The Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) discontinues COVID-19 cost relief, effective Jan. 1, 2022.  The Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) provided COVID-19 cost relief for employers with accepted COVID-19 claims in 2020 and 2021. This cost relief will conclude

2022 rate marks the first increase to the average premium rate in 18 years The Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) has approved the 2022 average employer premium rate of $1.23 per hundred dollars of payroll. This is the first increase to the average premium rate since 2004.

As one of the province’s biggest champions for workplace safety, WCB Nova Scotia implemented a mandatory vaccination policy for its employees effective November 30, 2021, as an important measure to protect each other and all Nova Scotians from COVID-19.

On November 10, 2021 the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission filed nine charges in the Northwest Territories’ Territorial Court under the Northwest Territories’ Mine Health & Safety Act.

New and revised regulatory requirements are now in effect for combustible and flammable liquids, radiation dose limits, traffic control, concrete pump operators, blasting, arboriculture, and logging load securement.

New amendments to the Workers Compensation Act were recently approved in the fall 2021 sitting of the Legislative Assembly that help clarify and modernize the current legislation. Among the recent amendments to the Workers Compensation Act and regulation changed to the indexation of c

The Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (WSCC) has announced that the average employer assessment rate or base rate will remain at the same level as last year.

Employers must have plans to protect workers from impacts related to severe weather, natural disasters, and other emergencies. In response to another severe weather event yesterday — which caused flooding, evacuations, power outages, and road closures — WorkSafeBC is reminding employe

The Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission (WSCC) is seeking public input on a proposal to change how pension benefits are calculated for workplace injuries. Under the present system, workers receive lifetime pension benefits if they have a workplace injury that results in a last

The Province has appointed Saeed El-Darahali as the new Chair of WCB Nova Scotia. Mr. El-Darahali is President and CEO of SimplyCast, a Dartmouth-based technology company. He has more than 15 years of leadership experience and was named one of Atlantic Canada’s top 50 CEOs in 2020 by