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Policy decisions finalized at the February, 2004 WCB Board of Directors meetings
The following resolutions were finalized by the WCB Board of Directors in February 2004. For information about the function and mandate of the Board of Directors, please see Governing Structure.
Retirement of Workers' Compensation Reporter Decisions
On February 24, 2004, the Board of Directors approved the fifth phase of the retirement process for Volumes 1 - 6 (Decisions 1 - 423) of the Workers' Compensation Reporter. The purpose of this project is to eliminate policy that has become outdated, repetitive and/or contradictory to policy contained in the manuals. The project is nearly completed, with a total of 418 out of 423 Decisions being retired from policy status. The five remaining Decisions (Nos. 99, 225, 231, 271 and 343) are to be addressed in the near future as part of separate policy projects.
In order to remedy an ambiguity between Decision No. 50 and policy item #18.31, Worker on Call, of Volume II of the Rehabilitation Services & Claims Manual, the policy item was revised to clarify that compensation will be provided to workers from leaving home until their return home.
The effective date for these changes is February 24, 2004.
You may also examine the complete resolution.
For further information on this issue, please contact Kristin Helgason
at 604 276-5160.