- WCB refusing to pay for home care recommended by threee professionals - northern worker forced to pay for own visits to southern specialists - injured worker's family forced out of home with young children - WCB selectively ignoring sections of the claims manual that would advance the worker's claim - video surveillance used inappropriately - WCB rules injured worker capable to return to any occupation while taking large amounts of morphine - injured workers suffering chronic pain labelled as "uncooperative" by WCB vocational rehab operations - payment for required medical assistance devices denied - payment for pain medication denied - WCB estimates seasonal worker's long term wage rate using the lowest level of employment in the year - injured workers unable to get a lawyer if WCB is mentioned - provincial human rights commissions ignoring injured workers - restrictions by surgeon post-surgery totally ignored by WCB - 20 year employee demoted after injury with pay decrease - injured worker asked for time off rehab for funeral but told that WCB doesn't get paid to be compassionate - in spite of family funeral, injured worker told to go to rehab or the WCB would cut them off comp - injured workers being refused treatment - being cut off required medications - injured workers going to welfare to pay for rent and medications - workers in chronic pain being told to go off pain medications and go back to work - doctors refusing to deal with patients who are on narcotics for pain - workers suddenly out of work with no income while injured and WCB still refuses any assistance - workers being forced to return to work while in severe pain and heavily medicated without regard to safety - seven years to get to first tribunal - WCBs and WCB doctors manipulating and/or suppressing medical (and other) evidence - cover-up of toxic chemical hazards causing death - cover-up of toxic chemical accidents causing permanent disability - specialists' diagnoses being ignored by WCB if it favours the worker's claim - specialist's request for surgery refused by WCB doctor until the injured worker threatened lawsuit, then the WCB doctor changed his diagnosis and allowed the surgery - injured workers being cut off compensation without notice or explanation - injured workers having to apply for government assistance when they should be receiving workers compensation - children suffering physically and mentally from poverty - specialists' reports being overrruled by WCB doctors, nurses, and even non-medical staff - workers' claim files being 'lost' or simply 'disappearing' - compensation being denied based on fraudulent employers' reports - employees too scared to file an accident report because of intimidation - being forced back to inappropriate work that further injures the worker - WCB using generic 'time tables' for recovery time, then cutting the worker off benefits regardless of the real medical situation of the worker - inadequate, sub-poverty-level compensation - increasing debt and bankruptcies due to inadequate compensation - loss of homes - divorces - suicides - inaccurate medical assessments by doctors who are paid by WCBs - assessments being made on workers by WCB-paid doctors without even seeing the worker or consulting with the worker's GP. - WCB using doctors who have been reported to the College of Physicians and Surgeons for investigation - inappropriate use of AMA guides for assessing injury - inappropriate (and illegal) use of impairment ratings when WCBs should only be assessing 'disability', not 'impairment' - doctors who have lost their licenses due to disciplinary reasons doing employee medical investigations. - physical harm caused by WCB medical examinations - stress related conditions caused by the workers compensation process itself (examples reported - insomnia, depression, anxiety, palpitations, etc.) - WCB refusing to compensate for these conditions because they are supposedly not 'work related' - WCB withholding medical evidence (a criminal violation) - WCB suppressing "core" facts and information relevant to the case - WCB and doctors falsely accusing the injured worker of 'malingering', 'being a complainer' and/or 'trying to abuse the system' - WCB involved in 'covering up' workplace hazards for some employers - inappropriate treatments ordered by WCB nurses without a doctor's order - inappropriate treatments leading to further injury - compensation cut off because of 'non-compliance' with these inappropriate and harmful treatments - medical evaluations that have nothing to do with the injury - inappropriate psychiatric evaluations of physically injured workers - verbal abuse and harrassment by WCB employees against injured workers - intimidating phone calls from WCB - WCB failing to comply with Appeals Tribunal decisions - inappropriate use of surveillance of the injured worker - injured workers being told by WCB employees to 'find a job' or 'retire' - injured workers being told by WCB to 'just work through the pain' - discrimination against certain types of injuries (example: chronic stress diseases) - cruel and abusive psychological treatment of injured workers by WCBs - false billing statements (for undelivered services or interventions) - false diagnoses - manipulation of facts, evidence, dates, medical words and expressions - concealment of facts and evidence - recurrent use of avoidance or distraction techniques (such as unnecessary tests) - multiple medical reports for the same visit/intervention - coverup of wrongdoing that caused physical harm - putting intentional and inappropriate emphasis on the injured worker's psychological status rather than addressing physical origins or causes of injuries - inappropriate psychological profiling - denegrating the injured worker's character - WCB falsely accusing the injured worker of having a family history of alcoholism, even when this is refuted by an independent psychologist's report - violations of trust leaving the injured worker feeling "emotionally raped" - WCB adjudicators who disregard doctors and specialists who say the injured worker is unable to work - compensation is cut off anyway - injured workers unable to eat properly - feel they are "fighting for their life" - doctors refusing diagnostic tests because they report that the worker is 'malingering' when subsequent tests show that there was, indeed, an injury - physiotherapists refusing to do assessment because the worker is in severe pain and WCB using that to deny benefits because of 'incomplete assessment' - employer falsely denying injury occurred and WCB believes the employer over the worker - requests by doctors for diagnostic tests refused by WCB - specialists recommendations not implemented by WCB - specialists stating that premature return to work caused further re-injury and/or failure to heal properly - WCB using generic 'time tables' for recovery time, then cutting the worker off benefits regardless of the real medical situation of the worker - workers repeatedly forced into inappropriate psychiatric examinations for physical injuries - being forced by WCB to do physiotherapy exercises against specific doctors orders to abstain from all activities because of a high risk of injury - important evidence not being presented in court - company doctors lying about the physical damages - people being fired for trying to stand up to the company - threatened with loss of employment, workers go back into dangerous jobs with unhealed injuries - taking advantage of employees who only speak English as a second language to make them stay in a damaging situation - injured employees being told they have no right to disability or insurance - injured employees being told that their 'time has run out' even if they are still inured - employees being told that, even if they return to their job, they will lose seniority and pension - employers taking advantage of functionally illiterate people - threatening the life of an injured worker's children - injured workers having to live off the charity of friends - injured workers having to live off the charity of religious institutions - injured workers having "nothing left to lose" - no recognition for over 20 years of service during which the worker was given increasing responsibilities - inability to sue either WCB or the employer due to lack of funds or legislative restrictions - employment situations being referred to as "sweat shops" right here in Canada - unions refusing to help the injured worker because it is too much trouble (or other reasons) - employees using company lawyers to manipulate and intimidate workers
16.7% 
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