WCAT will be opening the office to the public on Monday, July 6, 2020 with physical distancing measures in place.
WCAT has continued to operate during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. WCAT has introduced new and enhanced measures to improve personal safety and prevent any risk of exposure to COVID-19. View WCAT’s COVID-19 Safety Plan.
As of June 1, 2020, WCAT oral hearings will proceed by way of videoconference. If your hearing cannot proceed by videoconference, it may proceed by teleconference or in person.
We appreciate the flexibility and willingness of all parties who are making adjustments so that their hearing can proceed.
Find out more about oral hearings
Get set up for a videoconference hearing
What to expect at a videoconference
What to expect at a teleconference
Secure email
Using secure email to share information. To help keep things running smoothly, letters and other appeal correspondence will be sent by encrypted email to parties and representatives who have already consented to receiving information this way.
Find out how to open encrypted emails (PDF, 614KB)
Anyone who has not consented will continue to receive information by regular mail. If you’d like to receive information by secure email, send a request to emailconsent@wcat.bc.ca. Include your full name and appeal number, if you have one.
Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2020 – The Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 23) received Royal Assent on Friday, August 14, 2020. Some parts of the legislation came into force immediately, necessitating changes to WCAT’s Manual of Rules of Practice and Procedure (MRPP). The WCAT Chair’s decision No. 26 making the necessary changes can be found
here. Changes are made to MRPP items 2.7 (Panels), 3.1 (General), 3.4.1 (Constitutional Questions), 3.4.2 Human Rights Code, 3.4.3 (Administrative Tribunals Act), 20 (Post-Decision), and 20.1.2 (Clarification). The changes to the MRPP are effective as of August 14, 2020. (Posted 2020/08/19)
