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      <title>WCAT Annual Report 2005</title>
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      <title>WCAT Annual Report 2005</title>
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      <title>WCAT Annual Report 2006</title>
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      <title>WCAT Annual Report 2007</title>
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      <title>Quarterly Report</title>
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      <title>Quarterly Report</title>
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      <title>Quarterly Report</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 3 July 2009 18:22:56 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Quarterly Report</title>
      <link>http://www.wcat.bc.ca/research/WCAT_publications/WCAT_reports/quarterly_reports/07_sept_qtr.pdf</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 3 July 2009 18:26:23 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Board of Directors Decision</title>
      <link>http://www.wcat.bc.ca/alerts/05_aug_24.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[    Decision issued on the chair's section 251 referral regarding lawfulness of Board policy on recurrence of disability.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 6 July 2009 15:35:33 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Chair's Decision</title>
      <link>http://www.wcat.bc.ca/alerts/05_sept_02.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ This decision of the chair was provided to the Workers' Compensation Board (Board) pursuant to section 251(5) of the Act. In response, and pursuant to section 251(6) of the Act, the Board determined that item #55.40 is patently unreasonable and WCAT may refuse to apply it. The Board's decision can be found on WCAT's website.
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        Referral for Lawfulness of Workers Compensation Board (WCB) Policy on Entitlement to Dependents' Benefits. This decision of the chair was provided to the Workers' Compensation Board (Board) pursuant to section 251(5) of the Act. In response, and pursuant to section 251(6) of the Act, the Board determined that item #55.40 is patently unreasonable and WCAT may refuse to apply it. The Board's decision can be found on WCAT's website.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 6 July 2009 15:53:25 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Noteworthy Decisions</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[    The Noteworthy Decisions <a href="/appeals/preparing/noteworthy_decisions_subject.pdf">Subject Index</a> is updated. It is current to March 31, 2008. 56 decisions have been added since the last update in February 2007. There are now a total of 335 noteworthy decisions. Three decisions have been removed from the noteworthy page. See the List of <a href="/appeals/preparing/decisions_not_noteworthy.pdf">Decisions No Longer Noteworthy</a> for further details.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 July 2009 20:04:21 UTC</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[    WCAT is pleased to announce that its decisions are <a href="http://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcwcat/index.html" target="_blank">now available on CanLII (Canadian Legal Information Institute)</a>. CanLII is a non-profit organization managed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada.  CanLII's goal is to make Canadian law accessible for free on the Internet.
	 <br/><br/>At present, only the 2008 decisions have been published.  The rest will be added over the next few weeks. Note:  There will usually be a delay of up to one month in WCAT?s current decisions being published on CanLII.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 July 2009 20:05:48 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Note Concerning Published Decisions</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[    At present, only the 2008 decisions have been published.  The rest will be added over the next few weeks. <strong>Note:</strong> There will usually be a delay of up to one month in WCAT's current decisions being published on CanLII.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 July 2009 20:06:09 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>New Agreement between WorkSafeBC and the BCMA ratified</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[    On December 20, 2006 the new agreement between WorkSafeBC and the BCMA was ratified.? It is effective from April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2012 and includes increases to many fee codes in the fee schedule.? <a href="http://www.worksafebc.com/health_care_providers/assets/pdf/highlights_bcma_worksafebc_agreement_2006.pdf" target="_blank">Click here for highlights of the new agreement</a>. ? Item #13.23 of the MRPP (Expense of Obtaining or Producing Evidence) provides that "WCAT will generally limit the amount of reimbursement of expenses to the rates or tariff established by the Board for this purpose."? It refers to the current tariff items for certain medical legal and other applicable matters.? <a href="/news/fees.pdf">Click here for the newly negotiated amounts for the listed items. </a>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 July 2009 20:06:55 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Noteworthy WCAT Decisions Subject Index</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[    The index has been updated to include 85 additional noteworthy WCAT decisions. <a href="/appeals/preparing/noteworthy_decisions_subject.pdf">To view the index, click here</a> (pdf 567kb)
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 July 2009 20:07:13 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Representatives' and Parties' Vacations</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[    Effective February 15, 2006, WCAT will no longer permit automatic extension of due dates for submissions on appeals due to representatives' and parties' vacations.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 July 2009 20:07:32 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Noteworthy WCAT Decisions Subject Index</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[    The number of noteworthy WCAT decisions has grown substantially. Although they are organized chronologically, we have concluded that it would be useful to users to organize them by subject.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 July 2009 20:07:56 UTC</pubDate>
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