Yes and No.  Although you may use sick leave while you’re waiting for the WSCC’s decision on your claim, employee can choose to continue to use their sick leave if employer approves and the WSCC assigns their benefits to their employer.

Yes. You must show the industrial disease resulted from your work. 

Yes.

If you’re working for a company operating in the Northwest Territories or Nunavut and they send you to work outside of either territory for a period less than six months, you can apply for compensation benefits.

Depending on the territory or province where the incident takes place, you can choose to claim compensation under that territory or province, or in the Northwest Territories or Nunavut. This is called the Right of Election. 

Yes, but you must advise the WSCC. We decide if we can continue your compensation payments while you are away from Canada.

Yes. You receive pay for time away from work, and any related expenses, such as travel.

When workers suffer a work-related injury or disease, they may receive:

• Compensation for wages lost while recovering;
• Medical costs such as prescriptions, prosthetic devices, specialized treatment;
• Permanent disability awards (pensions); and
• Rehabilitation.

We take a worker’s gross earnings, up to the Year’s Maximum Insurable Remuneration (YMIR), and deduct the equivalent of Employment Insurance, Canada Pension Plan, and computed tax payments. We pay 90 percent of that amount. When workers suffer a permanent disability, they receive a lifetime pension. The degree of disability and the worker’s annual income at the time of injury determine their pension amount.

If related to a worker’s injury, the WSCC may pay for hospital expenses, health care costs, prescriptions, rehabilitation, dental treatment, mobility aids, and eyeglasses. In addition, we may provide clothing, transportation, and living allowances.

No. 

This is fraud and is against the law. 

Note: If you continue to pay full salary to your worker while they are unable to work you must notify the WSCC. We reimburse you for the compensable amount.

Benefits begin with the first normal working day an injured worker misses following the day of incident. The WSCC issues payments every two weeks.