisions, including appellate decisions on or after November 1, 2007.  As a result of this amendment to the policy, the vice chair has withdrawn her referral of this issue to the chair of WCAT under section 251 of the Workers Compensation Act. 

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