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=== Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT) === | === Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT) === | ||
If you disagree with the Review Division's <span class="noglossary">decision</span>, you can appeal it to the Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT). You must appeal ''within 30 days'' after the date of the Review Division <span class="noglossary">decision</span>. | If you disagree with the Review Division's <span class="noglossary">decision</span>, you can appeal it to the Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT). You must appeal ''within thirty (30) days'' after the date of the Review Division <span class="noglossary">decision</span>. | ||
The WCAT conducts appeals by rehearing them, which means that it considers all the evidence in the file and any new evidence presented by the parties, and then makes its own findings of fact and law. You should ask for an oral hearing, so that you can explain your case to the WCAT vice-chair in person. | The WCAT conducts appeals by rehearing them, which means that it considers all the evidence in the file and any new evidence presented by the parties, and then makes its own findings of fact and law. You should ask for an oral hearing, so that you can explain your case to the WCAT vice-chair in person. | ||
The WCAT is the final level of appeal, and its decisions can only be challenged in a judicial review proceeding in the Supreme Court of BC. The WCAT can, however, reconsider its own decisions on the basis of new evidence that couldn't have been presented at the first appeal, or because the first <span class="noglossary">decision</span> was based on a serious legal error. | The WCAT is the final level of appeal, and its decisions can only be challenged in a judicial review proceeding in the Supreme Court of BC. The WCAT can, however, reconsider its own decisions on the basis of new evidence that couldn't have been presented at the first appeal, or because the first <span class="noglossary">decision</span> was based on a serious legal error. | ||
== Where to get help == | == Where to get help == | ||
