What to include on your employer medical restrictions form
Employers: Here’s what to include on your medical restrictions form
Employers: Here’s what to include on your medical restrictions form
Average preliminary rate suggests a 1.7% decrease from 2018
- Saskatchewan’s 2019 preliminary employer premium rate decreases for 12th consecutive year
- 2019 proposed average premium rate is expected to decrease to $1.17 from $1.19 in 2018
- 42.5% of Saskatchewan employers will see a decrease or no change to their 2019 premium rate
- Premium rates for 57.5% of employers will increase next year
- 2019 proposed premium rate reflects the WCB’s complete transition to the enhanced rate model that was implemented in 2018
The Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board released data today documenting a rise in the number of workplace fatalities in the province.
Every fall, the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) holds two public rate setting information sessions for the coming year.
As of Oct. 9, 2018, we will improve our payment statements to make them clearer.
- Total injury rate dropped to 5.25 (per 100 workers)
- Time loss injury rate remained the same at 1.86 (per 100 workers)
- 88 per cent of Saskatchewan employers achieved Mission: Zero
- WCB remains fully funded at 117.8 per cent
- Record number of Saskatchewan workers covered – 423,527
- Time loss injury rate remains constant at 1.86
- 88 per cent of Saskatchewan employers achieved Mission: Zero
Key elements of violence prevention program, creating mentally healthy workplaces and understanding asbestos are three prominent issues facing workplaces today.
21st annual Compensation Institute starts today
The Canadian Mental Health Association suggests one in five Canadians will personally experience a mental health problem or illness every year.