Claims Cost Relief and Claims Cost Transfer

Claims Cost Relief and Claims Cost Transfer

Effective Dates

December 31, 2007 - June 30, 2008

Policy Code

CL-50

General Information

The principle of claims cost relief and of claims cost transfer is to ensure an employer's experience account is not charged claims costs for a disability which exceeds the employer's responsibility.

All charges to an employer's experience in the year of occurrence affect an employer's merit rebate. In turn, the amount of claims costs applied against an employer's experience account determines whether an employer is assessed a superassessment. As a result, it is important that only appropriate claims costs are charged to an employer's experience account.

All claims decisions can be appealed to the Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board.

Claims Cost Relief and Claims Cost Transfer

October 30, 1995 - December 31, 2007 | CL-50 | Policies prior to July 1, 2022

Recovery of Overpaid Compensation

November 16, 1993 - June 30, 2008 | CL-43 | Policies prior to July 1, 2022

The Workers' Compensation Act gives authority to the Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board to recover any overpaid compensation which has been paid to a claimant, or their dependants, for which they are not entitled. All claims decisions are app

Pre-Existing Conditions

December 31, 2007 - June 30, 2008 | CL-47 | Policies prior to July 1, 2022

Rehabilitation

February 11, 2007 - June 30, 2008 | CS-11 | Policies prior to July 1, 2022

Subrogated Claims

November 21, 2005 - June 30, 2008 | GC-01 | Policies prior to July 1, 2022

Fraud

December 12, 1994 - June 30, 2008 | GC-06 | Policies prior to July 1, 2022

Negligence Cost Transfer

December 31, 2007 - June 30, 2008 | GC-15 | Policies prior to July 1, 2022