That was you? My God, I thought it was me? You have no idea how relieved I am to hear this.
No help for amputee in the richest province in Canada
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That was you? My God, I thought it was me? You have no idea how relieved I am to hear this.
Actually W.C.B. aren't quite the bastards they seem to be. About 30 years ago I attended a two day seminar put on by W.C.B. where their entire operation was explained to us from stem to gudgeon. A lot of people try to rip them off so they have to be very vigilant or they'd be broke in no time. They had one case of a guy with a "severe back" who "couldn't possibly work" at his trade/profession so he was collecting full compo. They were suspicious of him so they had a detective watching the guy and sure as sh*t before few weeks went by they had pictures of him on his roof, installing roofing. I personally have worked with one particular "lead slinger" who was always pulling that same kind of sh*t on a smaller scale. We sent him to a Gov't doctor finally on one incident but of course by the time he attended the appointment he was "all better". As far as scams go W.C.B. is likely right up there with welfare.
Yes, so as in everything else, it makes things more difficult for those who were actually injured on the job to make claims. Rather than taking the claim seriously, you're immediately suspect and every effort is made to ensure the claim is denied. That is truly unfortunate.
But I agree with other Posters, there isn't near enough information to make any assumptions at all, nor is there enought info to determine whether there was a failure in the system.
JMHO
Just as an aside, it would have been nice if the CBC had investigated further before airing this story. As it stands, it's called "lazy" reporting to my way of thinking.
I have heard enough bad stories about WCB to believe that this man probably has a valid complaint.
However, the news article is so short, and so void of details, I was not left agreeing with the journalist at the end of the article.
However, the news article is so short, and so void of details, I was not left agreeing with the journalist at the end of the article.
The Workers Compensation Board are bunch A-Holes. My wife had her hand operated on for severe carpal and they were the biggest bunch of **** wads we have ever had to deal with. In all honesty I'd rather deal with separatists than the WCB ever again.
What a bunch of harassing heartless pricks they are.
When I think of WCB, words like:
What a bunch of harassing heartless pricks they are.
When I think of WCB, words like:
- Rat ****,
- Scumsucking
- Sleezebucket
- ******* licking
- felching
- Underwear skid
WCB doesn't deal with the concept of "innocent 'till proven guity", etc...as it is an
insurance company, & insurance companies are there to collect money and pay
out as little as possible. It's what they do. If there is any reason not to pay out,
right or wrong, then they don't pay out.
insurance company, & insurance companies are there to collect money and pay
out as little as possible. It's what they do. If there is any reason not to pay out,
right or wrong, then they don't pay out.
"A government official couldn't comment directly about the case but told CBC News that the average wait time on the hotline was around half an hour, which received more than 500 calls over the last six days.
'Certainly it would be nice to be able to respond immediately, but you never know what kind of traffic you will receive during a specific time frame,' said spokesperson Tracey Kipta. 'But what we do encourage individuals to do is to please wait on the line and someone will be happy to assist as soon as they can.'"
Well, the sensible thing to do would be to hire enough temp people to do the freakin job in order to keep the "line" short, then.
As far as Workman's Comp goes, I've heard way too many stories about that bunch's malevolence to consider them of being any use.
Allowing things to get bad enough for someone not to be able to feed themselves is outright despicable.
Which is a stark contrast to the letter these bottom feeders send out which states. 'We are evaluating your case and will need multiple letters from the doctor and you had better get back to us post haste or we will halt any benefits and take action to recover benefits paid out.'
Not verbatim, but damn close.
The Workers Compensation Board of Canada is lower than pond scum.
Maybe it would be better if it WAS "of Canada" ... but it would still be peopled by bureaucrats WITH paycheques