Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Member is right; we do have a high number of accidents or incidents in the workplace, but because of the workers' compensation system, it numbers somewhere about 3,000 individuals a year. We do have an appeals process and I think that because we have seen a change in attitude, we're starting to see more people coming back with appeals that have been appealed in the past and also allowing the Appeals Tribunal to do their job. I think one thing that we've seen in the past is because there was a major backlog of the number of cases, we have put more resources and more people in that office to process these appeals. Right now, as it sits, through the number of accidents that are being reported and the number of people coming forward with applications, almost 90 percent of them are being processed through the Workers' Compensation Board. That leaves 10 percent that are being appealed. So in the national average, that's about where things are at.
David Krutko on Question 524-15(3): Increase In Workers' Claims Rejections
In the Legislative Assembly on March 2nd, 2005. See this statement in context.
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March 1st, 2005
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