Workers’ Compensation – Benefits Canada.com https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:41:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 NWT, Nunavut workers’ commission proposing new pension system https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/nwt-nunavut-workers-commission-proposing-new-pension-system/ Thu, 01 Oct 2020 05:00:11 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/nwt-nunavut-workers-commission-proposing-new-pension-system/ The Northwest Territories and Nunavut Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission is proposing eliminating lifetime pensions and replacing them with a new system that includes earnings loss and retirement benefits. Currently, the North is the only jurisdiction in Canada with a workers’ compensation system that provides pensions for life, according to a review carried out by the WSCC in 2014. […]

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]]> Does CEWS leave workers on parental, disability leave behind? https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/does-cews-leave-workers-on-parental-disability-leave-behind/ Fri, 01 May 2020 05:16:55 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/does-cews-leave-workers-on-parental-disability-leave-behind/ Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge employees who were on leave in the months leading up to the coronavirus shutdown appear to have fallen through a crack in the federal government’s wage subsidy program. The Air Canada component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees has pointed out that the airline’s unilateral use of the […]

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]]> Sounding Board: When is coronavirus considered work-related? https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/sounding-board-when-is-coronavirus-considered-work-related/ Wed, 25 Mar 2020 05:00:41 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/sounding-board-when-is-coronavirus-considered-work-related/ With the World Health Organization declaring the novel coronavirus a pandemic, Canadian employers should prepare for the worst and plan how to respond to various employment-related issues that could arise if the virus continues to spread. Employers are raising many questions about workers’ compensation coverage and reporting responsibilities. Throughout Canada, the various provincial workers’ compensation […]

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]]> Return-to-work plans, coverage for mental-health injuries among proposals in new Alberta bill https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/mandatory-return-to-work-plans-coverage-for-mental-health-injuries-among-proposals-in-new-alberta-bill/ Wed, 29 Nov 2017 05:00:51 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/mandatory-return-to-work-plans-coverage-for-mental-health-injuries-among-proposals-in-new-alberta-bill/ A new bill tabled in the Alberta legislature on Monday includes a number of proposals that would affect employers. If passed, Alberta employers will have to continue providing group benefits plans to injured workers under existing coverage for a year following an injury and support the return to work of employees who suffer injuries and illnesses in the […]

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