TABLE OF CONTENTS
HOW TO USE THE MANUAL
PRINCIPLES OF ALBERTA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
STATEMENT OF RIGHTS
BOARD ORDERS (online only)
GENERAL POLICIES
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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Rescinded: Fund Balance (July 1, 2008)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Rescinded: Transitional Asset Mix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)
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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
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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
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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Rescinded: Medical Panels (February 1,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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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GENERAL INFORMATION
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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
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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
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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
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