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Policy decisions finalized at the December, 2003 WCB Board of Directors meetings
The following resolutions were finalized by the WCB Board of Directors in December, 2003. For information about the function and mandate of the Board of Directors, please see Governing Structure.
Prevention Policy Consolidation Project
The Board of Directors has approved the final phase of the prevention policy consolidation project. This phase included:
- the retirement of 39 policies from the Prevention Division Policy
and Procedure Manual ("Policy and Procedure Manual");
- the consolidation of portions of two policies (i.e. Procedure No.
1.3.3-1 "Issuing Inspection Reports" and Policy 1.4.2
"Penalty Assessments and Levies") from the Policy
and Procedure Manual into the Prevention Manual;
- several consequential changes to policies in the Prevention Manual;
- the transfer of the first two sentences of policy item #115.20 "Significance
of Employer's Conduct in Producing Injury" from the Rehabilitation
Services & Claims Manual, Volume II ("RS&CM")
to policy item #113.00 of that manual; and
- the deletion of policy item #115.20 from the RS&CM.
The effective date for these changes is December 31, 2003. On that date, the policies set out in Appendix "A" to the attached resolution cease to be policy and the Policy and Procedure Manual will exist solely for decision-making on historical issues.
You may also examine the complete resolution. (PDF 185kb)
For further information on this issue, please contact Nick Attewell at 604-244-6376, local 2618, or toll-free within B.C. at 1-888-621-7233, local 2618.
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