Your benefits and assistance

The Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) provides benefits and assistance to injured workers, depending on the medical and vocational needs of the situation. The WCB has the right to review compensation payments from time to time. If the review shows a need, benefits can be increased, decreased, held or ended.

Injured workers can submit claims expenses and attach receipts through their full WCB online account. View the how to submit worker expenses online guide or learn more about the ease of the WCB’s secure online services.

Learn more about the benefits and assistance that the WCB may provide.

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Benefits that may be available to you

Earnings loss benefits

Following a work injury, you may be eligible to receive earnings loss benefits and other allowances. Read about the current year’s maximum wage rate and how earnings loss benefits are calculated. Learn about earnings loss benefits that may be available to you.

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Medical treatment and expenses

The WCB pays for medical treatment, hospital care, prescription drugs and medical supplies. Find out who you can see for medical treatment and the forms you need to be reimbursed for medical expenses. Learn what happens if you need an attendant to accompany you to a medical appointment. Find out what expenses the WCB may pay for, including travel and dental expenses, and learn about personal care allowances.

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Payment

Find out when payments from the WCB are typically issued, how to read your payment statement and what worker overpayment is.

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Other benefits that may be available

Temporary additional expenses

Sometimes if you pay temporary expenses that are over and above what you would normally have paid while working, the WCB may repay you for those expenses, based on the nature and severity of your injury. Find out from your WCB customer care facilitator what temporary additional expenses the WCB may cover.

Permanent functional impairment (PFI) awards

If a work injury leaves part of your body not functioning as it did before the injury, you may have a permanent functional impairment (PFI) and be eligible for a lump-sum payment. Learn what a PFI is, how the PFI award amount is calculated, and when you may get an annual independence allowance or disfigurement PFI award.

Benefits and your income tax return (T5007 income tax form)

Even though compensation benefits are not taxable, they must be included as net income when you claim certain tax credits and payments. Find out what a T5007 income tax form is, who receives it and what to do with it.

Voluntary relocation outside Canada

You must tell the WCB if you are planning to move outside Canada. Moving can affect how much you get for your benefits and how you are paid. Learn what to expect if you are planning to move outside of the country.

Financial assistance options when your WCB benefits are ending

The WCB provides injured workers with information about financial assistance options when their WCB benefits are ending. Find out how the bridging program works.

Suspension of benefits

The WCB has the right to review compensation payments from time to time. If the review shows a need, your benefits may be increased, decreased, held or ended. If you don’t attend treatment because you’re not co-operating, benefits may be suspended. Read about other situations where benefits can be suspended.

Register for direct deposit

Avoid delays in your WCB payments. Sign up for direct deposit today.

Work-related catastrophic injuries and deaths

If you’ve been seriously injured on the job, or if a family member has died from a work-related incident, we’re here to help you on your road to recovery. You can get support from the WCB. Find out what support may be available to you in these situations and what to expect from the WCB.