The WSCC offers three payment options:

1. By cheque, mailed every two weeks;
2. By cheque, for pick-up at our Yellowknife office; or
3. By direct deposit into your bank account.

If you choose the direct deposit option, you must submit an encoded personalized cheque marked VOID, or your bank can complete a preauthorization form. Your branch can submit the completed preauthorization form to the WSCC. For auditing purposes, you must send an original cheque to our office for subsequent deposits.

Yes. If you are under 18 years of age, injured at work, and we accept your claim, the WSCC pays you directly, or can send your payments to your parent or guardian.

Maybe. You must talk to your WSCC Adjudicator or Case Manager if you are working or planning to work. 

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.