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Policies

This manual provides policy information for workers and employers covered by the Manitoba Workers Compensation program, as well as for other interested parties to aid in understanding the policy positions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba. Where applicable, each policy provides references to The Workers Compensation Act (the Act) and other related policies.

Section 10 - Introduction

#0.0.0 - Introduction

#0.0.1 - Table of contents

Section 20 - Board and corporate administration

Board administration

#20.00 - Quality

#20.10 - Reconsiderations

#20.20 - Accessible customer service

#20.30 - Accessible information and communication

#21.10.10 - Requests for consideration under Section 60.9

#21.10.40 - Expenses for attendance at appeal hearings

#21.100 - Promotions, sponsorships and donations

#21.30.10 - Authority for execution of documents

#21.30.20 - Cheque signing authority

#21.30.40 - Non-substantive and consequential policy changes

#21.50 - Information protection, access and disclosure

#21.90 - Fair Practices Office

Legal

#22.00 - Decision making

#22.10 - Elective rights

#22.20 - Compliance and enforcement

#22.30 - Agents of the WCB

#22.70.30 - Employers' responsibilities for reporting claims

#22.70.40 - Employer obligation to pay and repay workers

Section 30 - Finance, assessments and administration

Accounting and finance

#31.05 - Funding policy

#31.05.05 - Rate-setting model for Class E employers

#31.05.10 - Cost relief/cost transfer - Class E employers

#31.05.15 - Cost transfer - individually assessed employers

#31.05.20 - Transfer of assessment rates and claim costs experience on change of ownership

#31.05.30 - Allocation of surplus distribution among Class E employers

#31.10.40 - Recoveries from third parties

#31.10.50 - Collections

Investments

#32.00 - Statement of investment policies and objectives

Assessments

#35.05.10 - Reporting and verifying payroll

#35.05.20 - Paying and refunding premiums

#35.10.120 - Terms and conditions of optional coverage

#35.10.40 - Compensation coverage for union activities

#35.10.50 - Status of workers, independent contractors and employers

#35.10.60 - Coverage under a work experience program

#35.10.70 - Coverage for volunteers

#35.20.10 - Placement of employers into industry classifications

#35.20.15 - Associated employers

#35.20.50 - Requests for individually assessed employer status

#35.20.60 - Security requirements for Class B employers

Payments

#35.40.50 - Overpayments of benefits

#36.50 - Interest on compensation payments

#36.60 - Payment of compensation: special circumstances

#36.70 - Assignment of wage loss benefits

Section 40 - Benefits administration

Healthcare services

#42.10 - Role of healthcare management services

#42.10.70 - Medical review panels

#42.10.70.20 - Convening a medical review panel

#42.20.20.10 - Independent medical examinations

Vocational rehabilitation

#43.00 - Vocational rehabilitation

#43.10.30 - Functional impairment awards

#43.10.50 - Rehabilitation for spouses or common-law partners of deceased workers

#43.10.60 - Preventive vocational rehabilitation

#43.20.25 - Return to work with the accident employer

#43.20.40 - Relocation

Adjudication and compensation

#44.05 - Arising out of and in the course of employment

#44.05.20 - Conflicting health care evidence and opinions

#44.05.25 - WCB-directed medical examinations

#44.05.30 - Adjudication of psychological injuries

#44.10.20.10 - Pre existing conditions

#44.10.20.40 - Shoulder dislocations

#44.10.20.60 - Recurring effects of injuries and illness (recurrences)

#44.10.20.70 - Recurring effects of injuries and illness (recurrences) (before January 1992)

#44.10.30.60 - Co-operation and mitigation in recovery

#44.10.80.40 - Secondary injury

Occupational disease

#44.20 - Adjudication of occupational disease claims

#44.20.50.20 - Noise-induced hearing loss

Wage loss

#44.30.60 - Notice of change in benefits or services

#44.60.10 - Minimum awards for permanent impairments

#44.60.20 - Date of retirement

#44.60.30 - Special additional compensation

#44.80.10 - Advance compensation

#44.80.10.10 - Average earnings

#44.80.10.40 - Net average earnings

#44.80.30.10 - Establishing post-accident earning capacity

#44.80.30.20 - Post accident earnings - deemed earning capacity

#44.80.30.30 - Determining average earnings for apprentices, youthful workers and working students

#44.80.30.35 - Determining average earnings for declared workers

#44.80.60 - Statutory holidays

#44.80.80.20 - Loss of earning capacity reviews

Other entitlements

#44.100 - Interest rates

#44.100.10 - Lump-sum commutations

#44.100.20 - Annuities

#44.110.55 - Spousal or common law partner options: undue hardship cases

#44.110.90 - Non resident dependants

#44.90.10 - Permanent impairment rating

Medical aid

#44.120.10 - Medical aid

#44.120.20 - Opioid medication

#44.120.30 - Support for daily living

Section 50 - Prevention and partnerships

#52.10 - Research and Workplace Innovation Program

#52.20 - Funding Industry-Based Safety Programs

#52.30 - Safe Work Certified Program (SWCP)

#52.40 - Prevention Rebate Program Policy