Workers' Compensation Board moves to enhance support

November 10, 2026

Media Release, Gov't SK

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• Improving rehabilitation and return-to-work outcomes
• 100% wage reimbursement for treatment time
• Two-year appeal time limit
• Clarified psychological injury eligibility

The proposed changes focus on three key strategic objectives:

• Improving rehabilitation and return-to-work outcomes;
• Enhancing fairness, clarity and consistency in benefits administration; and
• Strengthening compliance, governance and administrative processes.

"The Workers' Compensation Act is key to supporting Saskatchewan workers and employers," Minister Responsible for the Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) Ken Cheveldayoff said. "These amendments are focused on ensuring injured workers receive the support they need to recover and return to work while maintaining a fair, effective and sustainable system for the future."

Key changes include:

• 100 per cent wage reimbursement for time missed to attend injury-related medical treatment;
• Establishing a two-year appeal time limit;
• Clarifying eligibility requirements for psychological injury claims;
• Recognizing additional health care professionals as eligible diagnosing providers;
• Allowing other qualified medical professionals with relevant expertise to sit on panels;
• Modernizing eligibility criteria for the annuity program;
• Ensuring surviving dependent spouse benefits align with the core purpose of the workers' compensation system;
• Clarifying benefit entitlements for workers who experience recurrences of older workplace injuries;
• Clarifying Board Appeal Tribunal quorum requirements; and
• Improving employer access to information while maintaining appropriate privacy safeguards.

"These changes will help improve outcomes for injured workers, enhance fairness and consistency in the administration of benefits, and reinforce public confidence in Saskatchewan's workers' compensation system," Cheveldayoff said.

More information about the changes are located here.