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SUMMARY OF FORMAL PRESENTATIONS AND WRITTEN SUBMISSIONSSubmissions at Public HearingsLOCATION DATE PRESENTATIONSNorman Wells, NT March 27, 2001 No Formal PresentationsInuvik, NT March 28, 2001 No Formal PresentationsCambridge Bay, NU March 30, 2001 Hamlet of Cambridge Bay, Elwood JohnsonIqaluit, NU May 15, 2001 Public Service Alliance of Canada, Kevin King Nunavut Employees Union and the NorthernTerritories Federation of Labour, Mary-LouSutton-FennellRankin Inlet, NU May 17, 2001 No Formal PresentationsFort Smith, NT May 23/24, 2001 No Formal PresentationsHay River, NT May 24/25, 2001 No Formal PresentationsFort Simpson, NT May 26, 2001 No Informal or Formal PresentationsYellowknife, NT May 28/29, 2001 Workers’ Advisor, Colin Baile Canadian Cancer Society, Arlene Yaceyko MLA, NWT, Bill Braden Diversified Construction, Cameron McGurk MLA, NWT, Sandy Lee Injured Worker, Effie Brown Injured Worker, Wayne Campbell Tobacco Action Yellowknife, Miriam Wideman Injured Worker, Greg Bernard NWT Coalition for Harassment FreeWorkplaces, Marsha Argue and Kate Tompkins Private Advocate, Kate Tompkins Health and Social Services, GNWT, AndreCorriveau Northern Territories Federation of Labour, BobHaywood WCB Coalition, Cameron Aindow and DebMcLaughlin Imperial Oil Ltd., Mavis KocharAppendix EPage E2 of E3WCB Legislative Review Panel Report December, 2001
SUMMARY OF FORMAL PRESENTATIONS AND WRITTEN SUBMISSIONSPresentations at Public HearingsLOCATION DATE PRESENTERSYellowknife, NT May 28/29, 2001 Injured Worker, Cameron Aindow Injured Worker, Fraser Scoble Injured Worker, John Huffman Injured Worker, Michel de la Salle Injured Worker, Denis Ouellette Injured Worker, Gerry Lennie United Steelworkers of America,Fernand Denault Lawyer, Jim PosynickIqaluit, NU August 14/15, 2001 No Formal PresentationsYellowknife, NT August 16/17, 2001 Canadian Association of PetroleumProducers (CAPP), Peter Miller Imperial Oil Ltd., Mavis Kochar Injured Worker, Kerry Guin Injured Worker, John Huffman Injured Worker, Michel de la Salle Injured Worker, Lewis Whalen Braden-Burry Expediting ServicesLtd., Gordon Stewart Injured Worker, Cameron Aindow Injured Worker, Les Rohac St. John Ambulance Council for theNorthwest and Nunavut Territories,David ConnellyElectronic copies of Submissions that were presented to the Panel may be obtained by contacting theWCB Legislative Review Panel care of Margaret Halifax, Director of Executive Services, WCB, byemail at margareth@wcb.nt.caAppendix EPage E3 of E3WCB Legislative Review Panel Report December, 2001
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Accountable…to stakeholdersCompen
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Table Of Contents3.4.3 Employers’
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Table Of Contents5.0 A FINAL WORD 1
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The Legislative Review Directorate
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3.0 Workers’Compensation Acts3.1
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2.0 General ThemesDuring the course
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The Panel has generally adopted the
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The Panel did receive positive comm
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wanted was to return to work and st
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2. Are there workers in specific in
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Panel feels legislation should be p
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3.2 WCB Authority and Accountabilit
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WCB Board of Directors may chose to
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3.2.6 Regular Reviews of the Worker
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Recommendations: 3.2.8 Liability Pr
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Legislation in 2 other jurisdiction
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The legislation in other jurisdicti
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ones held accountable for a decisio
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members may be reappointed to the W
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Some suggested that having a compen
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Recommendations: 3.4.2 Workers’ A
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The WCB Board of Directors made the
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esolutions committees, under the au
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The Appeals Tribunal must give the
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The Panel considered the establishm
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Recommendations: 3.5.5 Time Limits
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are not familiar with some of the u
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The Panel was interested in the Ont
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Workers’ compensation payments ar
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3.6.3 Year’s Maximum Insurable Re
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The Acts are very specific in some
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3.6.5 Indexing Compensation by Comm
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2. The legislation should be change
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The Panel considered whether the in
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The Panel heard from some stakehold
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The Acts require any employer, whet
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Respondents to the Stakeholder Ques
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The Panel agrees. We see prior cons
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3.9.3 Authority to Make Investments
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Respondents to the Stakeholder Ques
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The duty to accommodate is not an o
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payments such as income tax or payr
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3.13 Environmental ChangeThe Acts h
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construction permits is a matter of
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date sections, reordering the “pa
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The Panel has recommended changes t
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the WCB when it is contemplating ch
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The Panel was asked to consider rec
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No other jurisdictions regulate wor
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4.2.5 Safety InspectionsSome stakeh
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4.4 Employer Responsibilities4.4.1
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The Panel feels that the instrument
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Recommendation: 4.6.2 Consistency w
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others have experience as employers
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While the Panel heard positive comm
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5. Operational versus Legislative I
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3. The legislation should be amende
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3. It is suggested that the first r
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Recommendations: 3.5.5 Time Limits
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Recommendation: 3.7.3 Rewarding Saf
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Recommendation: 3.12.4 Employer Rec
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Regulations (see also Recommendatio
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5.0 A Final WordThe Panel has recom
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Glossary and DefinitionsAccident Fu
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Glossary and DefinitionsNet annualr
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WCB Legislative Review Panel Terms
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