Canadian Injured Workers Association of Alberta
An Injury to One is An Injury to All
CIWAA is pleased to see that the recommendations of the review panel have addressed some issues of great importance to injured workers. The panel heard from many injured workers and …
Canadian Injured Workers Association of Alberta Response to the Final Report of the Alberta Workers Compensation Board Review Panel Read MorePoints to ponder: Will there be justice? Justice can only happen when old claims denied on paid opinion and the case managers need for a bonus are re-opened . They …
Points to Ponder: Workers’ Comp Reclamation? Alberta Points the Way Read MoreBy Gerald According to the Meredith Principles, all workers compensation systems in Canada were to operate under the legal standard which was to be an Inquiry model, not an adversarial …
Presumption Read MoreBy Gerald While there may be some disgruntled people with the findings and recommendations of the Review Panel, it is a step in the right direction. The credit for all …
LBR Recommendations Read MoreThe Government of Alberta has announced the WCB review recommendations. You can read them here. CIWAA would like to share your comments with the government, as there is still some disconnect …
WCB Review Recommendations Announced Read MoreBy Gerald The article that I am sending is and should be very interesting to anyone with any intellectual capacity to understand the difference between the system in the U.S. …
Legal Representation Read MoreBy Gerald Provincial and Federal Governments tax workers without questioning or taking responsibility for where our taxes go. We know from several studies provided in the U.S. that the majority …
Tax payers on the hook to care for disabled workers Read MoreBy Gerald The National Day of Mourning brings out a very important issue which is to make the system into what the original intent was and that is to look …
Mandate of workers compensation Read MoreBy Gerald The following news story was sent to me from an injured worker which is an interview with Mr. McGowan who very explicitly and accurately portrayed the Alberta WCB …
Interview with Gil McGowan Read MoreBy Gerald Perhaps if our elected politicians would read this link presented by a lawyer in a video they would understand why the Calgary Commercial Crimes Unit supported filing criminal …
Impairment versus disability Read More