Mental Stress 101by WCB of Alberta

( This posting was originally placed May 2011 )

For the past 6 out of 10 years I have had many thoughts pertaining to WCB and their actions, lost many hours sleep due to nightmares or frustration, the mind games that are played by them makes me feel like they are attempting to make me lose control of my thoughts. Why? I think so they can say I am a threat to their safety, as they have done to many other injured workers. I am not allowed to enter their building to pickup cheques, why I don't know? I never threatened them, but they write down what ever they feel at the time. I have found that if I rebuttal any conversation to my claims manager, I am them penalized by slow down of progress of my claim or payments not sent out at scheduled time, but the excuses are constant; waiting on supervisor consent, computer is down on the cheque writer,file is in assistance hands etc; none of this is on paper which is why I no longer communicate via telephone. To many conversations were re-written out of context or not even posted on my file. Managers claiming that their hands are tied yet an assistant is able to accomplish what manager claimed they could not; or stating that they are unable to change another claims managers decision, yet many changes have been made. Mangers refusing professionals or my request's ; 5 years later it is claimed as "offered" though I chose a different path; regardless of what was on file years before; becomes official statement.That pertained to the first academic training, which was I unable to compete in. It was the second academic training, less then a year later, is the reason of my criminal charges.
I attempt to start my own business, only to be told "I know nothing of business", therefore you must go to "Business Administration"! Academically challenged ? need the upgrading in order to compete academically? NO!, pass, fail or dropout we (WCB) are done with you. All that was 5 years ago and I am still dealing with the aftermath. Just now priorities are to catch up with what little I receive, after no financial income for 6 months, which was social assistance. I am again under investigation due to WCB keeping 100% of benefits and informing social assistance that I was in receipt of said benefits: yearly income statement from WCB is less then what we received from assistance monthly. Manipulation of information which caused Zero income for my family, which is under enough hardship due to 2 physically restricted members of the family, one adult , one child.
It is pathetic the way WCB Alberta is allowed to operate, they are like little children allowed to play without parental supervision.

Why is only One Ministry in Charge?

Any of you that follow this blog will know that this is about the Alberta Workers Compensation Board, who is the Insurer of Employees in protecting the interests of Employers.

Now the WCB is responsible for those who are Disabled/Injured by Occupation ( aka Injured Workers), the WCB controls our Medical, Financial, Re-training if needed and any other aspect of returning the Worker back into the roll of being a contributor to society.

The Ministry of Labour is supposedly responsible for the WCB , via Legislation, However the Minister can only Legislate to the WCB and not held accountable for the day to day practices of the WCB, which include: manipulation of Financial Information, manipulation of Medical Information along with manipulation of Personal Information.


The Auditor General's Office has no control over the WCB's Audits , except for the yearly, nor will they investigate any possible Fraud when the evidence is put forth in front of them, the Minister of Health cannot investigate any wrong doing by the WCB when it comes down to Medical issues, nor will the Freedom of Information investigate any wrong doing when it has been shown that Personal Information has been altered.

These are are Ministries that should be involved in the WCB as the WCB covers various areas, but some reason it is only kept in the hands of the Ministry of Labour, that is unable to actually do anything about the accusations and concerns from Albertan's, which are criminal in nature. We have Hansard's where situations  are addressed, Judicial & Ministerial Reviews are done without an outcome or resolutions, nor are the suggestions/recommendations by those considered  , the Judicial cannot get involved due to Judicial Immunity, although many have tried. A large majority of Disabled by Occupation have spent Thousands of Dollars to Lawyers only to find out a few months & a few Lawyers later , that their money to seek Justice and to get what is rightfully theirs was wasted. The WCB has all the protection in the World and free reign to do what ever they wish , to whom every they wish: you write or say something they do not like they will bring the Law down upon you.

As being an Administrator for a National Disabled/Injured Workers web site, we have had many people that are suicidal and we try to find them the help they need, sometimes it is Law Enforcement that we call  to protect the person from themselves, other are frustrated to the limit where they no longer care about the outcome of their actions as all they want to do is retaliate, we had a lady who wrote about a dream she had , it involved the WCB and Explosives, it had not been posted for more then 6 hours when we were notified that the posting had to be removed as it was considered to be a threat to the WCB, needless to say that particular lady turned out right after that to be another person that we had to call the Authorities on to prevent another suicide as she felt she was being not only deprived of her life by the WCB , but now deprived of her emotions and subconscious dreams that she has no control over.

I bring this up due to her actions , the actions of the WCB and a recording of a past Alberta MLA, who is now a Federal Member of Parliament, who Advises a WCB Claimant that Blowing up the Alberta WCB is a good Idea, yet nothing is said or done about this, the Media, Leaders of the Opposition or RCMP seem to care about that , but when it is a Claimant or any other person raising their voice , without making type of a threat, they are subject to ridicule, banned from WCB property and subject to claim reviews that more often then not have them denied benefits and cut off all Medical & Financial assistance including prescription drugs, while labeling the person as a drug addict when they are need of their prescription that they cannot afford, which leads many to drastic measures.

Why is there only One Ministry in Charge when so many Ministries are actually Involved , from Health to Justice, from Finance to Family Services.

To my Alberta Provincial Political Leader's & Leaders for Alberta Change:

The W.C.B.'s across Canada,are a very strenuous psychological challenge, there are many "Legal" or "Illegal" acts in the name of profit, considering that they are a non-profit organization.


We call them crimes; as the actions of this World Wide Organization, violate the United Nation’s Declaration of Human Rights, in Canada our Charter of Rights is very much violated as well; not to mention the criminal actions of Fraud, Threats, Blackmail, Medical Malpractice, Social Discrimination and countless accusations of questionable acts, that are border line criminal.


It is bad enough with the lies, manipulation and being spied on by this Corporation, that they also send their paid workers too infiltrate groups of person’s that have been disabled while on the job and causing disruptions to the point of total paranoia amongst these emotionally fragile people, that they no longer trust each other and begin to question their own thoughts and actions, due to the frustrations of their attempts for gaining a little self esteem and self worth.




Our employers, of whom we had worked for as a team, in some cases like family, others were just another face: but everyone stood beside/ behind each other through thick or thin,on the job , for their employer's; only to find out later, that they were nothing more then a disposable slave, to do the master's bidding.


Employers attempts & successes, to have us not file a claim, of preventing proper medical treatment, in some cases, where employer reports are "denying", the employee had an accident at work /claiming that is not their responsibility & manipulation of worker financial/ medical/ personal information, just to save them from paying out to the Workers Compensation Boards.




So people in our situation find it very hard to trust anyone, even members of our own families; friends are lost due to arguments, as they never "been there, done that", which makes them unable to realize how much control this "system" has on our lives, while these same people have no-one to control them as our Governments have allowed for free reign w/Judicial protection that prevents them from being held accountable for all that they do.


With Billions of dollars in the accounts of these non-profit corporations across Canada and the Millions of dollar’s being handed over to different committees and organizations from a fund that was originally set in place for the injured and disabled, by the employers of Canada, which includes our respective Governments, federally and provincially; while those for which this was originally created for, live in poverty, medically untreated, abused financially, physically and psychologically.


That when the WCB/WSIB decides to deny your benefits; that includes medical & anything else that effects your injury: a disabled worker cannot take that "injury" for medical care or prescribed medications as it is the Compensations system that is 100% responsible for your injury & proper treatment, many have been left to street drugs for pain control.


Some have been driven to suicide, some to criminal acts, others left to rot in the confines of their minds, while contemplating their next move towards the life, they once had , knowing they need proper medical/vocational/financial assistance, of which they never get.


This alone is no less then Money laundering, taking from the employers that is meant for the employees and using it as if it their right too control and distribute as they seem fit, their wages & pensions, with incomes of hundreds of thousands, the people in charge make their living from robbing the vulnerable and being praised for their actions amongst their peers; of who they share the profits with.




Should we have kept our mouths shut, got treatment through the Public Health Care system, visit Family Services for loss of income;while the employer pays the large premiums for safety organizations that do
nothing other then promote "Safety on the Job".
We as employee's know our limits;safety training should be part of every school curriculum, let the employers premiums go into a publicly controlled fund that covers all that is needed, with 80% year end profits paid into Public Health Care.
Be surprised how much cheaper that would be by wiping out the Middleman: AKA Compensation Board.

Conclusion:

The answer lies in the bottom statement, regulate the system; let the employer premiums go into a Public Fund that distributes the benefits, the organizations are already in place, just need to utilize the efficiency of our public system.

Examples:

Mandatory Safety Training through out the school years, with employment specific safety training in apprenticeships/ University careers etc.

Have all health care through the public system, via workers doctor recommendations; including all surgery/physiotherapy & all other related medicinal needs.

Let the Social assistance program and AISH work together, regarding short term & long term injuries/disabilities, in the supplying of necessary needs to prevent workers from falling into poverty.

Service Alberta to assist with vocational training & job placement that is consistent with the worker's personality and injury, they will be able to assist both the worker & employer in creating a work place that is safe, secure, in the workers interests and to the employers benefit.

With the Billion dollar's that Alberta WCB had accumulated in their "non-profit" account (April 2009 report), that would leave room for the employers to receive a rather substantial deduction in premiums, while maintaining a means of contributions going directly to these services, which in turn is money back into the pockets of Albertan's.

This can be done, with simple planning, Legislative changes, co-operation between all parties would insure its success;

Which I believe that many will agree that taking out the "Middle Man" will insure proper care, while being financially beneficial to the Worker, Employer, Government Services and the tax payers of Alberta.

What will the Alberta Auditor General say about this?

I had been told by numerous "Tweeter's" to either prove what I have been saying or shut the "F@^K UP", so here you go; just a taste of what I have been saying since 2002/2003, over Financial manipulation, you can trust me on the Personal Information Manipulation when it comes to Permanently Injured Workers, I can show that as well, but why let all my Evidence be shown ?
This alone, which is very similar to the information I sent to the Alberta Auditor Generals Office, over a 2003 issue, http://abusebyalbertasworkerscompensation.blogspot.com/2009/05/abuse-and-coverup-by-quasi-judicial.html .
That issue was Two years of information sharing after being able to convince the O.A.G of "questionable reason's" for an investigation, of which a few months later this situation came about and I never heard back from the O.A.G http://www.ffwdweekly.com/article/news-views/news/province-accused-of-muzzling-auditor-general-3615/

This was also brought before the Premier and Ministers involved over the years and nothing was done, which is the same pattern as as I discovered in 2003 with the Auditor Generals report http://abusebyalbertasworkerscompensation.blogspot.com/2009/03/auditor-generals-report-on-alberta-wcb.html and the accusations of Bribery made about Alberta WCB on the Legislature floor http://abusebyalbertasworkerscompensation.blogspot.com/2010/03/alberta-wcb-has-been-reported-prior-for.html

So here it is:

This is also the same topic that I addressed on the site Dear Mr.Premier
http://dearmrpremier.ca/2009/04/wcb-makes-criminals-of-innocent-albertans/ , which will give more of a detailed explanation of the repercussions of this T5007 and WCB claim of fraud that was supposedly committed by me , but then File manipulation and Blackmail will force anyone to do the bidding of a Corrupt Organization, worst part of this, that the Premier and the Alberta Ministers in Charge allow this type of behavior, therefore they are promoting Corruption as we have already witnessed in other areas of their Duties to the Public.

WCB Hostage taking could have been Prevented

October 21st ,2009 was not a great day in Edmonton Alberta, the hostage taking at Alberta’s Worker’s Compensation Board was a very depressing situation for the employees of WCB and for the injured worker and his family. In all reality "ALL" were the victims of WCB abuse, with their policies and practices to "Profit" (as they are a nonprofit organization) any way they can, which unfortunately leads the injured worker into poverty and loss of family, loss of home and sometimes suicide.
The man that did the hostage taking Patrick Clayton, was a man at the end of his rope, I would imagine he attempted every avenue of appeal within the WCB, as many of Alberta’s injured workers have done. After the appeals the only recourse of help is going to your MLA, to the Ombudsman, Premier, lawyers, media and protesting, as many injured workers have found out, each and every one of these last options are dead ends.

From my personal experiences with the WCB and the fight that I have been forced into, it has come to my realization that no matter what direction a person attempts to go, whether it is though the appeals process or just trying to get a claims manager to accept your Doctor’s report, it is a hassle. WCB staff and employers will and have attempted to close down an injury claim before it starts, to those that wish to ignore the actions of the WCB, like MLA Doug Griffiths and his P.C political party, we do have the proof.

I attempted to make Mr. Griffiths aware that all of the hostage taking could have been prevented, however each time I made a statement as to the abuse of the WCB he would twist my words into me claiming that the hostage taking was justified and continued to state that I have a twisted, terrorist mind an should seek physiological help, all for speaking out against the WCB and his political party that were the roots of the situation.

He kept asking for proof so I would direct him to websites with the information, his reply was give me something that he could verify, while the proof is in my possession; this went over and over repeatedly as if he and I were on the legislative floor wasting time continually repeating the words, as they so often do. By the end of the night which shortly after 12 am, I challenged Mr. Griffiths to prove me wrong, have an investigation into all that I stated about WCB or to prove me right by doing nothing as the Alberta legislature has done pertaining to the WCB for many years, decades in fact. Nearing the end of our conversation he informed me that he does not have the power to request an investigation, but he does have the power to present it on the floor of the legislative, which he refused to comment on and ended our conversation with an accusation that I need help, which he cannot give and mentioned that he wanted to know my name so he could find me the help I needed, and for me to go to bed as I need sleep more so then he did.

What I learned from this conversation is that anyone that speaks out against the WCB in this matter is considered a terrorist and after informing him that if the Alberta Legislative
had done their job properly years ago, that this situation would most likely not have happened, I was then again accused of being a twisted individual with a terrorist mind.

I had spent the day on the internet informing people that the WCB is not the victim here, they are the cause, with judicial powers and immunity to any court action, it is allowed free reign to do what ever they wish, I have talked with many about this organization from injured workers, advocates and lawyers and it is the same about the unfairness to the injured and one sidedness to the employer.
Justice MacLean: Alberta Court of Queens Bench has commented on the unfairness of the WCB, “This is not a level playing field, it is not fair, and it offends the basic principles of natural justice."

Yet this Alberta government allows this to keep going on, is it because they promote corruption or that the injured workers are a waste of their time and let fall into cracks of time and be forgotten?
The WCB has tactics of their own as well, from manipulating files, whether medical, financial or personal, they do it to justify their end goal of profit and savings for the employer, yet WCB is a non-profit organization with over a Billion in its account as of April 2009. There are many different tactics that they use as well, mainly the use of word manipulation, where if an injured worker questions an action of the WCB they are declared non-compliant and then all benefits are cut off until that person makes it to the appeals commission which can take up a year and some have gone a lot longer.
From deeming of employment to denial of doctors reports, they will do anything to the injured they wish, it is kiss their feet as (in their minds) they are holier then thou and if you don’t agree with that then you can no-longer come into our building as they will and have, written people up as a threat when no threatening actions have ever been made.

If all that isn’t enough to deter you from fighting for your rights, they will contact another arm’s length agency to also start harassing the injured worker. People should question how many injured workers have been forced to Social Assistance when it is the WCB’s responsibility to care for the injured worker, if nothing is done about this criminal organization the there most likely will be more situations like October 21st ,2009.

Mental Stress by WCB of Alberta

For the past 6 out of 10 years I have had many thoughts pertaining to WCB and their actions, lost many hours sleep due to nightmares or frustration, the mind games that are played by them makes me feel like they are attempting to make me lose control of my thoughts. Why? I think so they can say I am a threat to their safety, as they have done to many other injured workers. I am not allowed to enter their building to pickup cheques, why I don't know? I never threatened them, but they write down what ever they feel at the time. I have found that if I rebuttal any conversation to my claims manager, I am them penalized by slow down of progress of my claim or payments not sent out at scheduled time, but the excuses are constant; waiting on supervisor consent, computer is down on the cheque writer,file is in assistance hands etc; none of this is on paper which is why I no longer communicate via telephone. To many conversations were re-written out of context or not even posted on my file. Managers claiming that their hands are tied yet an assistant is able to accomplish what manager claimed they could not; or stating that they are unable to change another claims managers decision, yet many changes have been made. Mangers refusing professionals or my request's ; 5 years later it is claimed as "offered" though I chose a different path; regardless of what was on file years before; becomes official statement.That pertained to the first academic training, which was I unable to compete in. It was the second academic training, less then a year later, is the reason of my criminal charges.
I attempt to start my own business, only to be told "I know nothing of business", therefore you must go to "Business Administration"! Academically challenged ? need the upgrading in order to compete academically? NO!, pass, fail or dropout we (WCB) are done with you. All that was 5 years ago and I am still dealing with the aftermath. Just now priorities are to catch up with what little I receive, after no financial income for 6 months, which was social assistance. I am again under investigation due to WCB keeping 100% of benefits and informing social assistance that I was in receipt of said benefits: yearly income statement from WCB is less then what we received from assistance monthly. Manipulation of information which caused Zero income for my family, which is under enough hardship due to 2 physically disabled members of the family, one adult , one child.
It is pathetic the way WCB Alberta is allowed to operate, they are like little children allowed to play without parental supervision.
In all this time the WCB Alberta talks with me as if they are doing me a favor instead of their job, if they truly did their job then I would no longer be dependent on them, I would have been properly trained and succeeding into a new life and career.

Dear Prime Minister Harper and any other Politician that claims to stand for Canadians

After all the searching that has been done by myself and other injured workers, we are curious as to why with the Free Trade Agreement that there is an agreement pertaining to labour, namely the North American Agreement on Labour Cooperation.

PREAMBLE
- protect, enhance and enforce basic workers' rights

Article 5: Procedural Guarantees

"1. Each Party shall ensure that its administrative, quasiiudicial, judicial and labor tribunal proceedings for the enforcement of its labor law are fair, equitable and transparent and, to this end, each Party shall provide that:

(a) such proceedings comply with due process of law;

(b) any hearings in such proceedings are open to the public, except where the administration of justice otherwise requires;

(c) the parties to such proceedings are entitled to support or defend their respective positions and to present information or evidence; and

(d) such proceedings are not unneccessarily complicated and do not entail unreasonable charges or time limits or unwarranted delays.

2. Each Party shall provide that final decisions on the merits of the case in such proceedings are:

(a) in writing and preferably state the reasons on which the decisions are based;

(b) made available without undue delay to the parties to the proceedings and, consistent with its law, to the public; and

(c) based on information or evidence in respect of which the parties were offered the opportunity to be heard.

3. Each Party shall provide, as appropriate, that parties to such proceedings have the right, in accordance with its law, to seek review and, where warranted, correction of final decisions issued in such proceedings.

4. Each Party shall ensure that tribunals that conduct or review such proceedings are impartial and independent and do not have any substantial interest in the outcome of the matter.

5. Each Party shall provide that the parties to administrative, quasijudicial, judicial or labor tribunal proceedings may seek remedies to ensure the enforcement of their labor rights. Such remedies may include, as appropriate, orders, compliance agreements, fines, penalties, imprisonment, injunctions or emergency workplace closures.

6. Each Party may, as appropriate, adopt or maintain labor defense offices to represent or advise workers or their organizations.

7. Nothing in this Article shall be construed to require a Party to establish, or to prevent a Party from establishing, a judicial system for the enforcement of its labor law distinct from its system for the enforcement of laws in general.

8. For greater certainty, decisions by each Party's administrative, quasijudicial, judicial or labor tribunals, or pending decisions, as well as related proceedings shall not be subject to revision or reopened under the provisions of this Agreement".

Pertaining to Article 5 the only enforcement is where the WCB’s and employers are concerned, they are given protection of their Quasi-judicial tribunals, however the injured worker has no protection from the abuse that takes place against their very daily living, from mental stress to poverty ,from denial of medical treatment to being forced into an employment that is in direct conflict with the injury, along with the information manipulation that so many injured workers are forced into dealing with. Degrees of injury re-written months or years later as to a lesser degree, financial information that is re-written so blatantly that any ordinary person can see the fraud and corruption within this organization also personal information written as to the benefit of the WCB’s where have literally charged innocent injured workers of criminal acts and then penalizing the injured more then the courts have already done. There are many types of fraud but this type also reflects the quality of Government across Canada, if this world wide organization is to be an arm’s length of Government (Federal law mandates WCB in each Province, therefore Federal Government should police the actions if the provincial Governments do nothing) with all the powers of Canada within its hands, including Court of Queens Bench status that commits these and crimes against Humanity (yes does qualify) it shows to us that injured workers are disposable which enables abuse towards them in the same manner as physical or mentally handi-capped with the exception they have protection; injured are abuse in the worst possible sense, animals get better treatment. You may ask why does this happen, the answer is simple, WCB’s across Canada have billions in their accounts and are controlled by the employers; Millions of dollars are funneled through the WCB to safety organizations and rebates to employers that have been found guilty of labour violations. To any person that has any intelligence this has the markings of money laundering, does this mean our Governments practice this type of criminal activity? If so then maybe it is time we as Canadians took back our country and jail all those that have been part of the Canada wide corruption as accessories to the fact.

"It cannot be said that the Board is independent insofar as the worker is concerned. It is a Board set up to protect the employers. The Board is funded by the employers, and the Board has a duty and probably a primary duty to protect the employer. In relation to the worker, the Board has an overwhelming wealth of knowledge and experience. It has the financial ability to fund sophisticated investigations involving highly qualified experts and have the material presented to them, guided, orchestrated and propounded by its in-house counsel responsible to the Board and paid for by the Board. The application of any standards under the rules of natural justice would identify such circumstances as being unequal in negotiating ability and unfair. This is not a level playing field, it is not fair, and it offends the basic principles of natural justice."- Justice Maclean - Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta
Wilson v. Medicine Hat (City) [1999] A. J. No. 269 (February 3, 1999)

Government, WCB and computer Viruses

The letters I have received from MLA's in my province of Alberta, all say the exact same reply when asking for help from them pertaining to the workers compensation board; The WCB is an arm's length of government, "We have no say in the day to day workings of the WCB, it is best that you talk to your claims manager or their supervisor pertaining to the problems you are having. I wish you the best of luck with your injury and related problems with it." That same type of reply I received over the past 10 years from different MLA's and my Premier Mr. Stelmach. Why is it that though WCB Alberta is able to commit criminal acts of fraud, medical malpractice, manipulation of information, threats and intimidation; not only to the injured but also the Physician's and anyone that may be assisting the injured in their battles against this organization.
Though the WCB is legislated by Government, that is all the control our Government has over the WCB. With judicial powers,total authority over the injured worker they are continuously over riding the injured workers Doctors, by using their paid physicians, of whom never see the patient, stating medical reports of the person's injury and turning it into fact. Injured workers that request treatment for injuries have been forced to wait months or even years in some cases to get a M.R.I, cat scan or surgery; during these waiting periods the injured worker is healing and by the time that they are able to get help it is to late in some cases as scar tissue has formed an the surgeon is unable to correct it.

At that point the WCB claims that nothing can be done and the injured worker is then "deemed"(made-up)to an employment that they are incapable to succeed at or is directly opposing of their injury, and then the workers benefits are set at that fictitious employment with gradual decreases in wages, until the worker is no-longer collecting benefits ; yet is still unable to gain employment due to injury; I myself was an electrician and WCB Alberta forced me into academics for Electrical Engineering, but would not give me the upgrading to succeed in this course, a letter was written on my behalf by the program head stating I am in need of upgrading in order to succeed in the course; I was then removed from academics but the WCB still "deemed" me as an Electrical Engineer and the wage that an E.E would make was deducted from my benefits, which lowered my benefits to approximately $140.00 per month while still (to my knowledge) charging my employer the full rate of compensation.I was forced to take them to appeals at which time they would again "deem" me at employment that matched the income of an E.E and I would have to appeal that decision again and again.
Now is this the workings of an honest business ? That is part of every working person's life, whether you are injured or not, your employer is forced to make payments for you for every 100 hours you put in, it stays in the back ground like a computer virus until it gets involved and ends up screwing up your life just like it would your computer, slowly the longer it is there the more damage it does until you have lost everything and there is no getting it back cause you have no protection that would avoid the outcome.
( and yes I have had my hard drive wiped out after receiving emails from my WCB supervisor's, 3 separate times)

History of Workers Compensation in Canada

The need for a fair and equitable system of workers' compensation evolved out of the industrial revolution. As economic and industrial activities flourished, the number of work injuries also grew. The increasing use of machinery, new concepts of producing goods, and the pressure of increased demand for products resulted in more injury problems without solutions for employers and employees. For the most part, workers who were injured on the job had no recourse other than to sue their employers at common law, an expensive and time-consuming process. The court system was crowded, causing long delays. Compensation for injuries was usually insufficient and uncertain. The employee sometimes was forced to bear the expense of injury himself or had to throw himself on the mercy of welfare.
http://02cd9d2.netsolhost.com/public/1.0_overview.htm
http://02cd9d2.netsolhost.com/public/1.1.1_history.htm

Between 1884 and 1886, Germany's Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck introduced a mandatory state-run accident compensation system. Workers and employers financed this initial system.

Canadian workers' compensation began in Ontario, and laws developed along timelines similar to those in Great Britain. In 1910, Mr. Justice William Meredith was appointed to a Royal Commission to study workers' compensation. His final report, known as the Meredith Report, was produced in 1913.
There are five Meredith Principles:
• No-fault compensation: Workplace injuries are compensated regardless of fault. The worker and employer waive the right to sue. There is no argument over responsibility or liability for an injury. Fault becomes irrelevant, and providing compensation becomes the focus.
• Collective liability: The total cost of the compensation system is shared by all employers. All employers contribute to a common fund. Financial liability becomes their collective responsibility.
• Security of payment: A fund is established to guarantee that compensation monies will be available. Injured workers are assured of prompt compensation and future benefits.
• Exclusive jurisdiction: All compensation claims are directed solely to the compensation board. The Board is the decision-maker and final authority for all claims. Nor is the Board bound by legal precedent; it has the power and authority to judge each case on its individual merits.
• Independent board: The governing board is both autonomous and non-political. The Board is financially independent of government or any special interest group. The administration of the system is focused on the needs of its employer and labour clients, providing service with efficiency and impartiality.
http://www.awcbc.org/en/index.asp http://www.awcbc.org/en/historyofworkerscompensation.asp

QUOTE MERIDTH REPORT wsbc:
In a note to section 22 it is stated that "it is submitted that it would not be wise to entirely shut out appeals and place in the hands of the Board the sole right to interpret the act .... and the right to define its own jurisdiction." What danger is to be apprehended from conferring these rights I do not understand, nor do I see what questions as to the construction of the act are likely to arise other than those enumerated in section 22.
In my judgment the furthest the Legislature should go in allowing the intervention of the courts should be to provide that the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may state a case for the opinion of a Divisional Court of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Ontario, if any question of law of general importance arises and he deems it expedient it should be settled by a decision of a Divisional Court. Although I say this my judgment is against the introduction of any such provision, as it is probable that if any form of appeal to an appellate court is allowed, a defeated litigant will have the right to take his case to the Judicial Committee of His Majesty's Privy Council.
The draft bill of the Association has but one schedule of industries to all of which the act applies, and it makes no provision for abrogating or modifying the rules of the common law as to employers who are not within the scope of the act. How my draft bill differs from this will be apparent from what I have said in dealing with the general plan upon which it has been drafted.
By my draft bill (sec. 60) the Board is given exclusive jurisdiction as to all matters and questions arising under Part I, and subject to its power to rescind, alter or amend any of its decisions or orders, its action or decision is final and is not subject to appeal.
It is difficult to understand from the Association's draft bill what the jurisdiction of the Board is intended to be. Section 21 provides that the Board shall have jurisdiction to enquire into, hear and determine all matters and questions of fact and law necessary to be determined in connection with compensation payments and the administration thereof and the collection and management of the funds thereof.
This language would confer on the Board a rather limited jurisdiction and probably, judging from the provisions of section 22, less than the draftsman intended it should have. The decisions and findings of the Board upon questions of fact are made final and conclusive, but on questions of law an appeal is allowed.
http://www.awcbc.org/common/assets/english%20pdf/meredith_report.pdf


" It cannot be said that the Board is independent insofar as the worker is concerned. It is a Board set up to protect the employers. The Board is funded by the employers, and the Board has a duty and probably a primary duty to protect the employer. In relation to the worker, the Board has an overwhelming wealth of knowledge and experience. It has the financial ability to fund sophisticated investigations involving highly qualified experts and have the material presented to them, guided, orchestrated and propounded by its in-house counsel responsible to the Board and paid for by the Board. The application of any standards under the rules of natural justice would identify such circumstances as being unequal in negotiating ability and unfair. This is not a level playing field, it is not fair, and it offends the basic principles of natural justice."- Justice Maclean - Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta
Wilson v. Medicine Hat (City) [1999] A. J. No. 269 (February 3, 1999)
http://iwocac.ning.com/

This organization has come a long way from its roots, with Millions of Dollars going into rebates not going to just one, but to the many Safety Associations and big employers; even those employers that have deaths reported.
Injured workers and small business employers are being defrauded by WCB, medical professionals being financially reprimanded for not writing out the medical report for the way the WCB has requested; yet the blame goes onto the injured and in some cases the small business employers and medical professionals as the defrauders and liar’s. All this you can find in the above link.


My personal suggested changes needed: Removal of the Meredith Principals of Exclusive jurisdiction and Total Authority of a truly Non-Independent board.




• all medical needs covered by GOV, WCB’s removal of hiring private medical or rehabilitation staff for injured workers diagnoses or treatment But may be employed to ensure safe and appropriate rehabilitation.
• Emergency /closest physicians or workers personal physician: shall be deciders of degree or cause’s of injury and all treatment.
• Gov having direct responsibility for care the injured worker; federally as a whole; provincially as a residence, municipally as a casual basis for assist in injured workers needs.
• Board shall provide all necessary needs and insuring all needs to assist/allow the worker to progress to a new life with any assistance needed due to injury.
• Proceeds and payments by the employers to the employers fund for injured workers to be handled by the provincial auditor or separate authority, not by the WCB’s or their affiliates.
• WCB to only concentrate on retraining necessities, appropriate rehabilitation and any needs/ aids for the injured worker including personal mobility or daily aids, safe transportation for injured workers, meal and expenses for any injury related appointment or meeting.

History of Workers Compensation in Canada

The need for a fair and equitable system of workers' compensation evolved out of the industrial revolution. As economic and industrial activities flourished, the number of work injuries also grew. The increasing use of machinery, new concepts of producing goods, and the pressure of increased demand for products resulted in more injury problems without solutions for employers and employees. For the most part, workers who were injured on the job had no recourse other than to sue their employers at common law, an expensive and time-consuming process. The court system was crowded, causing long delays. Compensation for injuries was usually insufficient and uncertain. The employee sometimes was forced to bear the expense of injury himself or had to throw himself on the mercy of welfare.
(seems like it has gone full circle; present has gone back to the beginning)
http://02cd9d2.netsolhost.com/public/1.0_overview.htm
http://02cd9d2.netsolhost.com/public/1.1.1_history.htm

Workers Compensation was first used by the Egyptians while building the pyramids, so far that is all I know by archeologists on documentaries.
(injured were well taken care of also)

Between 1884 and 1886, Germany's Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck introduced a mandatory state-run accident compensation system. Workers and employers financed this initial system.(same location where the International Symposiums are held)

Canadian workers' compensation began in Ontario, and laws developed along time lines similar to those in Great Britain. In 1910, Mr. Justice William Meredith was appointed to a Royal Commission to study workers' compensation. His final report, known as the Meredith Report, was produced in 1913.
There are five Meredith Principles:

• No-fault compensation: Workplace injuries are compensated regardless of fault. The worker and employer waive the right to sue. There is no argument over responsibility or liability for an injury. Fault becomes irrelevant, and providing compensation becomes the focus.

• Collective liability: The total cost of the compensation system is shared by all employers. All employers contribute to a common fund. Financial liability becomes their collective responsibility.

• Security of payment: A fund is established to guarantee that compensation monies will be available. Injured workers are assured of prompt compensation and future benefits.

• Exclusive jurisdiction: All compensation claims are directed solely to the compensation board. The Board is the decision-maker and final authority for all claims. Nor is the Board bound by legal precedent; it has the power and authority to judge each case on its individual merits.

• Independent board: The governing board is both autonomous and non-political. The Board is financially independent of government or any special interest group. The administration of the system is focused on the needs of its employer and labour clients, providing service with efficiency and impartiality.

QUOTE MERIDTH REPORT wsbc:
In a note to section 22 it is stated that "it is submitted that it would not be wise to entirely shut out appeals and place in the hands of the Board the sole right to interpret the act .... and the right to define its own jurisdiction." What danger is to be apprehended from conferring these rights I do not understand, nor do I see what questions as to the construction of the act are likely to arise other than those enumerated in section 22.
In my judgment the furthest the Legislature should go in allowing the intervention of the courts should be to provide that the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may state a case for the opinion of a Divisional Court of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Ontario, if any question of law of general importance arises and he deems it expedient it should be settled by a decision of a Divisional Court. Although I say this my judgment is against the introduction of any such provision, as it is probable that if any form of appeal to an appellate court is allowed, a defeated litigant will have the right to take his case to the Judicial Committee of His Majesty's Privy Council.
The draft bill of the Association has but one schedule of industries to all of which the act applies, and it makes no provision for abrogating or modifying the rules of the common law as to employers who are not within the scope of the act. How my draft bill differs from this will be apparent from what I have said in dealing with the general plan upon which it has been drafted.
By my draft bill (sec. 60) the Board is given exclusive jurisdiction as to all matters and questions arising under Part I, and subject to its power to rescind, alter or amend any of its decisions or orders, its action or decision is final and is not subject to appeal.
It is difficult to understand from the Association's draft bill what the jurisdiction of the Board is intended to be. Section 21 provides that the Board shall have jurisdiction to enquire into, hear and determine all matters and questions of fact and law necessary to be determined in connection with compensation payments and the administration thereof and the collection and management of the funds thereof.
This language would confer on the Board a rather limited jurisdiction and probably, judging from the provisions of section 22, less than the draftsman intended it should have. The decisions and findings of the Board upon questions of fact are made final and conclusive, but on questions of law an appeal is allowed.
http://www.awcbc.org/common/assets/english%20pdf/meredith_report.pdf


" It cannot be said that the Board is independent insofar as the worker is concerned. It is a Board set up to protect the employers. The Board is funded by the employers, and the Board has a duty and probably a primary duty to protect the employer. In relation to the worker, the Board has an overwhelming wealth of knowledge and experience. It has the financial ability to fund sophisticated investigations involving highly qualified experts and have the material presented to them, guided, orchestrated and propounded by its in-house counsel responsible to the Board and paid for by the Board. The application of any standards under the rules of natural justice would identify such circumstances as being unequal in negotiating ability and unfair. This is not a level playing field, it is not fair, and it offends the basic principles of natural justice."- Justice Maclean - Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta
Wilson v. Medicine Hat (City) [1999] A. J. No. 269 (February 3, 1999)
http://iwocac.ning.com/

This organization has come a long way from its roots, with Millions of Dollars going into rebates not going to just one, but to the many Safety Associations and big employers; even those employers that have deaths reported.
Injured workers and small business employers are being defrauded by WCB, medical professionals being financially reprimanded for not writing out the medical report for the way the WCB has requested; yet the blame goes onto the injured and in some cases the small business employers and medical professionals as the defrauders and liar’s. All this you can find in the above link.

Where has it gone to now ? It is national, part of a North American and International organizations that advise and share information to work towards the success of the Workers Compensations Boards .
http://www.awcbc.org/en/index.asp
http://02cd9d2.netsolhost.com/public/1.0_overview.htm
http://www.awcbc.org/en/historyofworkerscompensation.asp

My personal suggested changes needed: Removal of the Meredith Principals of Exclusive jurisdiction and Total Authority of a truly Non-Independent board.

• all medical needs covered by Healthcare, WCB’s removal of hiring private medical or rehabilitation staff for injured workers diagnoses or treatment, claimants physician to do all diagnostics and treatment, But WCB may employed those to follow prescribed procedures for appropriate rehabilitation.

• Emergency /closest physicians or workers personal physician: shall be deciders of degree or cause’s of injury and all treatment.

• -Federal Government having direct responsibility for care the injured worker; federally as a whole;All injured workers across Canada, to insure equal treatment to all.
- Provincially as they are presently, enforcing all laws in place,

-Municipally as an employer to assist the injured in gaining the employment that is suitable to the worker and within their work restrictions ,.

• Board shall provide all necessary needs and insuring all needs to assist/allow the worker to progress to a new life with any assistance needed due to injury.

• Proceeds and payments by the employers to the employers fund for injured workers to be handled by the provincial Labour Board and Health board or a combination of the two, not by the WCB’s or their affiliates.

• WCB to only concentrate on retraining necessities, finding the appropriate rehabilitation and any needs/ aids for the injured worker including personal mobility or daily aids, safe transportation for injured workers, meal and expenses for any injury related appointment or meeting.

In other words WCB to only handle the paper work, no Authoritative Powers

Appeals Commision of Alberta Who do they work for

To the Appeals Commission Hearing Chair

I would also like to make request of reconsideration of appeal #2008-161 due to the interest that has been charged on the $10,000.00 loan that I received in April 2003, last scheduled payment March 2008, interest was included in the payment schedule, then added again on March 29th, 2004, including early payout of loan(September2007) the interest is way above the agreed amount of 12%.
The monies that were withheld from me in December 2001 with the minimum known amount of $19,568.09 from 2001 that were used (according to the Appeals Commission) towards the over payments from non-attendance (years apart) also the amount of $10,810.33, (unknown issue date) that was withheld to the same non-attendance overpayment, not to mention the amount of $4,439.08 the was removed least three times from claim 000002 and claimed that it has still not been recovered by Ms. Shirleyann Garlinski, though it has been stated by the appeals commission that that was a mistake (Ms. Garlinski has informed me that WCB does not make mistakes), yet non of these were addressed clearly in the audit
Also I would to add that in the 2006 appeals decision that certain examples were used to assist the WCB in completing a proper audit, that’s just what they were “EXAMPLES” just cause they had been included in the audit does not mean it was a proper audit, nor has proper dates and amounts been included in the audit pertaining to information that I had brought forth to the appeals commission , let alone the amount of benefits that are to have been received and explanation of the various over payments that are claimed to be owed. In that Appeals decision the audit was called upon due to correct all financial matters owing and owed, removed and withheld.
Last but least, pertaining to canceled cheque stubs, WCB has their own copies which to compare too, unless there is a more viable reason that I should be aware of?

Thank you
Sincerely
Ken

So who do they work for ? The board wants my WCB benefit stubs to check against their records? Don't they have their own? My thought on this is with all the manipulation I have seen by this criminal organization, all they want to do is destroy my evidence of manipulation. I was also informed by my claims supervisor the outcome of this appeal 3 months before the appeal happened, this along with Mr.Murry Macintosh of who had gone to the appeals commission with threats of Court against the Commission if they were to go ahead with first Audit appeal; Lorinda Thome payment specialist stating that over payment had been collected and a month later state's in file that it still has to be collected. Are these the actions of a legit business? More on the criminal side as I and others see it. To have them vote in favor of a situation that was not even remotely done correctly, as well as refusing to view any evidence I presented as it being already known to the Commission, what about a letter they received "after" the Appeal was heard in defense of the claims manager of which I have yet to see? CORRUPTION AT ITS FINEST

Federal Liberal's and Alberta WCB useing the same tactic's?

It’s now official. The court has unanimously ruled that Jean Chretien and his Cabinet, which included Paul Martin, were unlawfully seizing money from our pay cheques.

In a 7-0 judgment, the Supreme court ruled the former Liberal governments of Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin collected EI contributions illegally in 2002, 2003 and 2005.

In those years, EI rates were set directly by cabinet without proper authorization from Parliament, violating the ancient constitutional principle of no taxation without representation.

The economic wizardry of Paul Martin has direct links all the way to the pockets of tax payers, whose monies were being grabbed illegally for the sake of boosting the Liberal government’s claims of deficit and debt reduction.

Critics have long maintained the strategy amounted to balancing the federal books on the backs of the unemployed.

Critics say the government then went on to set the premiums charged to workers and employers at higher rates than were necessary to fund the reduced benefits and new programs. (courteously of CIVITATENSIS)

Now with the WCB of Alberta in 2003 with the high ELP's (economic loss payment's), which in turn increased the employer's premiums by 77% on average. The WCB then lowering the injured workers ELP's and re-calculating the ELP benefits, while keeping the premiums set at a higher rate; does this not sound the same kind of illegal activity?

One would think that when a federal political party gets caught doing such crimes, wouldn't other political parties realize that it is wrong? But then again WCB's across Canada have judicial powers and total authority over the injured worker (including the injured workers legal representation when it comes to a 3rd party law suit) which enables them to do what ever they want with no fear of being reprimanded. So who's the guilty party in this situation? Alberta Government , WCB or both ?

Who's the malingerer and abuser of the system?

I was last re-injured in August 99 and the 3 times prior,of which I was also off work for over a year by DR's orders. Each time I was forced back to work and each time resulting in more damage to my body.This last time has had to be the most strenuous situation I have ever been in my life of 45 years,with deeming of employment of an occupation that is stated for its high rate of back injuries; then there's employers that refuse to hire due to increase of their WCB premiums as I am "HIGH RISK" employee; to whom the WCB refer me too ? To the Labour Board on grounds of discrimination.

All my life I enjoyed inventing and being creative, with wood, metal or combination of both in many various ways, with electrical , welding and carpentry experience, creating was endless. As I had shown WCB of Alberta; my portable Work station.
My plan was simple to me as I already had a National Retailer interested, basic proto-type built and a Canadian manufacture ready to go on completion and testing of proto-type, all I requested was the means for materials and proper equipment.Since I started the portable work station, I have built many more multi-purpose tools that assist me in my injury; which was(amongst other plans) stated in my business proposal to WCB. WCB then hired The Business Development Bank of Canada to take over my "portable work station", their proposal on my behalf was way out of line,pertaining to my overhead costs and marketing, my calculated cost was at least 50% less and marketing already covered; but I was also given a 45% chance of success rate even though all I had was a rough proto-type. Needless to say this is how the rest started.Later I attempted to gain my own Government grants and financing to manufacture other items such as portable fencing for one, I was unable to gain any assistance due to being under the WCB of Alberta's care. I was informed it was the responsibility of the WCB to assist me in my endeavors, it was at that time I gave up on trying to take over my own life.

I was attempting to get out of the WCB at that time and since, as I already knew I hated dealing with them, from prior experience. The last time I was in WCB's rehabilitation center, I had to force them to put me in a work out program that wasn't causing as much pain and injury. First it was tread mill set at a speed calculated by the length of my legs and arms,speed was to fast and hand rails too low; almost fell on my face, 3 days for pain to subside.Next was a go-no-where bike,with a back and hip injury already, more of I cant do; all this was to raise my heart rate. I recommended climbing stairs , there at least I had a hand rail for stability and at my own pace.Later I requested a leg press instead of squats with a box full of weights,that was refused as well as anything else I wanted to prevent more pain and immobility, all due to the supervisors comment of "who are the trained professionals here". On account of the unnecessary situation I was put in, where I was unable to participate in my program from the physical results of the day before, I was denied benefits for the time I was not participating, for listening to them I received not only pain and immobility but financial penalty as well.
To me it seems as if anything an injured worker wants to do for themselves is prevented, even in their act it states that they are the authority of the claimant, in every way shape and form. If I were to hire a lawyer in a 3rd party law suit that caused my injury, I would need WCB of Alberta's permission to proceed.That is only if they allow it,you and your lawyer become property of the Alberta WCB. If you are successful, monies are not be distributed by the court without the permission of the WCB; which at that time you will receive after all legal costs accrued by the WCB, only 25%.
For any of you that have followed my blog or have read other postings,I am not a "malingerer nor an abuser of the system", but the more I deal with WCB the more I see of false accusations pointed from the very people that are guilty of the those accusations. Who's the malingerer and abuser of the system?

If you read the comment below you will see that WCB employees take great pride in their "LAW" that enables them to commit these crimes and abuses, along with the arrogance , mis-information and belittlement that they utter, just ask any employer what happens when they hire anyone that has had a WCB claim.It is also typical of WCB employees to send the injured back to work into employment that is neither compliant to injury or that the worker is qualified for. The WCB employee is a brain washing tool to the public and a liar and manipulator to the injured.

" IT WAS WRITTEN IN ERROR "

Claim # March 12th, 2008

To the Appeals Commission Hearing Chair

I would also like to make request of reconsideration of appeal #2008-161 due to the interest that has been charged on the $10,000.00 loan that I received in April 2003, last payment March 2008, interest was included in the payment schedule, then added again on March 29th, 2004, including early payout of loan the interest is way above the agreed amount of 12%.
The monies that were withheld from me in December 2001 with the minimum known amount of $19,568.09 from 2001 that were used (according to the Appeals Commission) towards the over payments from non-attendance (years apart) also the amount of $10,810.33, (unknown issue date) that was withheld to the same non-attendance overpayment, not to mention the amount of $4,439.08 the was removed least three times from claim # and claimed that it has still not been recovered by Ms. Garlinski, though it has been stated by the appeals commission that that was a mistake (Ms. Garlinski has informed me that WCB does not make mistakes), yet non of these were addressed clearly in the audit
Also I would to add that in the 2006 appeals decision that certain examples were used to assist the WCB in completing a proper audit, that’s just what they were “EXAMPLES” just cause they had been included in the audit does not mean it was a proper audit, nor has proper dates and amounts been included in the audit pertaining to information that I had brought forth to the appeals commission , let alone the amount of benefits that are to have been received and explanation of the various overpayments that are claimed to be owed. In that Appeals decision the audit was called upon due to correct all financial matters owing and owed, removed and withheld.
Last but least, pertaining to canceled cheque stubs, WCB has their own copies which to compare too, unless there is a more viable reason that I should be aware of?

Thank you
Sincerely

As of receiving the appeal commission’s decision Dated February 15th, 2008, even with this information above shared with the commission, they found the audit to be correct and true. They therefore ordered I hand over all cancelled cheque stubs to WCB within 60 days of dated letter, to compare to their payment list or I am to forfeit any future claims towards audits. Appeals commission stated that a letter from claims manager June 14th, 2006 pertaining to monies owed from previous claim was written in error and had been recovered in 2001, but this does not explain the other letters from previous claims manager/ payment specialists audit or the deductions that have been removed for the said overpayments. The Appeals commission also makes reference to the information above,” as that they did not receive this information from WCB in the file package”.That letter was never received by me nor was in the information package sent to me by the Commission, I have not to this day received such information that states " IT WAS WRITTEN IN ERROR "

Provicial Government refuses to do anything

I have send many e-mails and information to my premier Mr.Ed Stelmach,also to the Auditor Generals office. What I received was nothing from Mr.Stelmach, his ministers delete my e-mails before reading, only the Auditor Generals Office replied back stating that they do not adjudicate on personal claims. I have since found more evidence that the WCB of Alberta had padded my claim finance's and increased the employers premiums, then I was cut right off to nothing. If our Government allows this type of behavior, what does that say about our Government? Are they guilty as well for allowing this to happen and not doing anything? It is sickening on how they treat the permanently injured worker, what will it take to correct all this? A revolution where the people take back their rights that were lost? We all know that criminal acts to correct another criminal act does nothing to the first party , especially when its an "Arm's length of Government". Are we to sit and be quiet, pretending that it does not happen like our Government does? Even when I try to ignore WCB and its actions it still affects me and my family , especially when they interfere on our financial support. WCB Alberta is the most corrupt, manipulating organization ever created, it should be abolished.

Auditor Generals Report on Alberta WCB

EXCERPS from Alberta Auditor Generals Office on WCB

http://www.oag.ab.ca/files/oag/ar2004-05.pdf Human Resources and Development; pages 243- 248 of 378

2003 audit of my claim also coincided with The Quality Assurance Group’s investigation into Alberta WCB, at which time I did not know about. I find it quite curious, especially pertaining to financial matter of my own concern that reflects directly to “possibly the validity of” this Report.

The Quality Assurance group completed a review of high dollar ELPs that

were established during 2003. Results indicated that there is room for

improvement in the entitlement decision of ELP cases.

High Dollar ELP’s? Would that be like when my T-5 for 2003 stated $ 44,000.00 income when my actual was approx $19,000.00. 

WCB claims that all cheques issued to in my name are considered income. On the T5 taxation for the year 2003, states that I made over $44,000.00, which included computer, reimbursements, travel & meal allowance, loan/advance, school tuition and supplies, according to Revenue Canada only paid benefits were to be on T5 : repercussion of as of June 2004, caused my family to lose our GST rebate and lowered our child tax credits,: In May 2004, my WCB benefits were originally cut off , by end of May reinstated, which time my benefits were set at a deemed position as if I had passed my schooling and working in that profession.

Were claims altered to make them seem larger in order to keep premiums high and then lower the actual income for injured workers by disguising claimant income for that year?

From attending school the year before there were no additions (tuition, travel, expenses) on my T5, only paid benefits! 2004 T5 was the done up same as the T5 in 2002, except no school involved. 2006 T5 was done with benefits only also, which had training involved.

The WCB again made satisfactory progress in implementing this

recommendation as follows:

• WCB made a policy change to require a review of ELP entitlement and

rate setting after the first three years and then annual reviews

thereafter. This should allow management the opportunity to identify

and account for changes in worker entitlement and earnings over time.

• New ELPs require supervisor and manager review and approval.

• Claims staff and management have completed training and been

provided comprehensive tip-sheets, checklists and procedures

detailing the adjudication processes that need to be completed prior to

implementing an ELP award.

• Monthly reports providing detailed ELP information are distributed to

management.

When we completed the follow up of this point in March 2005, the Quality

Assurance group was in the process of obtaining management responses to

the findings for 2004.

To implement this recommendation, WCB’s Quality Assurance group must

finalize its review of the 2004 entitlement decisions and management must

demonstrate that changes made to the control environment have been

effective.

Yes changes were effective, as my benefits were cut at that time, cut right off, then reinstated at a lower rate of benefit. I remember my claims manager mentioning this to me, as due to the delay of my benefits being processed, same time as they lowered benefits (re-calculating?).

Makes one wonder as to what kind of training, tip-sheets, check lists and procedures detailed for the process of determining the implementation of the ELP award.

For the Quality Assurance Group I am not sure if this was internal or external, however a point of interest, the only financial business I found pertaining to that name, belongs to a division of the World Bank.(It was not them ) 

The “padding” my benefits would *benefit WCB down the road, even better considering all the “overpayments” they have collected off me, not even mentioning the “Fraud charges” for which they are collecting almost 3 times the stated amount in court documents. Charging me did 3 things, damaged my credibility to pursue the financial truth that I started prior by requesting an audit on my claim, criminal record and poverty. All from a T-5 that was purposely created, but then again in 2008, WCB claimed I made $816.00 monthly for income to a Government Financial Assistance agency, when my T-5 states $943.11 for the same year; and again a Fraud investigation against me.

*Implications and risks

If the ELP classifications and calculations are not accurate, the WCB may

pay inaccurate benefits to injured workers and charge incorrect costs to

employers.

Is this the reason that my rate calculations are all different but mysteriously calculated by their payment specialists to same amount?

More confusion like the financial reports that have the payments scattered around so bad that it takes a week to separate and put into proper order?

The WCB’s 2003–2004 strategic plan describes four strategic themes to guide

the organization:

• Commitment to fairness

• Focus on return to work

• Leveraging prevention

• Financial stability

Who does this apply too?

This is only part of the report I find pertaining to my case only, with possibly more information yet to be discovered.

Canadian Federation of Independent Business , Alberta District, tried to abolish the tribunal ( appeals) system at the WCB, due to cost. Tribunal alone $45 million and premiums increased 77% on average.
http://www.cfib.ca/legis/alberta/pdf/5179.pdf

GEE that relate to posting ? 

 http://abusebyalbertasworkerscompensation.blogspot.com/2009/05/abuse-and-coverup-by-quasi-judicial.html

Same time frame when all this was happening!
Making our employers aware of what they/ we are getting for which they pay for?
Over a Billion Alberta WCB, in their pockets right now!
Go to the site and see if it pertains to yours!

I brought this to the attention of the Auditor General office and was informed that they do not get involved with individual claims of the WCB, I requested to have an investigation by the A.G.O and the only reply I received back is 

http://www.ffwdweekly.com/article/news-views/news/province-accused-of-muzzling-auditor-general-3615/

IS IT FINANCIAL MANIPULATION OR IS IT A RETURN TO WORK PROGRAM?

I have been dealing with WCB of Alberta for over 15 years now, the last couple years I have taken WCB to Appeals over overpayments, requesting audits due to overpayments and payments not sent out to me that I was entitled too, the amount involved here was over $ 25,000.00. Through their manipulation of files they had taken me to court for fraud all this was 3 years after I started with the audit to be done, which had been in front of that Appeals commission 3 separate times, the last time the Appeals Commission said that they would only look and see if the Audit was done correctly, not to review information about overpayments or monies owed to claimant. There is much more to this story pertaining to actions of WCB employees with threats and intimidation. To make a long story shorter the WCB of Alberta set me up with a deemed position for which I was to $32,000.00 a year as a sales clerk, in which I was to receive approx. $814.00 per month on my claim, however they were keeping this money due to over payment for $32,000.00 which they were not entitled to remove from me as they already had that money from not giving it to me 4 years before, with no income in our household to pay bills, we were forced to go to social assistance, after about 8 months of assistance I received a phone call informing me that I had not claimed the $814.00 monthly to the social worker and was therefore cut off and file sent to a collection agency. I have just received my T-5 for the year of 2008 from WCB of Alberta, it states that my income from them for the year is $943.11, yet they call social services and inform them that I am making $814.00 per month, causing my family to live below the poverty line and yet they still continue to make discussions on my claim without informing me of these decisions

Letter for help to United Nations

To whom it Concern:

After reading the criteria for communication acceptance, I am not sure I would have any assistance in this matter; however I will state my story and pray.

As an injured worker I and many others have been subject of fraud, corruption and violated of my human and chartered rights by my country. The main source of the problem is due to a quazi-judicial system employs non-professional persons as legal decision makers, along with their positions, they and their organization (including all employees) are protected from true legal action.

Their actions here in my country have and do create poverty, restrict health care, and make criminals of innocent people that attempt to better themselves. How this happens is when an injured person attempts to take control of their own life, files are manipulated by rewording, false statements and even as far as holding back monies and preventing that person from collecting assistance from other Government services in order to feed and house their families:

Sample of situation; a man’s benefits are 100% withheld due to monies claimed to be owed to this organization, he then goes to Social Services of his Province for assistance for his family. The organization then contacts the Social Services department, advising them of monies being received by him from their organization. The man is then faced with fraud investigation, however the amount that the organization claims to be paying him is still less then what it costs to live. Come taxation time when taxes are due, the official statement from this organization to the revenue service of my country is +/- 10% of the amount that they claimed was being paid when they contacted the Social Services.

The money that this organization claimed that this man owes is due to their fraud investigation, which was started after the man requested a financial review of his benefits. The financial review was requested due to misleading document information and monies that were redirected by the organization. All this information has been placed in the hands of those politically in charge (over the course of 10 years), to this day there has been no investigation, no comments or any interest in doing so. The Provincial Government of who is to be in charge of this organization claimed their hands were tied due to political legislation, so the next step was to approach our Federal Government as their stance on this behavior is world famous via the United Nations, only to be redirected to another agency or back to the Provincial level. Even the human rights community is aware of what is happening here, yet nothing is done.

The corruption in this organization is at a world class level, is world wide associated and yet promotes itself as individual and independent to each province or state.

The man mentioned here is just one of thousands in Canada that is receiving the same or similar treatment by the Workers Compensation Boards, with no intervention by the Government that is there to protect them; in fact the Government allows this to happen by increasing the powers of the WCB and removing rights of the injured worker.



Thank you for reading this letter

Steven Harper you listening to Canadians or just making false claims?

Mr.Harper has included in his budget funds for the unemployed as they don't go into poverty. What help is there for the injured workers of Canada that are forced to live in poverty for many years now. The Workers Compensation Boards in Canada (which is Federally legislated that all Provinces must have) are no less then legal racketeering corporations that are protected by our Government, no court action may be taken against them, as they are their own entity, unqualified person's making legal decisions that go against common law, criminal law and the Canadian Charter of rights thus making criminals of innocent people.

Injured workers across Canada have the evidence of fraud, harassment, threats against person or property and just plain outright manipulation of information. I ask you Mr.Harper where is the help that these people, who literally broke their bodies to build this country, that truly need the assistance and intervention of a responsible Government. Where is the justice with this organization? Your new announcement on organized crime in Canada is a step forward, but what about so-called government arms length branches like Workers Compensation Boards in Canada that get away with this and more they have been given to many rights while the rights of injured workers is non-existent.