Employers in NL should have received or be receiving their Assessment notices now. Please take the time to look carefully at this document as your entitlement to refunds is written in the little box underneath your assessment information.

We have experienced on multiple occasions situations where clients have been advised by the WHSCC that they do not qualify for refunds, when in fact they do qualify. It may simply state that you have forfeited your refund of x amount of dollars. We had one this week where it stated that the employer had forfeited $96,000.00. It was an error, but I had to call to get it rectified.

We have been given limited explanations as to why this is occurring, but I wonder if it would have been corrected had we not questioned what was going on?

Please do not take their information at face value. You need to call and ensure the refund was forfeited and request the reason why in writing as you do have

the option to appeal. It is alarming to me that the WHSCC would render a decision regarding an employers’ entitlement to a refund and not give the employer their legislative right to appeal the decision.

How does one get away with this?