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.
Read what you need to know if you are, or have been, a firefighter in Saskatchewan and have been diagnosed with cancer. The cancer may be presumed to be an occupational disease and you may be eligible for benefits from the WCB.
Find out everything you need to know about the Government of Canada's second additional Canada Pension Plan contribution (CPP2) introduced on Jan. 1, 2024 and how it will affect a worker's earnings loss benefits.
Find out how to create a basic or full WCB online account. Learn the benefits of a WCB online account to submit injury claim forms quickly and efficiently and for quick log in for claim status updates.
Read everything you need to know when you are representing yourself at a hearing after you have filed an appeal with the Saskatchewan Workers' Compensation Board's Board Appeal Tribunal.