Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a written question to the WCB Minister, Honourable Charles Dent.
- The WCB has been increasing the rate of subcategory 76 to the maximum or near maximum for four years straight. WCB claims this is due to high claim costs in the subcategory. What steps has the WCB taken in the past four years to correct the high claim costs offenders in this subcategory?
- What specific reasons does the WCB have for not creating a merit-based assessment program for all participants in subcategory 76?
- How are subcategory placements decided? What are the specific criteria methodology for placing one type of business into any specific subcategory?
- What appeal process is in place if a particular business feels it is not correctly placed into the right subcategory?
- Can the WCB please outline the appeal process that participants have for their specific annual assessment?
- What process is there to review the subcategories where the assessment rate in certain subcategories hit maximum increase or near maximum increase for three to four years?
- What mechanisms are in place to share the cost of increasing claims across the subcategories? How does this process get triggered?
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.