Workers’ Compensation

Nova Scotia’s Workers’ Compensation Board will implement sweeping changes to the Workers’ Compensation Act on Jan. 1, 2026, extending cancer coverage to more firefighters and giving workers three times longer… …

WorkSafeBC has updated its assessable payroll practice directive to clarify how employers should report tips and wage-loss benefits, effective Jan. 1, 2026. The changes to Assessment Practice Directive 5-245-2(A) aim… …

The Workers’ Compensation Board-Alberta has set a 1.64 per cent cost of living adjustment for eligible injured workers receiving long-term wage loss benefits, effective Jan. 1, 2026. The adjustment applies… …

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Nova Scotia’s workplace injury rate dropped to a record low in November, with nearly 500 fewer workers injured compared to the same period in previous years, according to the Workers’… …

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The Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia has appointed Mary Anne Campbell as general counsel, effective January 2026. Campbell joins the WCB’s executive leadership team from the Nova Scotia Health… …