Category: Workers’ Compensation
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Ontario WSIB Updates Policy re Employer Representatives
The Ontario Workplace Safety & Insurance Board has published an updated version of Operational Policy Manual document 21-01-02, Authorization of Employer Representatives for Employer Accounts . . .
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B.C. Adds Contagious Disease Presumption to Workers Compensation
WorkSafeBC has approved amendments, which add infections caused by communicable viral pathogens, including COVID-19, that are subject to a B.C. emergency declaration/notice to Schedule 1 of the Workers Compensation Act (WCA). Schedule 1 lists occupational diseases that WorkSafeBC presumes to be work-related, unless the contrary is proven, if the worker was employed in the corresponding process or industry listed in the Schedule . . .
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B.C. Bill 23 re Workers Compensation Act
British Columbia introduced Bill 23, Workers Compensation Amendment Act, for first reading on July 14, 2020. Bill 23 includes amendments related to health and safety and workers' compensation . . .
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B.C. Extends Premium Deferral
WorkSafeBC announced that it is extending the deferral period for quarterly premium payments for an additional three months, without penalty or interest . . .
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B.C. Consultation re Adding COVID-19 to Workers Compensation Act
Further to an earlier post, WorkSafeBC has published a consultation paper seeking input on a proposal to add diseases caused by communicable viral pathogens, including COVID-19, to Schedule 1 of the Workers Compensation Act . . .
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B.C. Announces Waiver of Premiums
WorkSafeBC announced that it is waiving premiums for employers who are approved to receive the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) for furloughed workers (employees on leave with full or partial pay . . .
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Ontario Bill 191 re Workplace Safety & Insurance Act
A private member introduced Bill 191, Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Presumption Respecting COVID-19), 2020, for first reading on May 19, 2020 . . .
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B.C. Adding COVID-19 to Workers Compensation Act
WorkSafeBC announced that it will be adding COVID-19 (or potentially more broadly, coronaviruses or respiratory communicable diseases) to the list of diseases in Schedule 1 of the Workers Compensation Act on an expedited basis . . .
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New Brunswick Regulation re Workers Compensation Assessments
New Brunswick published Regulation 2020-26, eliminating the interest applied to unpaid workers' compensation assessments . . .
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B.C. Delays Payroll Reporting Deadlines
WorkSafeBC announced that it is delaying payroll reporting and payment deadlines . . .
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