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This chapter covers basic legislation, policy and procedures associated with administrative proceedings under the ''Workers’ Compensation Act'', RSBC 2019, c 1 [WCA]. The WCA replaced the former ''Workers’ Compensation Act'', RSBC 1996, c 492 (the '''“Former Act”''') on April 6, 2020. While there was no substantive change encompassed in this act revision, the section numbers of the WCA have changed significantly. | This chapter covers basic legislation, policy and procedures associated with administrative proceedings under the ''Workers’ Compensation Act'', RSBC 2019, c 1 [WCA]. The WCA replaced the former ''Workers’ Compensation Act'', RSBC 1996, c 492 (the '''“Former Act”''') on April 6, 2020. While there was no substantive change encompassed in this act revision, the section numbers of the WCA have changed significantly. | ||
The WCA is a provincial statute creating a regulatory body called the Workers’ Compensation Board ( | The WCA is a provincial statute creating a regulatory body called the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCA, s. 318 [Former Act, s. 81]). Since 2003, Workers’ Compensation Board does business under the name of “WorkSafeBC” and is referred to as “the Board” or WCB in this section. The Board has exclusive jurisdiction over compensation to injured workers for workplace injuries, amongst other duties. | ||
Some of the earliest forms of workers' compensation started with pirates in the pre-Revolutionary Americas. A pirate who lost an eye was entitled to 100 pieces of eight, roughly one year's pay.[http://www.insurancejournal.com/blogs/academy-journal/] With the industrial revolution, more evolved workers' compensation schemes followed in Europe and eventually spread back to North America. They are now mandatory across Canada and the United States. | Some of the earliest forms of workers' compensation started with pirates in the pre-Revolutionary Americas. A pirate who lost an eye was entitled to 100 pieces of eight, roughly one year's pay.[http://www.insurancejournal.com/blogs/academy-journal/] With the industrial revolution, more evolved workers' compensation schemes followed in Europe and eventually spread back to North America. They are now mandatory across Canada and the United States. | ||