Canadian Injured Workers Association of Alberta
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From Injured Workers Online: Workers’ compensation: morality versus the business case November 23, 2018 The experience of being injured at work and claiming workers’ compensation can greatly influence injured workers’ …
Presentation About Difficult Claims and the Compensation System Read MoreBy Gerald I represented two workers at two in person hearings with a member of the DRDRB on Nov. 14, 2018. The first claim was an appeal of decision to …
Total Ignorance Read MoreBy Gerald Most people are aware that lawyers have very little or no integrity or principles which is evident when performing surveys involving trust. Lawyers are always at the bottom …
Appointment of Wispinski Read MoreBy Gerald Click on the following link: https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news-story/9029941-after-nearly-24-year-wait-wsib-approves-claim-in-1995-cancer-death-of-general-electric-peterborough-worker/ This is a long standing claim that was reviewed and accepted after 24 years. Questionably is why it took 24 years to …
WSIB accepts claim after 24 years Read MoreBy Gerald Questionably is what kind of morons would enact a law as stupid as Section 17(4) of the WCA which states; Each matter shall be decided on the merits and …
Precedence Read MoreBy Gerald I have been requested to inquire why recipients of Social Services payments are forced to apply for CPP pensions when they reach the age of 60 and threatened …
Forcing individuals on Social Services to apply for CPP benefits at age 60 Read MoreCheck out the background of the Appeals Commission panel. The deck could be stacked – for example, ex case managers, lawyers that just work for Appeals Commission. How could a …
Removing power from the Appeals Commission in New Brunswick Read MoreBy Gerald While reviewing case law I came across a decision by the Alberta Court of Appeal which I had to read several times. I always thought that when a …
Comments on a Decision by the Alberta Court of Appeal Read MoreBy Gerald Effective Nov. 1, 2018, Ms. Dale Wispinski was appointed by the NDP Government as the new Chief of the Alberta Appeals Commission. I have met Ms. Wispinski during …
Appointment of a new Chief of the Alberta Appeals Commission Read MoreBy Gerald There is no denying that the burden of proof in the workers compensation system is entirely on the “Board” but our Justice Minister like her predecessors does not …
Burden of Proof 2 Read More