Case Summaries

These summaries highlight the types of fairness issues the Fair Practices Commission deals with.

Listed by category:

• Behaviour
• Communication
• Decision-making process
• Delay
• Policy

Behaviour

• Impartiality (August 2006)

Communication

• Dental benefits (2005)
• Explanation of benefits (October 2006)
• Notice of termination of benefits (December 2010)
• Protecting Privacy (2009)
• Unintended effect of change in the process (December 2009)

Decision-making process

• 72 Month Loss Of Earnings (LOE) Review (November 2005)
• Access to investigation documents (August 2006)
• Accommodating work restrictions (December 2011)
• Assessment of work on the night shift (December 2010)
• Bias complaint (2005)
• Considering new information in the decision-making process (December 2009)
• Director resolves information gap (December 2009)
• Employer departure premium (November 2007)
• Employer penalty process (December 2011)
• Evidence overlooked (2005)
• Final LOE review (December 2010)
• Independent medical examinations (December 2011)
• Implementation of WSIAT decision (2005)
• Implementation of WSIAT decision (June 2005)
• LMR decision-making process (December 2008)
• No unfairness found (December 2008)
• Notice of adverse decision (2005)
• Notice of assignment of benefits (October 2006)
• Personal care allowance (October 2006)
• Practice guidelines for 72-month review (December 2011)
• Processing travel expenses (December 2007)
• Psychiatric issues (December 2010)
• Reducing red tape (December 2009)
• Repairing a wheelchair (December 2011)
• Sending out objection forms (March 2007)
• Sufficiency of medical evidence (2005)
• Transfer-of-cost employers (March 2006)
• Worker participation in Appeals Resolution Officer hearing of an employer appeal (October 2006)
• Young worker with a permanent impairment (December 2008)

Delay

• Addressing delayed decision (December 2009)
• Benefit explanation provided (December 2007)
• Calculating earnings basis - concurrent jobs (March 2007)
• Delay in deciding expense payments (December 2008)
• Delayed decision (2005)
• Delayed decisions (2005)
• Employer complaint: Appeal on transfer of costs (December 2011)
• No accident report (August 2006)
• Home modifications (November 2007)
• Implementing an ARO decision (March 2007)
• Implementing an ARO decision (December 2008)
• Implementing WSIAT decision (December 2007)
• Multiple adjudicators (August 2006)
• Non-economic loss reassessment (2005)
• Social work consultation (November 2007)
• Worker complaint: Delayed appeal decision (December 2011)
• Workload (March 2007)

Policy

• Chiropractic treatment (2005)