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Maximum Wage Rates

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POL 14/2021

Average weekly wage means the average weekly wage of the industrial composite for Saskatchewan as determined by the Board for a year form information published by Statistics Canada (Section 2).

1. Effective January 1, 2014, The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013 (the “Act”), provides for an increase to the maximum wage rate for all current claims and for all new injuries (Section 37).
   1. The maximum wage rate for a worker who sustains an injury prior to January 1, 2014 will be adjusted annually in accordance with the percentage change in Saskatchewan’s average weekly wage (Sections 37(1) and 182).
   2. The maximum wage rate for a worker who sustains an injury on or after January 1, 2014 will be adjusted annually to equal to 165% of the product of Saskatchewan’s average weekly wage and 52 (Sections 37(2)(a) and 37(3)).
2. The provincial average weekly wage as of June 2021 (seasonally adjusted) was $1,100.70. The average annual wage was $57,236.40.

1. Effective January 1, 2022, the Board directs the maximum wage rates to be as follows:
   1. For injuries sustained prior to January 1, 2014:

1. 2. For injuries sustained on or after January 1, 2014:

2. A decrease in Saskatchewan’s average weekly wage would result in a reduced maximum wage rate, which the Board considers to be unfair to the worker. Therefore, it is the Board’s intent that if the average weekly wage for the current year is less than the average weekly wage for the previous year, there will be no adjustment in the maximum wage rates.
3. In any given year, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustment may be higher than the percentage change in the maximum wage. For workers subject to the maximum wage rate, a higher CPI adjustment to their earnings capacity would result in reduced benefits. Therefore, for workers subject to the maximum wage rate, it is the Board’s intent that adjustments to earning capacity will not exceed adjustments to the maximum wage rate.
4. In accordance with Section 69, any adjustments in a worker’s average weekly earnings because of an increase in the maximum wage rates will occur on the anniversary date of the original commencement of loss and will be subject to the maximums noted above. POL 07/2013, Consumer Price Index (CPI) – Annual Indexing, will apply.