Self-Test A-2.2: Describe WCA Conditions of Compensation

Complete Self-Test A-2.2 and check your answers.

1. What factors can be used to assess a company’s insurance premiums?
   1. Company earnings
   2. Inspections, training of workers, and operating costs
   3. Industry classification, a company’s history, and employee’s earnings
   4. Number of vehicles in a company’s fleet and number of older workers
2. When would a worker expect to be denied compensation?
   1. Worker suffers hearing loss
   2. Worker injures themselves as a result of clumsiness
   3. Worker contracts an occupational disease such as silicosis
   4. None of the above
3. A worker who receives an injury while living in a remote camp should not expect to be compensated.
   1. True
   2. False
4. There is often a two-week waiting period before benefits are paid out.
   1. True
   2. False
5. Which of the following activities could result in the suspension of benefits?
   1. Receiving acupuncture treatment for an injury
   2. Visiting your family doctor to discuss recovery
   3. Refusing to co-operate in a WorkSafeBC medical examination
   4. Claiming you are suffering from an occupational disease, not an injury
6. WorkSafeBC benefits cover all medical expenses except for costs from the day of the injury because the claim was not active yet.
   1. True
   2. False
7. The phrase “in the course of employment” means a worker is only performing tasks at work, on the clock.
   1. True
   2. False
8. When can a worker return to work?
   1. When the case manager deems the worker ready for work
   2. If the employer can provide modified or light duty deemed safe
   3. When the worker has recovered from the injury and it is safe to work again
   4. All of the above

Answer Key: Self-Test A-2.2 is on the other page.