{"id":9456,"date":"2026-06-11T12:03:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/safecarebc.ca\/?p=9456"},"modified":"2026-06-11T12:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:13:31","slug":"proposed-worksafebc-policy-change-employer-classification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/?p=9456","title":{"rendered":"Proposed WorkSafeBC policy change \u2013 Employer classification\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WorkSafeBC is proposing a change to how it corrects employer classifications when information was missing or incorrect, but there was no intent to mislead.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They want to create a new category called \u201cFirm Non-Compliance\u201d for situations where an employer did not provide correct or timely information, but did not act fraudulently.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This change would:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Make it clearer when a classification can be corrected\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Set clearer rules for how far back changes can be made to rates\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Help ensure employers pay the correct assessment rate\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reduce disputes and appeals about classification decisions\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For the full proposal or a link to provide feedback (is available until June 26, 2026): <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worksafebc.com\/en\/law-policy\/public-hearings-consultations\/current-public-hearings-and-consultations\/proposed-amendments-to-policy-on-the-interpretation-of-misrepresentation-for-classification-changes#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=77ec3785-3896-4d48-be06-7263d5850000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Proposed amendments to policy on the interpretation of misrepresentation for classification changes - WorkSafeBC<\/strong><\/a><strong>.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WorkSafeBC is proposing a change to how it corrects employer classifications when information was missing or incorrect, but there was no intent to mislead.&nbsp; They want to create a new category called \u201cFirm Non-Compliance\u201d for situations where an employer did not provide correct or timely information, but did not act fraudulently.&nbsp; This change would:&nbsp; For [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-9456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-15 19:08:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9456"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9458,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9456\/revisions\/9458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9456"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftopic&post=9456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}