Student coverage

Students:

• Get medical attention immediately if you need it.
• Report your injury to the workplace supervisor/manager immediately.
• Report your injury to the WCB by completing the Worker’s Initial Report of Injury (W1) form, along with a copy of the consent and waiver of liability form.
  Learn more about what to do if you’re injured at work and how to file a claim
• Work with the WCB and your workplace to set up a return-to-work (RTW) plan.

Employer host organizations:

• Make sure the student gets the medical attention they need immediately.
• Immediately report the injury to the post-secondary institution.

Once you are aware of a work-related injury, you must report it to the WCB within five days of the injury occurring by submitting the Employer’s Report of Injury (E1) form.

Students are not covered when they:

• Participate in work experience programs outside Saskatchewan. Students must contact the WCB in that province to determine coverage requirements. 
• Are not registered with any of the above ministries who are participating in unpaid work experience programs. 
• Participate in work experience programs in an industry or occupation that is excluded under the Act unless the employer has applied for voluntary coverage. 
• Attend take your kids to work or any other job-shadowing or similar program. 
• Are injured at the learning institution’s premises unless the injury occurs in the course of a learning assignment.

Eligibility for coverage is limited to students registered at post-secondary institutions that receive provincial funding from the Government of Saskatchewan.

General liability insurance may be an option for students who are not eligible for coverage from the WCB.

Out-of-province medical students who are participating in unpaid work experience programs for the Saskatchewan Health Authority may be able to co-ordinate coverage through the Saskatchewan Health Authority Learner Placement Unit.