Workers Compensation
Workers Compensation
A province-administered program that provides benefits to workers who are injured during the course and scope of employment.
In a workers’ compensation case, no one party is determined to be at fault. The amount that a claimant receives is not decreased by his/her carelessness, nor increased by an employer’s fault.
However, a worker loses his/her right to workers’ compensation if the injury results solely from his or her intoxication from drugs or alcohol, or from the intent to injure him/herself or someone else.
There are three main types of benefits under workers Compensation: medical benefits, income benefits, and death benefits, each type is statutorily defined and limited. The limits are set in the law.
These benefits can help:
-Cover their medical care and medical treatment
-Replace most of their lost wages if they take time off from work to recover
-Provide disability benefits
-Give death benefits, like helping pay for a funeral if they lose their life in a work accident or from a job-related illness
Workers’ comp is not the same as unemployment benefits or disability insurance.
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