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Proposed Amendments to Policy on Average Earnings and Worker Expenses
Earnings for some workers include payment not only for labour, but also for supplies, equipment or other costs. When a worker in this situation is injured, WorkSafeBC must base the worker's compensation on only the labour portion of his or her contract(s). WorkSafeBC must deduct operating costs and expenses from such a worker's gross earnings to determine the worker's average earnings for the purposes of determining compensation.
At issue is how to determine the types of operating costs and expenses that should be deducted from gross earnings in order to calculate a worker's average earnings.
At their meeting on March 21, 2006, the Board of Directors approved the release of a discussion paper with options and draft policy amendments for stakeholder consultation. Proposed deletions of policy wording are identified with a strikethrough and additions are identified in bold.
Discussion paper (PDF 61kb)
There are a number of ways for stakeholders to provide feedback on the options and draft policy amendments:
(a) Comment link:
Through the Comment link below, you will be able to provide immediate feedback by completing an online submission form.
Please Note: Once you click the “submit” button at the bottom of the form you cannot access it again to make additional comments. Therefore, if you wish to make detailed comments in the feedback section, you may want to draft your comments using a word processing format and then cut and paste them into the submission form.
Alternatively, submissions can also be submitted as follows:
| (b) | E-mail: | policy@worksafebc.com |
| (c) | Mail: | Policy and Research Division |
| (d) | Fax: | 604-279-7599; or toll-free in B.C. 1-877-279-7599 |
The consultation period will end on May 12, 2006. The Board of Directors will consider stakeholder feedback before making a decision on policy amendments.
Please note that all comments become part of the Policy and Research Division 's database and may be published, including the identity of organizations and those participating on behalf of organizations. The identity of those who have participated on their own behalf will be kept confidential according to the provisions of the Freedom of Info rmation and Protection of Privacy Act.