Blue Collar’s Virtual WCB Briefing
Strategic disability management is a prerequisite for business survival in the post-COVID era. If you intend to forge ahead, managing disability is a top priority for you. Tune into Blue Collar’s Virtual WCB Briefing for essential insights & information: – Overview of major WCB changes impacting you– Impacts of COVID on workers and employers– Addressing […]
What’s driving increases in WCB and STD premiums?
Five disability factors employers need to consider now.
COVID has profoundly impacted the WCB. Learn what can be done to protect your business. 1) COVID has delayed surgeries & rehab for injured workers, thus causing prolonged recovery periods. Meanwhile claims costs are spiralling, but you may be entitled to cost relief. 2) Depression & anxiety are now presumptively covered by WCB. The incidence of […]
Play Chess not Checkers
Chess is about thinking and winning, a game that intrigues the mind by mimicking the dichotomies of life. As in all things, chess demands fluency in fundamental principles, yet punishes rigid adherence to predetermined game plans. Successful players learn to respect rules without being ruled by them, exercise method in conjunction with madness, and distill […]
Fort Mac Food Drive
Blue Collar is proud to do its small part in helping Fort Mac cope with devastating floods. You’re in our thoughts Fort McMurray.
WCB Premium Deferral
Reprieve for Employers The Government of Alberta has recently announced premium relief measures for private sector employers. WCB has since stopped issuing invoices for 2020 premiums. No interest charges will be applied for unpaid 2020 premiums, and clearance letters will remain available to all employers. Furthermore, 2020 premium payments will be refunded, with cheques being […]
Surviving lean times in Construction
Sprinting to Zero As margins continue their downward march, construction companies across Alberta find themselves trapped in a bumper-to-bumper race to zero. Desperate for an off-ramp, business leaders toil furiously to develop novel strategies, uncover niches, and diversify in new directions. Trouble is, most companies exist in mature and commoditized market spaces where, in Barenaked […]
Surviving lean times: Part Two
If you didn’t catch Part 1, the first installment explored ideas for coping with a recession driven by crashing oil prices. Since the first article went to press late last week, readers have expressed an interest in hearing more, so let’s pick up where we left off shall we. Be a bird dog. This is key. Let’s say […]
Sticks and Stones
What bullying looks like in 2020 “I know it when I see it”. The phrase was used in 1964 by United States Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart to describe his threshold test for pornography. Establishing criteria for ‘bullying’ is similarly vexing. Without Googling the definition, in my own words, I consider bullying to be essentially […]
Fred Fiction: Construction Manager
Newly compensable psychological injuries are having a tremendous impact on companies across Alberta. The consequences of these complex claims, particularly in the construction sector, cannot be overstated. Historically speaking, the WCB and judicial system imposed high thresholds for claims of mental injuries sustained in the workplace. It was thought that, given the subjective nature of […]