Recent amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act
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Amendments to The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013 came into effect on Aug. 1, 2025.
These amendments make Saskatchewan a leader in ensuring wildland firefighters have access to presumptive cancer coverage, expanding coverage in some cases for out-of-province workers and assuring that licensed health-care providers practicing outside Saskatchewan are recognized to provide service to workers.
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| Industry Code | Description | Rate code | Premium rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| M9209 | Any wood-related manufacturing (plant or factory operation) of cabinets, millwork, pre-fab of wood-related construction products, including sash and door, pallet manufacturing with incidental installation | M92 - Machine Shops, Manufacturing | 1.65 |
| M9210 | Marble works, stone cutting and dressing, sand screen manufacture | M92 - Machine Shops, Manufacturing | 1.65 |
| M9211 | Monument installation, incidental marble and stone setting | M92 - Machine Shops, Manufacturing | 1.65 |
| M9212 | Manufacture of concrete blocks, brick, artificial stone | M92 - Machine Shops, Manufacturing | 1.65 |
| M9213 | Manufacture of rock wool insulation | M92 - Machine Shops, Manufacturing | 1.65 |
| M9214 | Ready-mix including delivery | M92 - Machine Shops, Manufacturing | 1.65 |
| M9215 | Industrial coating and wrapping (i.e. plastic, paints, epoxy, coating) | M92 - Machine Shops, Manufacturing | 1.65 |
| M9401 | lron and steel fabricating, manufacture industrial equipment, storage and truck tanks, rebar, manufacture of heavy metal products including warehousing of raw and finished products | M94 - Iron and Steel Fabrication | 1.44 |
| M9402 | Steel culverts, metal pipe, sewer pipe | M94 - Iron and Steel Fabrication | 1.44 |
| M9403 | Boilers, furnaces | M94 - Iron and Steel Fabrication | 1.44 |
| M9404 | Tank car repair and maintenance | M94 - Iron and Steel Fabrication | 1.44 |
| M9405 | Barrel and drum reconditioning | M94 - Iron and Steel Fabrication | 1.44 |
| R1101 | Roadwork, earthmoving, paving streets, driveways; dam construction (excluding concrete work), dredging, breakwaters; earthwork incidental to bridge approaches, dragline work, bobcat work incidental to earthwork and land development | R11 - Road Construction and Earthwork, | 1.79 |
| R1103 | Peat moss production and hauling | R11 - Road Construction and Earthwork, | 1.79 |
| R1106 | Excavating cellars, basements, foundations, backhoe | R11 - Road Construction and Earthwork, | 1.79 |
| R1107 | Vinyl lining for holding ponds, etc. | R11 - Road Construction and Earthwork, | 1.79 |
| R1108 | Gravel work - pits, crushing, hauling and stockpiling; asphalt manufacturing and hauling, clay pits, quarrying | R11 - Road Construction and Earthwork, | 1.79 |
| R1109 | Landscaping, tree trimming, park development as a business, lawn sprinkler installation, tree thinning, compost, land reclaiming | R11 - Road Construction and Earthwork, | 1.79 |
| R1111 | Airport runways | R11 - Road Construction and Earthwork, | 1.79 |
| R1112 | Railway construction and removal | R11 - Road Construction and Earthwork, | 1.79 |
| R1113 | Irrigation work | R11 - Road Construction and Earthwork, | 1.79 |
| R1114 | Trenching for wire conduits, plowing and directional drilling for cable line installation | R11 - Road Construction and Earthwork, | 1.79 |
| R1115 | Power and telephone line construction incl. maintenance and removal other than Government of Saskatchewan or Saskatchewan Power Corporation | R11 - Road Construction and Earthwork, | 1.79 |
| R1116 | Ice harvesting | R11 - Road Construction and Earthwork, | 1.79 |
| R1117 | Cat work, (miscellaneous) snow removal, parking lot maintenance, sanding, scarifying, acrylic painting of roads and parking lots, horizontal/ augering services, boring services, sodium sulphate harvesting, ground fire crew | R11 - Road Construction and Earthwork, | 1.79 |