Canadian Injured Workers Association of Alberta
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By Gerald Interesting that the Alberta Human Rights Commission would defer to any decision made by WCB or the Appeals Commission! In Kebede v. SGS Canada Inc., 2019 AHRC 3, the Alberta …
Human Rights Commission and Alberta WCB Read MoreBy Gerald This is an article written by Peter Rousmaniere who is a well known journalist and expert on workers compensation. I attended a webinar on Thursday March 7, 2019 …
Impairment ratings used as a direct method of rating disabilities Read MoreBy Gerald Interesting law suit going on across the border specific to presumption. In the U.S. all State workers compensation systems determine claims based on an adversarial system meaning the …
Presumptive Status Read MoreBy Gerry Here we go again. This time it is 911 Operators who will be receiving presumptive status. This idea in politicians heads that they have to keep adding more …
Presumptive Status Read MoreOffice of the Ombudsman 801- 6th Ave SW Calgary, Alberta T2P 3W2 Feb. 26, 2019 On behalf of Mr. Smith, I wish to file a complaint against the WCB Board of …
Complaint to Ombudsman Read MoreBy Gerald The following from California in regards to adding more workers for presumptive status with more workers lobbying for presumptive status. These are the idiots we are expected to …
Questionable Stupidity Read MoreBy Gerald On Wednesday Feb.20, 2019 we attended a Judicial Review which resulted in the Court, WCB Legal Counsel, Appeals Legal Counsel and I agreeing that the blame for using …
Decision of the Court of Queen’s Bench Read MoreBy Gerry The State of Nevada has finally got it right in the wacky world of workers compensation by enacting legislation to put the burden of proof on an employer …
Burden of proof placed on employers to prove an injury or disease is not compensable Read MoreBy Gerald Both the Senate and House of Representatives in Hawaii are now considering identical bills that would require workers compensation payers to reimburse patients who are prescribed medical marijuana under state law …
Medical Marijuana Read MoreBy Gerald I have been diligently working on two long standing claims, one ten years old and the other 46 years old that resulted in denied claims and benefits that …
Information for all workers and MLAs who will take the time to read this Read More