Policy Update 06-22 | Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba

Policy 22.00 Decision Making:

The policy was revised to reflect the new title of the amended policy 44.20, Disease/General, which is now the Adjudication of Occupational Disease Claims policy.

Policy 22.70.40 Employer Obligations to Pay and Repay Workers:

The policy was revised to reflect the new title of the amended policy 22.20, Program Abuse, which is now the Compliance and Enforcement policy.

Policy 31.05.05 Rate-Setting Model for Class E Employers:

Policy revisions respond to a change in terminology that was introduced by amendments to The Workers Compensation Act (the Act) by The Minor Amendments and Corrections Act (MACA), 2022 (MACA 2022). The term "self-insured employer" was replaced with "individually assessed employer" wherever it occurs. The policy was also changed to reflect the new title of policy 31.05.15, Cost Transfer - Self Insured, which is now the Cost Transfer - Individually Assessed Employers policy. The name of policy 31.05.10 was also changed from Cost Relief/Cost Transfer - Class E to Cost Relief/Cost Transfer - Class E Employers. The policy was further updated to reflect the reduction of the number of classes for assessment purposes from five to four by The Workers Compensation Amendment Act (commonly referred to as Bill 18).

Policy 31.05.10 Cost Relief/Cost Transfer - Class E:

Policy revisions respond to a change in terminology that was introduced by amendments to the Act by MACA 2022. The term "self-insured employer" was replaced with "individually assessed employer" wherever it occurs. The title of the policy was renamed to Cost Relief/Cost Transfer - Class E Employers. The policy was also changed to reflect the new titles of policy 31.05.15, Cost Transfer - Self Insured, and the amended policies 35.10.120, Terms and Conditions of Optional and Personal Coverage and 44.20, Disease/General, which are now the Cost Transfer - Individually Assessed Employers policy, Terms and Conditions of Optional Coverage policy and the Adjudication of Occupational Disease Claims policy, respectively. The policy was further updated to reflect the renumbering of subsection 1(12.1) to subsection 28(1.1) and the reduction of the number of classes for assessment purposes from five to four by Bill 18.

Policy 31.05.15 Cost Transfer - Self Insured:

Policy revisions respond to a change in terminology that was introduced by amendments to the Act by MACA 2022. The term "self-insured employer" was replaced with "individually assessed employer" wherever it occurs. The title of the policy was renamed to Cost Transfer - Individually Assessed Employers. The name of policy 31.05.10 was also changed from Cost Relief/Cost Transfer - Class E to Cost Relief/Cost Transfer - Class E Employers. Manitoba Regulation (MR) 278/91, Individually Assessed Employers Regulation, was added to the reference section. The policy was further updated to reflect the reduction of the number of classes for assessment purposes from five to four by Bill 18.

Policy 31.05.20 Transfer of Assessment Rates and Claim Costs Experience on Change of Ownership:

Policy revisions respond to a change in terminology that was introduced by amendments to the Act by MACA 2022. The term "self-insured employer" was replaced with "individually assessed employer". The policy was changed to reflect the new title of policy 31.05.15, Cost Transfer - Self Insured, which is now the Cost Transfer - Individually Assessed Employers policy. The name of policy 31.05.10 was also changed from Cost Relief/Cost Transfer - Class E to Cost Relief/Cost Transfer - Class E Employers.

Policy 32.00 Statement of Investment Policies and Objectives

Amended by Board Order 32/2022 on September 29, 2022. Updates to the policy were required as a result of the updating of the policy asset mix including: updates to the allowable ranges, updates to characteristics of the Policy Asset Mix Table, the addition of a provision to review the policy asset mix every five years, revisions to asset mix rebalancing procedures, a change to the investment manager performance evaluation period from four to five years, an update to diversification guidelines for Canadian real estate, the addition of private debt as an asset class and the removal of Investment Believe #4 relating to investing in Manitoba.

Policy 35.05.10 Cost Relief/Cost Transfer - Class E Administrative Guidelines

The update was a change to some section numbers of the Act and the titles of some policies.

Policy 35.10.60 Coverage under a Work Experience Program:

Policy revisions respond to a change in terminology that was introduced by amendments to the Act by MACA 2022. The term "self-insured employer" was replaced with "individually assessed employer". The policy was changed to reflect the new title of policy 31.05.15, Cost Transfer - Self Insured, which is now the Cost Transfer - Individually Assessed Employers policy. The name of policy 31.05.10 was also changed from Cost Relief/Cost Transfer - Class E to Cost Relief/Cost Transfer - Class E Employers.

Policy 35.20.15 Associated Employers:

Policy revisions respond to a change in terminology that was introduced by amendments to the Act by MACA 2022. The term "self-insured employer" was replaced with "individually assessed employer". The policy was changed to reflect the new title of policy 31.05.15, Cost Transfer - Self Insured, which is now the Cost Transfer - Individually Assessed Employers policy. The name of policy 31.05.10 was also changed from Cost Relief/Cost Transfer - Class E to Cost Relief/Cost Transfer - Class E Employers.

Policy 35.20.50 Requests for Self-Insured Employer Status:

Policy 35.20.60 Security Requirements for Class B Employers:

Policy revisions respond to a change in terminology that was introduced by amendments to the Act by MACA 2022. The term "self-insured employer" was replaced with "individually assessed employer" wherever it occurs. Manitoba Regulation (MR) 278/91 was amended by MR 71/2022 and retitled from Self-Insured Employers Regulation to Individually Assessed Employers Regulation.

Policy 35.40.50 Overpayment of Benefits:

Policy 42.20.30 Medical Reports:

The policy was updated to reflect the amendment and renumbering of section 27 by Bill 18.

Policy 43.10.60 Preventative Vocational Rehabilitation:

The policy was revised to reflect changes in organizational structure. The policy was also updated to reflect the amendment and renumbering of section 27 by Bill 18. Further revisions respond to a change in terminology that was introduced by amendments to the Act by MACA 2022. The term "self-insured employer" was replaced with "individually assessed employer". The policy was changed to reflect the new title of policy 31.05.15, Cost Transfer - Self Insured, which is now the Cost Transfer - Individually Assessed Employers policy. The name of policy 31.05.10 was also changed from Cost Relief/Cost Transfer - Class E to Cost Relief/Cost Transfer - Class E Employers.

Policy 43.20.40 Relocation:

Reimbursement of Relocations Costs (Attachment B) was adjusted effective October 1, 2022.

Policy 44.10.20.10 Pre-existing Conditions: