A: The wording of ICBC’s standard authorization is exceedingly broad. Your employer could interpret the form to allow it to release your entire employment file. It states:

Authorization to Furnish Information Respecting Salary, Wages, Earnings or Profits and Lost Time from Employment

To whom it may concern:

I, ___________________________________, authorize my present and previous employer(s) or their accountant(s) and/or my accountants to give any representative of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, in any format specified by the Corporation including, verbal, written, and electronic formats, all information relating to my salary, wages, commissions, earnings, or profits and lost time from my employment and/or business and arising from an accident which occurred on: ____________________ [date].

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