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Recreational Activities in Remote Camps
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POL 29/1982
Document name
Recreational Activities in Remote Camps
Document number
POL 29/1982
Effective date: April 23, 1982
Approved date: June 14, 1982
Application: All related claims.
Policy subject: Decision making - Injuries
Purpose:
To establish guidelines for determining entitlement for injuries sustained while participating in recreational activities in remote camps.
BACKGROUND
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- By legislation, compensation is payable for injuries arising out of and in the course of employment.
- The legislation covers “employment” injuries rather than just “work” injuries, and therefore can encompass other activities related to employment.
- Not infrequently, recreational injuries occur while employees are off work on their spare time.
- The employer, in an isolated camp situation, has control over what sort of activities the work force engages in during their off hours.
POLICY
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- Each case will be considered on its own merits having regard for such factors as serious and wilful misconduct, or knowingly undertaking a task which is excessively perilous.
- Recreational injuries, whether employer-sponsored or employee-sponsored, will be considered as injuries arising out of and in the course of employment.
- This includes an injury occurring on the employer’s isolated property when the worker is engaging in reasonable activity associated with employment or with normal life activities.
- Injuries not covered as those involving an imported hazard (see POL 03/2017), and those involving purely personal acts on the part of a worker which do not involve a hazard of the premises and which occur at a time when the worker is not engaged in employment.
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Legislative Authority
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The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013
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Document History
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(1) January 1, 2014. References updated in accordance with The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013.
(2) 1995, Board Order 29/82 divided into policy and procedure. Approved through POL 29/1995.
(3) Board Order 15/82, Coverage – Injuries – Resident-Captive Workers (effective April 23, 1982).
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