WCB at the Crossroads: Experience Rating, Claims Suppression and Collective Liability

WCB at the Crossroads: Experience Rating, Claims Suppression and Collective Liability

Paul Petrie’s 2025 addendum calls B.C.’s experience rating funding model a “corrosive” system that incentivizes employers to under‑report injuries and suppress workers’ compensation claims. Drawing on enforcement data obtained via FOI requests and the 2020 Institute for Work & Health claim suppression study, he highlights striking enforcement gaps. Petrie illustrates the real‑world consequences using a […]

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