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Policy decisions finalized at the October, 2005 WorkSafeBC Board of Directors meetings
The following resolutions were finalized by WorkSafeBC's (the WCB) Board of Directors in October 2005. For information about the function and mandate of the Board of Directors, please see Governing Structure.
Workers with a Casual Pattern of Employment
The Board of Directors has approved amendments to WorkSafeBC’s policy pertaining to determination of average earnings for workers with a casual pattern of employment at the time of injury, as provided in policy #67.10 of the Rehabilitation Services & Claims Manual, Volume II.
Policy #67.10 was amended to clarify that, when determining whether a worker’s pattern of employment was casual in nature, the decision-maker should consider both the job at the time of the injury and the worker’s pattern of employment. The policy was further amended to reduce reliance on the three-month guideline by providing additional guidance as to the type of factors decision-makers should consider when determining whether a worker’s pattern of employment at the time of injury was casual in nature.
The amended policy comes into effect on January 1, 2006 and applies to all decisions made on or after that date.
For further information on this issue, please contact Deborah Viccars at 604 276-5160.
You may also examine the complete resolution and policy amendments (PDF 35kb).
Assessment Penalties
The Board of Directors has approved amendments to WorkSafeBC's policies concerning penalties, as provided in Assessment Manual items AP1-47-1 Penalties and AP1-38-5 Payroll Estimates.
The Workers Compensation Act gives WorkSafeBC the authority to impose penalties on firms that do not report payroll or make payments on time. The Assessment Manual penalties policy is amended to include two tiered penalty schedules that clearly set out penalty amounts based on the amount due or estimated to be due from a firm. In addition, the policy on payroll estimates is amended to provide that penalties based on estimated payroll are generally not subject to amendment once a firm reports actual payroll.
The amendments come into effect on February 28, 2006, and apply to all decisions made on or after that date.
For further information on this issue, please contact Cameron Angus at 604 276-5160.
You may also examine the complete resolution and policy amendments. (PDF 62kb).
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