Classification sub-group 503-15 - Bus lines and depots

Industry sector 5 – Transportation, communications and storage

Rate risk category 200%

Included	Similar but classified elsewhere
Bus lines that provide passengers bus transportation over a fixed route on a schedule and charge a per-trip fee. The operation of a bus requires the operator to have a Class 2 or 4 driver’s license from Manitoba Public Insurance.	Transporting passengers on a custom basis is found under 503-08 – Taxi services. Bus lines run by a city, town municipality, etc are found under 801-02 – Municipal operations.
Freight items transported by bus lines in addition to passengers.	Transporting freight is found under 506-02 – Courier services or 501-02 – Local and long-haul trucking.
Operation of a bus depot – schedule routes, sell tickets and handle baggage; may provide rest stops and food services for drivers and passengers	Independently owned and operated restaurants are found under 701-06 – Restaurants and food services.
Effective January 1, 2015, under the Alternate Assessment Procedure (“AAP”), employers in interprovincial Bus Lines activities are eligible to report their workers’ payroll to the Canadian province or territory where their workers reside. For firms employing Manitoba resident workers, they will remain in 50315 rate code and an Optimal notification will be added to the account stating they have opted into the program	Inter-jurisdictional bus line companies participating in the AAP that do not employ Manitoba-resident workers are found under 501-10 – AAP – Registering board.

Alternative Assessing Procedure

The Alternative Assessing Procedure (“AAP”) is part of the Inter-jurisdictional Agreement on Workers’ Compensation between the Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba and all other Canadian workers compensation bodies. It permits qualified employers to report their payroll (workers’ earnings) to the Canadian province or territory where each worker resides, as opposed to splitting payroll based on mileage or time spent working in each jurisdiction.

Registration and premiums are paid in any and all Canadian jurisdictions where workers reside. If no workers reside in a specific jurisdiction, that jurisdiction will be identified as a “registering” board. In Manitoba, all “registering board” accounts are classified under 501-10 – AAP – Registering board. No premiums are collected.

An injured worker has the “right of election” or the option to choose to file a claim with the WCB in the jurisdiction where the injury occurred or in the jurisdiction they reside. The costs of any claims filed outside the worker’s resident province/territory will be billed back to the workers compensation body in the jurisdiction the worker resides.