Workers’ Compensation

People gathered in person and online Wednesday to raise awareness and support over concern that injured workers over 65 aren’t getting the benefits to adequately support them.  The Ontario Network of…

A number of significant amendments to Saskatchewan’s Workers’ Compensation Act are coming into effect on Oct. 1, 2024, including changes designed to expand occupational disease coverage and streamline various administrative…

British Columbia is making it easier for more workers to receive access to mental health assistance from WorkSafeBC for work-related trauma, including coroners, respiratory therapists, and social workers. Effective today…

WCB Nova Scotia has introduced a new Psychological Health and Safety Resource Centre, offering a comprehensive suite of resources aimed at preventing and managing gradual onset psychological injuries in the…

Drayton Valley’s efforts to have Community Peace Officers eligible for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder coverage under Alberta’s Worker’s Compensation Act have not resulted in the outcome council was hoping for.…

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s new measures to help foreign agricultural workers recover from an on-the-job-injury is a good move, but doesn’t go far enough, says the Industrial Accident…

New Brunswickers who get injured on the job will soon get more money to help them get by. The Progressive Conservative government has introduced amendments to the Workers’Compensation Act and…

By Richard Hutton | The Lake Report The fight to compensate a seasonal farmworker injured on the job in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., is likely to continue despite the man’s death earlier…

Ontario will revamp how it compensates injured migrant workers. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board president Jeff Lang says the changes affect how the board pays a worker who cannot return…