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Alberta using ‘immoral’ incentives to deny WCB benefits, charges labour group: AFL critical of bonuses paid to staff who trim caseloads, says premium rates for dangerous industries a…
Jul 29, 2010

Alberta’s Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) is the only board in Canada that pays bonuses to staff as an incentive to trim their caseloads, according to the Alberta Federation of Labour […]

WCB uses ‘immoral’ incentives: labour group: AFL says bonus system only in Alberta
Jul 25, 2010

Alberta is the only province where Workers’ Compensation Board staff get bonuses for swiftly getting injured workers off benefits and back to work — and must discontinue these “immoral” incentives, […]

WCB bonuses for getting injured workers back on the job criticize
Jul 25, 2010

CALGARY – Alberta is the only province where Workers Compensation Board staff get bonuses for swiftly getting injured workers off benefits and back to work – and must discontinue these […]

Alberta is the only Canadian province that uses “immoral” incentives to deny WCB benefits to injured workers
Jul 24, 2010

Alberta WCB puts higher priority on keeping employer premiums low instead of providing service to injured workers, says AFL New research from the Alberta Federation of Labour shows that Alberta’s […]

Foreign worker program reassessed: Airlines benefit most, minister jokes
Jul 22, 2010

EDMONTON – Canada’s temporary foreign worker program is no longer working for Alberta, the province’s employment and immigration minister said Tuesday. “In my opinion, it was a program that had […]

Stelmach policies export jobs along with bitumen out of province: Premier not acting in best interests of Albertans
Jul 16, 2010

While other politicians have been using the first few weeks of summer to hit the barbecue circuit, Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach has been engaged in a much more solitary pursuit: […]