Classification sub-group 708-04 - Schools and school divisions

Industry sector 7 – Service

Rate risk category 100%

Please refer to relevant exclusion excerpt from The Workers Compensation Act (the Act) under Regulation 169/2008 below.

Included	Similar but classified elsewhere
Coverage for the operation of public or private, primary and/or secondary schools and school divisions. Optional coverage for teachers has not been requested. (For the WCB’s definition of “teacher”, see below and refer to the Appendix “E” – Definition of “Teacher” of the administrative guidelines for WCB Policy 35.20.10, Classification of Employers into Industry Sectors and Sub-Groups.) Includes incidental lunch supervision or before and after school programs run by the school/school division.	A school or school division opting to cover all their workers, including their teachers, is found under 708-05 – Education and instruction. Universities and private (one-on-one) training is found under 921-03 – Universities and private training. Most post-secondary educational institutions, as well as work or life skills training, etc, is found under 708-05 – Education and instruction. Private or community run lunch supervision or before and after school programs, whether on or off school property, are found under 707-02 – Day cares and programs.

Included

Similar but classified elsewhere

Coverage for the operation of public or private, primary and/or secondary schools and school divisions.
Optional coverage for teachers has not been requested.
(For the WCB’s definition of “teacher”, see below and refer to the Appendix “E” – Definition of “Teacher” of the administrative guidelines for WCB Policy 35.20.10, Classification of Employers into Industry Sectors and Sub-Groups.)
Includes incidental lunch supervision or before and after school programs run by the school/school division.

A school or school division opting to cover all their workers, including their teachers, is found under 708-05 – Education and instruction.
Universities and private (one-on-one) training is found under 921-03 – Universities and private training.
Most post-secondary educational institutions, as well as work or life skills training, etc, is found under 708-05 – Education and instruction.
Private or community run lunch supervision or before and after school programs, whether on or off school property, are found under 707-02 – Day cares and programs.

Relevant Exclusion(s): Schedule A, Regulation 169/2008, WCA

Teachers etc.

29 Public or private school principals, vice-principals and teachers in respect to kindergarten to grade 12.

WCB’s Definition of “Teacher”

A person employed by a school board under a written contract prescribed under Section 92 of the Public Schools Act and who holds a valid and subsisting teacher’s certificate or limited teaching permit issued under The Education Administration Act.

Providing they meet the above requirements, teaching positions considered “excluded” from mandatory coverage:

Principals and Vice-Principals,
Resource, substitute and specialists,
Teacher-Librarians,
Guidance counselors,
Coordinators,
Consultants,
Clinicians – including psychologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech language pathologists.
When someone has a “limited teaching permit” they are excluded only while they are being paid as a teacher.
If a position requires a Teaching Certificate, coverage is voluntary.