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Workers Compensation Board of Prince Edward Island

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December 13, 2021

Experience Rating Program Changes

Changes will soon come into effect for the Workers Compensation Board’s Experience Rating Program. The Experience Rating Program offers a financial incentive to employers to invest in safety and work disability prevention programs by adjusting assessment rates based on their claims cost history. There are two main changes to the Experience Rating Program: Previously, the program was limited to employers who have paid at least $3,000 in total WCB assessments over three years. We will now include all employers in the experience rating program in order to promote a culture of safety in both large and small workplaces. The maximum surcharge for employers was moved into closer alignment with other jurisdictions by adjusting the order in which steps are applied to calculate their annual rate adjustment. The new enhancements will encourage safety and proactive prevention of work disability, expand access to more employers and will see an adjustment to the formula used to calculate rates to limit the negative impact on small employers. The changes are a result of an extensive program review to ensure it is effective, fair and easy to understand. As a result of the review, there are additional recommendations under consideration that could be introduced in the next phase. The above changes to the Experience Rating Program will come into effect January 1, 2022. To read more, check out the Frequently Asked Questions on the WCB website.

November 30, 2021

Recent Amendments to Workers Compensation Act

New amendments to the Workers Compensation Act were recently approved in the fall 2021 sitting of the Legislative Assembly that help clarify and modernize the current legislation. Among the recent amendments to the Workers Compensation Act and regulation were changes to the indexation of compensation benefits, which would increase the amount of benefits paid to workers on long term benefits and survivors of fatally injured workers. Indexation refers to the adjustments made to workers compensation benefits to address increases in the cost of living each year. Previously, the legislation allowed for annual adjustments to extended wage loss benefits, pensions and survivor benefits based on 80% of the Consumer Price Index, up to 4% of the benefit amount. The adjustment is applied in July each year. The new changes would see the annual indexation of Extended Wage Loss, pension and survivor benefits increased to 100% of the annual change in the Consumer Price Index for PEI, up to a max of 4%. “These changes will help to ensure that WCB claimants and surviving family members can keep up with the rising costs of living,” said Jim MacPhee, Chair of the Workers Compensation Board of Prince Edward Island. Other notable amendments include revised definitions of “worker” and “accident”, as well as the removal of the exclusion of the construction industry under return to work provisions. These amendments to the Workers Compensation Act came into effect on November 17, 2021. Increases to the indexation of WCB extended wage loss, pension and survivor benefits will take place when the next annual calculation occurs on July 1, 2022.

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