I’m Ben Barfett, a WCB advocate and disability management consultant. I’ve spent nearly a decade working directly with workers’ compensation files, representing injured workers and employers through complex claims and disputes in Alberta and other Western Canadian jurisdictions.

For injured workers, that often means making sense of a denial, a change in wage-loss benefits, a disputed medical issue, or a finding that they’re fit for work when the evidence tells a different story. For employers, it can mean managing a difficult claim, planning a safe return to work, seeking cost relief, or improving the systems used to support employees after an injury.

I’ve represented clients before Alberta’s DRDRB and Appeals Commission, as well as British Columbia’s Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal. Some of those decisions are publicly available. My background also includes disability management work with private organizations, unions and public-sector employers, supported by formal study through the University of Fredericton.

What matters most to me is getting past the noise in a large claim file. We identify the decision that needs to change, the evidence that matters, and the practical consequences for the person or organization involved.