WORKERS’ COMPENSATION (COVID-19) 1 BILL No. 621

An Act to amend The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013 to provide compensation for workers exposed to COVID-19 on the job (Assented to )

Preamble

WHEREAS there is an urgent need to provide compensation for Saskatchewan workers who are exposed to COVID-19 on the job; AND

WHEREAS workers in any occupation or workplace could be exposed to COVID-19, workers on the frontlines of this pandemic are bravely putting themselves at risk to provide critical services to the people of Saskatchewan thereby increasing exposure to COVID-19; THEREFORE HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:

Short title The Workers’ Compensation (COVID-19) Amendment Act. S.S. 2013, c.W-17.11 amended The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013 is amended in the manner set forth in this Act. New

section 28.2 The following

section is added after

section 28.1: “Presumption of COVID-19 28.2 In this section,

section and

section 187: (a) “COVID-19” means the condition COVID-19 as described by the World Health Organization and the Public Health Agency of Canada; (b) “worker” means a person who works who is exposed to COVID-19”. Coming into force This Act comes into force on assent. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION (COVID-19) 2 Printed by the authority of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 2020