What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration is dismissed as untimely.
Petition for Reconsideration of WCJ's Findings of Fact, Award (issued October 31, 2023).
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
The petition was filed after the 30-day deadline from the date of the WCJ's decision, making it untimely and depriving the Board of jurisdiction.
From the decision · page 2In this case, the WCJ issued the Findings of Fact, Award on October 31, 2023. Based on the authority cited above, petitioner had until Thursday, November 30, 2023 to seek reconsideration on a timely basis. Therefore, the Petition for Reconsideration filed on December 4, 2023 is untimely and will be dismissed.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The WCJ issued the Findings of Fact, Award on October 31, 2023.
Favours Defendant prevailed