Just wanted to ask, Are injured workers that are left with a permanent impairment entitled to a loss of opportunity award? Here in Canada in my province injured workers are entitled to a one time payment based on the (meat chart), a precentage of affected body part. I did not know this was my right, I was told by another injured worker here in my province. Well I figured what do I have to loose , so asked in the form of a letter to my case manager, I am now on the list.

good luck- it sounds a bit like a settlement that we get in USA.

here it can be to pay you off- all done type of thing.
or pay you something and still accept the future medical costs too.
I don't know how it might be in canada.

in the usa every state is different, many of us use lawyers, it is not a claimant easy process.

Hi there, Canada's system of compensating an injured worker,is a very difficult process in which wc is suppose help the injured worker with medical costs, surgeries, presriptions and lost income. Here in Canada if your claim for injury is accepted, you give up all your rights to sue your employer and you are left dealing with a crown corporation which in my view is a glorified insurance company for the employer!! Which as any insurance company does thier best to deny benefits, and costs associated with your claim. Isn't it sad your not even told what your rights are!! I personally have been going through this system for almost three years, I have been lied to, set up to fail, and my injuries have been made lite of. I also don't feel decisions as far as retraining, or a long term disability has been fair!!

A Permanent Physical Impairment is a one time payment based on bodily impairment which is in no means a buyout or does it affect any other payments or benefits you are entittled too. A doctor does an assesment on an injured worker to determine what part of your body is impaired(meat chart) and pays a precentage of $, based on impairment.

Believe me Worker's Compensation is not much different here in the long run. Injured workers here are sometimes forced back to work under the influence of narcotics, and passed on to other systems of welfare,canada pension plan disability. Many try to go back to work only to re injure themselves, or find they never could work. Deeming is a practice here that is used often, which in my opinion isn't a realistic approach to rehabilitation.

the system sounds very much the same as here- just the names and terminology is different.