Does Workers Compensation Board of Alberta and its Government Discriminate against Injured workers?
WCB Alberta has over the years, has done surveys on the injured workers.
Many of the injured workers are those that have had minor injuries, by that I mean a broken bone or an illness that would allow the worker back to work after a short period of time; they are surveyed workers that give a good report on WCB as they have not been subject to benefit denial or reduction, are treated with fairness, understanding and are given any assistance that is asked for while collecting their total benefits and those are the reports that most of the population hears about and allows WCB to be praised by their stakeholders and themselves.
Permanent injured workers; who make up the lower percentage of the surveys and lower percentage of injured workers, are those that do not give a good report about the WCB and are the ones that have suffered through denial, benefit reduction, they are/ been subject to verbal, financial, physical, emotional abuse/ harassment, which in all is psychological abuse..
What I have found is that WCB Alberta has all these policies and procedures in place for the injured workers, that are in reality nothing more then a false statement of wording;
eg: Increase the modified work placement for all disabling claims: establish a baseline and improvement target
The truth is that modified work placement is nothing more then the WCB “deeming” a position that they believe the injured worker is capable of doing, regardless if the injured worker has interest or personality conflicts in that area of employment . Once a permanently injured worker is “deemed”, the benefits to that worker are deducted by the amount calculated by the WCB; eg: retail sales clerk, with no experience, is calculated at $34,000.00+ and has a percentage added annually ( representing wage increase) which is subtracted from the original benefit amount until the “deemed” employment matches the original income of the injured worker, than all benefits are cut off; regardless if that injured worker was able to secure employment or not.
The WCB also has in its power to gain medical information about a person with the Freedom of Information act; without the claimants permission or knowledge, whether it is injury related or not, with this information they alone determine if the injury is compensation able or not; eg: an injured worker has a spinal injury and they find a history of arthritis, your benefits could be lowered or they can refuse a claim on the grounds pre-existing condition, which has happened to many.
Not including the claims that have been accepted and then later re-written as pre-existing condition due to development of arthritis or another condition that they feel fit to use as reason.
With the above stated pertaining to the Freedom of Information act, where as the WCB can get all medical information including from a 3rd party, when an injured worker attempts to get information on their claim via the Freedom of Information act, much of the information is withheld, which prevents the injured worker from fully being able to investigate what has been happening on their claim; this is especially true when an injured worker needs this information for appeals purposes.
Many seriously injured workers have been subject to extremes of physical abuse, where they are made to over extend they capabilities of physical rehabilitation; eg: WCB employees telling the injured that they are not trying hard enough to complete the program that had been set out for them and any rebuttal is considered non-compliance and then they are threatened that non-compliance is grounds for denial of benefits and any further assistance from WCB, which this common practice, constitutes psychological, financial and verbal abuse.
It has been proven that the WCB’s actions of physical therapy, has caused more problems then it attempts to correct, survey done by Hospital of Special Surgeries in New York as there has not been any such type of independent survey done in Canada ( least not known to author). Personally I have witnessed injured workers where due to the actions of WCB employees, where a mans screws in his foot were retracting due to the exercise program authorized by Alberta WCB at Mallard Rehabilitation center, another where an elderly lady was forced to haul wheel barrels of fire wood back and forth at Richmond WCB rehabilitation center until she turned blue in the face with chest pains, yet she was told to keep going or be reported for non-compliance; that incident almost caused a physical confrontation against the WCB employee.
The WCB of Alberta has been well known for their use of verbal, emotional, physical and financial abuse, as have the various other WCB/WSIB’s across Canada.
Our Federal Government has been preaching to the world on discrimination and abuse of those that are unable to protect themselves, preaching about Human rights violations around the globe, yet they stand by and allow these criminal acts to go on in their own country, animals have more rights then permanently injured workers in Canada.
Our Provincial Government does nothing but sits back and allows this to happen to it citizens, even though it does legislate the WCB, the answer from the Provincial Government and its Ministries is that they do not have control of the WCB as it is an arm’s length of Government, yet the WCB states that they are Governed by the Province and must follow legislated regulations that enable them to commit crimes against Humanity, defraud the injured and employers, manipulate information and take total control of the injured worker’s life; eg: an injured worker wants to become self employed, then they are required to submit a business plan to the WCB and they will investigate whether it is viable or not; want to do it on your own via Federal Government grants? , you will be told that you are the responsibility of the WCB and that any such grants must be through them.
Along with Judicial powers and total power over the injured worker, the law in Canada has no Jurisdiction over the WCB’s, if they do, nothing has ever been done about the criminal activities that they so often perform, which is contrary to the Canadian Charter of Rights. No Organization has power over Canadians, let alone a world wide criminal organization.
http://abusebyalbertasworkerscompensation.blogspot.com/2009/04/this-is-written-for-province-of-alberta.html
As I write this the WCB’s in the United States are under investigation via the R.I.C.O laws, which are racketeering and other criminal acts performed by the WCB’s and employers.
http://iwocac.ning.com/forum/topics/employers-face-rico-claims-for?commentId=2011525%3AComment%3A10508
Many of the injured workers are those that have had minor injuries, by that I mean a broken bone or an illness that would allow the worker back to work after a short period of time; they are surveyed workers that give a good report on WCB as they have not been subject to benefit denial or reduction, are treated with fairness, understanding and are given any assistance that is asked for while collecting their total benefits and those are the reports that most of the population hears about and allows WCB to be praised by their stakeholders and themselves.
Permanent injured workers; who make up the lower percentage of the surveys and lower percentage of injured workers, are those that do not give a good report about the WCB and are the ones that have suffered through denial, benefit reduction, they are/ been subject to verbal, financial, physical, emotional abuse/ harassment, which in all is psychological abuse..
What I have found is that WCB Alberta has all these policies and procedures in place for the injured workers, that are in reality nothing more then a false statement of wording;
eg: Increase the modified work placement for all disabling claims: establish a baseline and improvement target
The truth is that modified work placement is nothing more then the WCB “deeming” a position that they believe the injured worker is capable of doing, regardless if the injured worker has interest or personality conflicts in that area of employment . Once a permanently injured worker is “deemed”, the benefits to that worker are deducted by the amount calculated by the WCB; eg: retail sales clerk, with no experience, is calculated at $34,000.00+ and has a percentage added annually ( representing wage increase) which is subtracted from the original benefit amount until the “deemed” employment matches the original income of the injured worker, than all benefits are cut off; regardless if that injured worker was able to secure employment or not.
The WCB also has in its power to gain medical information about a person with the Freedom of Information act; without the claimants permission or knowledge, whether it is injury related or not, with this information they alone determine if the injury is compensation able or not; eg: an injured worker has a spinal injury and they find a history of arthritis, your benefits could be lowered or they can refuse a claim on the grounds pre-existing condition, which has happened to many.
Not including the claims that have been accepted and then later re-written as pre-existing condition due to development of arthritis or another condition that they feel fit to use as reason.
With the above stated pertaining to the Freedom of Information act, where as the WCB can get all medical information including from a 3rd party, when an injured worker attempts to get information on their claim via the Freedom of Information act, much of the information is withheld, which prevents the injured worker from fully being able to investigate what has been happening on their claim; this is especially true when an injured worker needs this information for appeals purposes.
Many seriously injured workers have been subject to extremes of physical abuse, where they are made to over extend they capabilities of physical rehabilitation; eg: WCB employees telling the injured that they are not trying hard enough to complete the program that had been set out for them and any rebuttal is considered non-compliance and then they are threatened that non-compliance is grounds for denial of benefits and any further assistance from WCB, which this common practice, constitutes psychological, financial and verbal abuse.
It has been proven that the WCB’s actions of physical therapy, has caused more problems then it attempts to correct, survey done by Hospital of Special Surgeries in New York as there has not been any such type of independent survey done in Canada ( least not known to author). Personally I have witnessed injured workers where due to the actions of WCB employees, where a mans screws in his foot were retracting due to the exercise program authorized by Alberta WCB at Mallard Rehabilitation center, another where an elderly lady was forced to haul wheel barrels of fire wood back and forth at Richmond WCB rehabilitation center until she turned blue in the face with chest pains, yet she was told to keep going or be reported for non-compliance; that incident almost caused a physical confrontation against the WCB employee.
The WCB of Alberta has been well known for their use of verbal, emotional, physical and financial abuse, as have the various other WCB/WSIB’s across Canada.
Our Federal Government has been preaching to the world on discrimination and abuse of those that are unable to protect themselves, preaching about Human rights violations around the globe, yet they stand by and allow these criminal acts to go on in their own country, animals have more rights then permanently injured workers in Canada.
Our Provincial Government does nothing but sits back and allows this to happen to it citizens, even though it does legislate the WCB, the answer from the Provincial Government and its Ministries is that they do not have control of the WCB as it is an arm’s length of Government, yet the WCB states that they are Governed by the Province and must follow legislated regulations that enable them to commit crimes against Humanity, defraud the injured and employers, manipulate information and take total control of the injured worker’s life; eg: an injured worker wants to become self employed, then they are required to submit a business plan to the WCB and they will investigate whether it is viable or not; want to do it on your own via Federal Government grants? , you will be told that you are the responsibility of the WCB and that any such grants must be through them.
Along with Judicial powers and total power over the injured worker, the law in Canada has no Jurisdiction over the WCB’s, if they do, nothing has ever been done about the criminal activities that they so often perform, which is contrary to the Canadian Charter of Rights. No Organization has power over Canadians, let alone a world wide criminal organization.
http://abusebyalbertasworkerscompensation.blogspot.com/2009/04/this-is-written-for-province-of-alberta.html
As I write this the WCB’s in the United States are under investigation via the R.I.C.O laws, which are racketeering and other criminal acts performed by the WCB’s and employers.
http://iwocac.ning.com/forum/topics/employers-face-rico-claims-for?commentId=2011525%3AComment%3A10508
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