TABLE OF CONTENTS HOW TO USE THE MANUAL PRINCIPLES OF ALBERTA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION STATEMENT OF RIGHTS BOARD ORDERS (online only) GENERAL POLICIES CHAPTER DOC. SUBJECT 01 01-01 Funding Policy – Part I General Policies Part II: 1. Funded Position 2. Occupational Disease Reserve Rescinded: Fund Balance (July 1, 2008) 01-02 Access and Privacy –Part I Part II: 1. General 2. Disclosure of Information 01-03 Benefit of Doubt – Part I 01-04 Investment Policy – Part I Part II: 1. Governance 2. Investment Beliefs 3. Investment Objectives 4. Permitted Investments and Constraints 5. Asset Mix and Foreign Currency Exposure 6. Monitoring and Controls 7. Administration Addendum A – Investment Policy Glossary Rescinded: Transitional Asset Mix (October 1, 2007) Issue Date: May 10, 2016 Supersedes: January 6, 2016 Copyright 2016 All rights reserved page 1 of 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER DOC. SUBJECT 01 01-05 Recording and Reporting Accidents – Part I General Policies (continued) Part II: Recording and Reporting Chart 1. Worker Report of Accident 2. Employer Recording and Reporting of Accidents 3. Physician Report of Accident 01-06 Unclaimed Payments and Credits – Part I 01-07 Mandate: Office of the Appeals Advisor – Part I Part II: 1. Mandate of the Office of the Appeals Advisor 01-08 New Evidence – Part I Part II: 1. Interaction with the Review and Appeal Processes 2. Claims 01-09 Administrative Penalties – Part I Part II: 1. General Addendum A – WCB Administrative Penalties CLAIMANT & HEALTH CARE SERVICES POLICIES CHAPTER DOC. SUBJECT 02 02-01 Arises Out of and Occurs in the Course of Employment – Part I Work-relatedness Part II: 1. Employment Hazards 2. Time and Place 3. Travel 4. Athletic Activity 5. Removing Oneself from the Course of Employment 6. Serious and Wilful Misconduct 7. Causation Issue Date: May 10, 2016 Supersedes: January 6, 2016 Copyright 2016 All rights reserved page 2 of 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER DOC. SUBJECT 03 03-01 General – Part I Injuries Part II: 1. Relationship to Compensable Accident 2. Second Injury 3. Occupational Disease 4. Cardiac 5. Hearing Loss 6. Psychiatric or Psychological Injury 7. Chronic Pain/Chronic Pain Syndrome 8. Personal Belongings Addendum A – Effective Date for use of New Editions of the DSM Rescinded: Medical Panels (February 1, 2007) 03-02 Aggravation of a Pre-existing Condition – Part I Part II: 1. Aggravation of a Pre-existing Condition 2. Rehabilitation Surgery Program 04 Benefits 04-01 Establishing Net Earnings – Part I Part II: 1. General 2. Special Circumstances 3. Rate Adjustments 4. Cost-of-Living Adjustments Addendum A – Maximum Annual Insurable Earnings Addendum B – Cost-of-Living Adjustments and Legislated Increases 04-02 Temporary Benefits – Part I Part II: 1. General 2. Allowances 3. Leaving the Province Addendum A – Allowance Rates Issue Date: May 10, 2016 Supersedes: January 6, 2016 Copyright 2016 All rights reserved page 3 of 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER DOC. SUBJECT 04 04-03 Recurrence of Temporary Disability – Part I Benefits (continued) Part II: 1. General 04-04 Permanent Disability –Part I Part II: 1. Determining Permanent Impairment of Earning Capacity 2. Non-Economic Loss Payment Injuries on or after January 1, 1995 3. Economic Loss Payment - Injuries on or after January 1, 1995 4. Injuries Prior to January 1, 1995 5. Earnings Loss Supplements 6. Enhancement Factor 7. Lump Sum Commutations 8. Permanent Disability Benefit Advances 9. Permanent Injury Award – Injuries from January 1, 1985 to December 31, 1994 Inclusive Addendum A – Maximum Non-Economic Loss Payments Addendum B – Effective Date for Use of New Editions of the AMA Guides 04-05 Return-to-Work Services – Part I Part II: 1. General 2. Temporary Modified Work Programs 3. Job Search 4. Training-on-the-job Programs 5. Training 6. Relocation 7. Self-Employment Issue Date: May 10, 2016 Supersedes: January 6, 2016 Copyright 2016 All rights reserved page 4 of 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER DOC. SUBJECT 04 04-06 Health Care – Part I Benefits (continued) Part II: 1. General 2. Medical Aid Accounts 3. Hospitals or other Treatment Agencies 4. Prescribed Opioid Analgesics (Narcotics) 04-07 Services for Workers with Severe Injuries – Part I Part II: 1. Communication 2. Mobility 3. Medical Aids 4. Self-Care 5. Co-Decision-Makers, Guardians and Trustees Addendum A – Maximum Clothing Allowances Addendum B – Home Maintenance Allowance Level 2 04-08 Fatalities – Part I Part II: 1. General 2. Accidents on or after January 1, 1982 – Dependent Spouses and Dependent Adult Interdependent Partners 3. Accidents on or after January 1, 1982 – Dependent Children and Other Dependants 4. Accidents between January 1, 1974 and December 31, 1981, Inclusive Addendum A – Funeral and Death Expenses Addendum B – Payments to Dependent Children 04-09 Benefit Payments – Part I Part II: 1. General Issue Date: May 10, 2016 Supersedes: January 6, 2016 Copyright 2016 All rights reserved page 5 of 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER DOC. SUBJECT 04 04-10 Other Home Services – Part I Benefits (continued) Part II: 1. Short-term Home Assistance 2. Home Maintenance Allowance Level 1 3. Housekeeping Allowance Addendum A –Home Maintenance Allowance Level 1 Addendum B – Housekeeping Allowance 05 Cost and Entitlement Adjustments 05-01 Compensation Overpayments – Part I Part II: 1. General 05-02 Cost Relief – Part I Part II: 1. General 2. Occupational Disease 3. Back Injuries Addendum A – Eight Times the Weekly Maximum Compensation Rate EMPLOYER SERVICES POLICIES CHAPTER DOC. SUBJECT 06 06-01 Employers and Workers – Part I Insurance Coverage for Workers and Employers Part II: 1. General 2. Employers 3. Workers 4. Principals, Contractors, and Subcontractors 5. Coverage Outside of Alberta Addendum A – Workers of the Provincial Government by Board Order Issue Date: May 10, 2016 Supersedes: January 6, 2016 Copyright 2016 All rights reserved page 6 of 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER DOC. SUBJECT 06 06-02 Optional Coverage – Part I Insurance Coverage for Workers and Employers (continued) Part II: 1. Coverage for Exempt Industries 2. Personal Coverage Rescinded: Proprietor Identification Cards (May 21, 2002) 06-03 Premiums – Part I Part II: 1. Accounts 2. Premium Payments 3. Premiums in Arrears 4. Insurable Earnings 5. Reporting Requirements 6. Audits 07 Pricing 07-01 Classification – Part I Part II: 1. General 2. Employers Operating in More Than One Industry 3. Changes to an Employer’s Classification 07-02 Experience Records – Part I Part II: 1. General 2. Experience Rating 3. Partnerships in Injury Reduction (PIR) 4. Combining Experience 5. Transfer of Claim Costs 6. Third Party Recoveries 7. Industry Custom Pricing (ICP) 07-03 Financial Administration of Safety Association Grants – Part I Part II: 1. General Issue Date: May 10, 2016 Supersedes: January 6, 2016 Copyright 2016 All rights reserved page 7 of 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION CHAPTER DOC. SUBJECT General Information G-1 Replaced by Policy 01-05, Recording and Reporting Accidents – May 12, 2003 G-2 The Review and Appeal Process G-3 Third-Party Actions G-4 Requests for Policy Review CHAPTER DOC. SUBJECT Appendices Appendix A Workers’ Compensation Legislation Workers’ Compensation Act, RSA 2000 Workers’ Compensation Regulation Firefighters’ Primary Site Cancer Regulation Medical Panels Regulation Appendix B Related Legislation Adult Interdependent Relationships Act (extract) Adult Interdependent Partner Agreement Regulation Special Payment Act Appendix C Final Report by The Hon. Sir William Ralph Meredith, October 31, 1913 Appendix D Alberta Permanent Clinical Impairment Guide Appendix E Compensation Tables Appendix F Minimum Permanent Disability Awards & Dependants’ Pensions, With Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLA), Minimum Personal Coverage, & Maximum Annual Insurable Earnings APPENDICES Issue Date: May 10, 2016 Supersedes: January 6, 2016 Copyright 2016 All rights reserved page 8 of 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER DOC. SUBJECT Appendices (continued) Appendix G Safety Association Terms and Conditions Appendix H Rescinded Policy ADJ-30, Supplement Respecting a Pre-existing Condition, February 23, 1987 issue GLOSSARY ARCHIVE NOTES DOCUMENT HISTORY INDEX Issue Date: May 10, 2016 Supersedes: January 6, 2016 Copyright 2016 All rights reserved page 9 of 9