Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board

• Saskatchewan WCB looking at paying for private PCR tests for COVID-19 claimants

  The Saskatchewan Workers' Compensation Board has said rapid antigen test results would not be sufficient for people who claim to contract COVID-19 on the job.

  Canada

  Jan 13, 2022
  
• COVID-19: What Sask. employees should know about PCR testing rights, workers’ comp. claims

  Howard Levitt, an employment lawyer based in Toronto said if an employer wants to make sure their workplace is safe and ask for a negative test, they have a right to do so. 

  Canada

  Jan 6, 2022
  
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• Saskatchewan WCB has received 232 COVID-19 claims from employees since start of pandemic

  Healthcare workers make up about 32 per cent of all claims, but most of them were denied because of negative tests or the individual was deemed to have caught COVID-19 outside of their workplace.

  Canada

  Nov 27, 2020
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• Asbestos, falls and firefighter cancer highlight Saskatchewan workplace fatality/injury strategy

  Saskatchewan is prioritizing asbestos exposure, falls, vehicle crashes and firefighter cancer in a three year strategy to reduce workplace injuries and fatalities.

  Canada

  Dec 2, 2019
• Saskatchewan WCB continues to be fully funded to cover future claims

  WCB chairperson Gord Dobrowolsky said they remain fully funded with the ability to cover the future costs of all claims in the system.

  Canada

  Apr 17, 2019
• Saskatchewan WCB reports 78 per cent increase in workplace deaths for 2018

  There were 48 workplace fatalities in Saskatchewan during 2018 — an increase of 78 per cent from 2017.

  Canada

  Mar 14, 2019
• Sask. firefighters to receive expanded cancer coverage

  Sask. firefighters will now be able to claim prostate, skin, breast, myeloma, cervical and ovarian cancer as occupational diseases with the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2018
• Partnership helps create psychologically healthy work environments in Sask.

  UFred enters partnership with WCB to develop educational programs that help Saskatchewan employers protect the psychological health of their workers.

  Health

  Dec 3, 2018
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• Proper benefits, supports provided to La Loche school shooting victim: ombudsman

  Saskatchewan’s ombudsman has completed her investigation into complaints made against the Workers Compensation Board and the Ministry of Justice by a La Loche school shooting victim.

  Canada

  Aug 22, 2018
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• 27 Saskatchewan workplace deaths in 2017 ‘unacceptable’: WCB

  The Workers’ Compensation Board said there were 27 workplace deaths in Saskatchewan last year.

  Canada

  May 2, 2018