{"id":5460,"date":"2018-01-29T21:14:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T21:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/?p=5460"},"modified":"2018-01-29T21:22:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T21:22:32","slug":"bc-fed-injured-workers-will-benefit-from-enhanced-wcb-funding-for-advocacy-and-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/?p=5460","title":{"rendered":"BC FED &#8211; Injured workers will benefit from enhanced WCB funding for advocacy and support"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"m_9171905616313842303MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Consolas;\">Injured workers will benefit from enhanced WCB funding for advocacy and support<\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/b><b><\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=\"m_9171905616313842303MsoPlainText\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Consolas;\">Today\u2019s announcement by Labour Minister Harry Bains of increased funding for the WCB Workers\u2019 Advisors Office is a small but positive step to do more to help injured workers navigate the WCB\u2019s complex injury claims system, says the BC Federation of Labour.\u00a0<\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_9171905616313842303MsoPlainText\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Consolas;\">\u201cIt\u2019s a step in the right direction to level the playing field for injured workers,\u201d says BCFED President Irene Lanzinger.<\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_9171905616313842303MsoPlainText\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Consolas;\">Bains says an additional $3 million a year will be shared between the Workers\u2019 Advisors Office and a similar office for employers. The Worker\u2019s Advisors Office provides independent advice and advocacy for vulnerable injured workers whose claims for compensation have been rebuffed by the WCB at the first step in the process.<a href=\"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/bcfed130.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1551\" src=\"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/bcfed130.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/bcfed130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/bcfed130-60x58.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a><\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_9171905616313842303MsoPlainText\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Consolas;\">Lanzinger says the BCFED will continue to advocate for a series of measures to make BC\u2019s workplaces safer to reduce the number of workers killed or injured on the job, including:<\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_9171905616313842303MsoPlainText\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Consolas;\">\u00b7 Improved workplace safety laws and a greater emphasis on prevention initiatives;<\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_9171905616313842303MsoPlainText\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Consolas;\">\u00b7 More stringent enforcement of safety rules;<\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_9171905616313842303MsoPlainText\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Consolas;\">\u00b7 Tougher penalties and more accountability for negligent employers; and<\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_9171905616313842303MsoPlainText\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Consolas;\">\u00b7 Improved benefits for injured workers and the surviving dependents of killed workers.<\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_9171905616313842303MsoPlainText\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Consolas;\">For more information, contact Stephen Howard, Communications Director at <\/span><a href=\"tel:(778)%20879-0707\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">778 879 0707<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/0500-18pr-SH-WCB-funding-changes.pdf\">https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/0500-18pr-SH-WCB-funding-changes.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Injured workers will benefit from enhanced WCB funding for advocacy and support Today\u2019s announcement by Labour Minister Harry Bains of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5460"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5465,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5460\/revisions\/5465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}