Editing Report Data

The BC WCB expects you to perform a significant amount of editing and checking to make sure that submitted reports are complete, accurate, and compatible with WorkSafeBC's web service. The WCB returns incomplete files for more information.

For this reason, HR contains several edit checks and warnings. By following the warnings during data entry, you significantly increase the likelihood that the BC WCB will accept the report file the first time that you send it.

However, the BC WCB's mainframe computer checks for some things that HR cannot. For example, the BC WCB system knows whether a postal code and an address associated with it are correct or incorrect. If you send address information for which the address is correct, but the postal code is wrong, their system detects the error and rejects the file. In most cases, you can solve the problem by correcting and resubmitting the report file to the BC WCB.