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If your industry appears below, your WCB premiums rose by double-digits year-over-year:

Oilfield services: +19%
Industrial/commercial const: +16%
Sawmills/Timber: +29%
Cleaning services: +27%
Trucking: +10%
Municipal gov’t, edu, health services: +11%
Rec vehicles sales/service: +18%
Drywall contractors: +11%
Grain/seed handling: +18%
Mechanical contractors: +15%
Oilsands producers: +10%
Flooring/tile: +19%
Eng/architects:: +15%
Flour/feed mills: +15%
Meat/poultry: +12%
Heavy equip sales/service: +13%

This list is far from exhaustive, yet it offers some perspective on the trajectory of WCB premiums. And COVID-19 will only amplify this trend. For advice on how to stem the bleeding and attain maximal discounts, feel free to drop us a line.

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Ben Barfett

Ben Barfett is an Alberta-based WCB advocate and disability management consultant with nearly a decade of experience working directly inside the workers' compensation system. He has successfully represented clients at the Appeals Commission, the DRDRB, and other provincial tribunals across Western Canada — with many of those decisions published on CanLII. Blue Collar serves both injured workers and employers across Alberta and Western Canada.

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