WCB

WCB Shift Towards Performance Based Standards?

March 15, 2002

Part of the WCB Core Review process will conclude this week. Some changes are becoming obvious.  Read more

WCB Rates to Drop for BC Treeplanters

September 28, 2001

In spite of WCB rate hikes across most industries in B.C. treeplanting contractors will actually see a reduction in base premium rates next year.  Read more

Small Business Calls for Freeze on WCB Rates

September 10, 2001

Beset with impending debts WCB is proposing raising rates in BC as high as 20 per cent. The Coalition of BC Businesses says that will harm employers and fails to address the real problem; out of control WCB costs.  Read more

Prime Contractor Status May be Meaningless

August 7, 2001

The trend towards compelling silvicultural contractors to assume prime contractor status on forestry projects may have no meaning in actual practice according to the WSCA.  Read more

WSCA to Appeal to WCB for Prime Contractor Regulation Review

April 30, 2001

Silvicultural contractors will ask Workers¹ Compensation Board executives to review regulations governing the assignment of prime contractor status on silvicultural work sites. Increasingly forest companies have engaged in downloading prime contractor status onto silvicultural contractors. Contractors have objected to this responsibility saying they have little control over the conditions they find on worksites after harvesting …  Read more