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Policy listing
Policy updates
Travel Expense Rates (PRO 20/2024)
This procedure establishes the current rates at which workers and WCB staff are to be reimbursed for travel and sustenance expenses. Rates are included in an appendix attached to the procedure, which has been updated to note current mileage rates, effective November 1, 2024.
Occupational Therapists (PRO 21/2024)
The WCB and the Saskatchewan College of Occupational Therapists have updated their agreement regarding occupational therapy services for workers, effective April 1, 2024. The agreement included updates to both the fee schedule and the practice standards.
Appeals – Board Appeal Tribunal (POL 13/2024)
This policy establishes the Board Appeal Tribunal as the final step in the appeal process. The Board Appeal Tribunal is a quorum composed of at least two members of the Board (Board Members and/or Chairperson) who act as the final appeal for injury claim and employer account decisions of the WCB. This policy was updated in light of a legislative amendment which requires appeal decisions of the Board Appeal Tribunal to be published effective October 1, 2024.
Appeals – Board Appeal Tribunal – Publication of Decisions (PRO 14/2024)
This new procedure provides guidelines for the publication of appeal decisions made by the Board Appeal Tribunal. The procedure was created in light of a legislative amendment which requires appeal decisions of the Board Appeal Tribunal to be published effective October 1, 2024.
Medical Review Panels (POL & PRO 15/2024)
Claimants who have an accepted WCB claim or their dependants, who have exhausted their rights to appeal, and have a valid medical question with which they disagree may request a Medical Review Panel (MRP). This policy and procedure were updated in light of legislative amendments made to simplify the Medical Review Panel process.
Injuries – Firefighters (POL & PRO 16/2024)
Recent amendments to The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013 (the Act) included an expanded the list of occupational diseases covered by the rebuttable presumption for firefighters. The expanded list now includes six additional cancers that were not previously covered by the WCB. The presumptions also apply to volunteer firefighters. This policy has been updated to clarify guidelines used to adjudicate cancer and cardiac claims for firefighters. The procedure has also been updated.
Coverage – Volunteer Firefighters (POL & PRO 17/2024)
This policy and procedure provide guidelines for coverage of volunteer firefighters. Minor housekeeping changes were made to the policy and procedure in light of recent legislative amendments for firefighters.
Children and Other Dependants – Benefits (POL & PRO 18/2024)
When a worker/parent is fatally injured, The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013 (the Act) authorizes WCB to provide benefits to the worker’s children. A recent legislative amendment to the Act was made to provide equitable benefits for dependants regardless of whether the injured parent had received benefits for more or less than 24 months before passing away from a non-work-related injury.
