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Maximum Wage Rates
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PRO 12/2023

Effective date: January 1, 2024

Application: Applies to all injury claims.

Policy subject: Benefits - General

Purpose:

To provide guidelines for adjusting the maximum wage rates.

BACKGROUND

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Policy POL 12/2023, Maximum Wage Rates – 2024, has been approved which implements the maximum wage rates and annual adjustments.

PROCEDURE

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Maximum wage rate annual adjustments

  1. Increases to the maximum wage rates are calculated using Saskatchewan’s average weekly wage (AWW) published by Statistics Canada.
  2. For injuries sustained prior to January 1, 2014, the maximum wage rate is increased annually in accordance with the percentage increase in the AWW.
    1. WCB will calculate the percentage increase using the following formula:
       
      Maximum Wage Rate Annual Adjustments percentage calculation
    2. If the average weekly wage for the current year is less than the average weekly wage for the previous year, there will be no adjustment.
  3. For injuries sustained on or after January 1, 2014, the maximum wage rate will be increased annually to equal 165 per cent of the AWW.
  4. The adjusted maximum wage rates will be rounded to the nearest dollar.

Benefits and annual review adjustments

  1. An injured worker’s wage loss benefits at the commencement of loss will be based on the worker’s gross earnings prior to the commencement of loss of earnings (POL 06/2016, Establishing Initial Wage Base) and will not exceed the maximum wage rate in effect when the injury occurred.
  2. Workers with an injury date prior to January 1, 2014, will not qualify for the 2024  maximum of $70,209  until their anniversary date of commencement of loss.
  3. Workers with an injury date on or after January 1, 2014 will not qualify for the 2024  maximum of $99,945  until their anniversary date of commencement of loss.
  4. When calculating average weekly earnings for recurrent injuries that were initially sustained prior to January 1, 2014, the earnings will be subject to the maximum wage rate in effect in the year the original injury was sustained.

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Legislative Authority

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The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013
Sections 2(1)(b), 2(1)(u), 37, 69, 72, 182

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Document History

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  1. POL and PRO 11/2022, Maximum Wage Rates – 2023 (effective January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023). 
  2. POL and PRO 14/2021, Maximum Wage Rates – 2022 (effective January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022).
  3. POL and PRO 07/2020, Maximum Wage Rates – 2021 (effective January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021).
  4. POL and PRO 09/2019, Maximum Wage Rates – 2020 (effective January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020).
  5. POL and PRO 04/2018, Maximum Wage Rates – 2019 (effective January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019).
  6. POL and PRO 15/2017, Maximum Wage Rates – 2018 (effective January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018).
  7.  POL and PRO 20/2016, Maximum Wage Rates – 2017 (effective January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017).
  8. POL and PRO 08/2015, Maximum Wage Rates – 2016 (effective January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016).
  9. POL and PRO 17/2014, Maximum Wage Rates – 2015 (effective January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015).
  10. POL and PRO 25/2013, Maximum Wage Rates – 2014 (effective January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014).
  11. POL 02/2003, Section 38.1 – Maximum Wage Rate (effective January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2014).
  12. POL 14/2012, Compensation Rate – Maximum – Section 38 (effective January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013).

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