What is the case of a vocational rehabilitation worker who refused to participate in vocational rehabilitation plan?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from WCAT-2013-02880 (Re), 2013 CanLII 78767 (BC WCAT):
The worker made the following relevant submissions and arguments with respect to the issue under appeal. He submitted that he did not refuse to participate in the vocational rehabilitation plan – no plan had been presented to him. He said he was disabled by pain and the effects of strong medication. The worker relied on Daniel v. WCAT, 2007 BCSC 1005, in which Madam Justice Bennett stated, in part:
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