Effective date: November 1, 2010
Application: All claims commencing after 1 January 1983.
Policy subject: Benefits - General
Purpose:
To establish the guidelines for the application of Section 75 and Section 70(5) of The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013 (the "Act").
Average weekly earnings, as determined by Section 70(1) of the Act, means the greater of:
Average weekly wage is determined by the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) for a calendar year. The average weekly wage is Saskatchewan’s industrial composite wage published by Statistics Canada as of June of the preceding year (Section 2).
Gross earnings means the worker’s earnings from all sources of employment, before all deductions, within an industry under the scope of the Act or for which coverage has been elected.
Totally unable to work,
Totally unable to work (Section 75) means that due to the injury, the worker cannot:
Minimum Compensation – Section 75
Average Weekly Earnings – Section 70(5)
The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013
Sections 2(1)(k), 68, 69.1, 70(5), 75
(1) January 1, 2014. References updated in accordance with The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013.
(2) POL 18/2001, Minimum – Compensation Rate/Weekly Earnings (effective January 1, 2002 to October 31, 2010).
(3) POL 06/98, Average Weekly Earnings at 24 Months (effective May 1, 1998 to December 31, 2001).
(4) Board Order 49/85, Below Minimum Compensation Under the Net Income System (effective November 12, 1985 to December 31, 2001).
(5) Board Order 17/83, Minimum Compensation (effective January 1, 1983 to December 31, 2001).
(6) Board Order 20/82, Minimum Compensation (effective April 29, 1982 to December 31, 2001).