Workers Compensation Board of Prince Edward Island
The WCB's policies are the foundation for the decisions that we make to protect Island workers and employers, and to promote workplace safety.
Our policies contain the rules the WCB applies when interpreting the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Each policy is listed below by subject:
If you can't find the policy you are looking for in the table of contents below, please contact us.
Table of Contents
To find out more about the WCB policy development process and how you can become involved, click here.
Policies
The WCB's policies are the foundation for the decisions that we make to protect Island workers and employers, and to promote workplace safety.
Our policies contain the rules the WCB applies when interpreting the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Each policy is listed below by subject:
- General WCB Policies cover topics such as access to information, appeals, and WCB administration
- Claims and Compensation policies explain roles and responsibilities on injured workers’ claims, as well as entitlement to benefits and services to help recover and return to work
- Claims and Compensation policies explain roles and responsibilities on injured workers’ claims, as well as entitlement to benefits and services to help recover and return to work
- Workplace Safety and Prevention policies provide parameters on enforcement activities and safety funding
- Financial policies set out the WCB’s approach to fund management and investment.
If you can't find the policy you are looking for in the table of contents below, please contact us.
Table of Contents
General WCB Policies
Claims and Compensation
Roles and Responsibilities
Entitlement
Conditions/Injuries
Health Care Benefits
Health Care Benefits - Treatment and Services
Return to Work
Wage Loss Benefits
Expenses
Other Benefits
Administration
Employer Services
- Apportionment (POL-58)
- Assessable Payroll and Assessment Billing (POL-14)
- Audit Of Employer Accounts (POL-45)
- Employer Classification (POL-42)
- Employer Registration (POL-19)
- Interjurisdictional Trucking – Alternative Assessment (POL-142)
- Optional Coverage (POL-125)
- Personal Coverage (POL-22)
- Self-Insured Employer – Administration Fee (POL-123)
- Setting Assessment Rates (POL-23)
- Transfer Of Employer Cost Experience (POL-39)
Workplace Safety and Prevention
Finance
Policy Index - Alphabetical
- Access to Information - Employer Assessment Files (POL-18)
- Access to Worker Claim Information (POL-04)
- Accident Investigation (POL-54)
- Adjustments To Pensions (POL-81)
- Annuity (POL-154)
- Apportionment (POL-58)
- Assessable Payroll and Assessment Billing (POL-14)
- Audit Of Employer Accounts (POL-45)
- Benefit Assignment (POL-55)
- Clothing Allowance (POL-44)
- Collateral Benefits (POL-41)
- Conditions for Entitlement (POL-71)
- Decision Making (POL-160)
- Disclosure of Occupational Health and Safety Information (POL-161)
- Employer Classification (POL-42)
- Employer Registration (POL-19)
- Extended Wage Loss Benefits (POL-85)
- Federal Government Employees (POL-140)
- Federally Regulated Workplaces (POL-50)
- Fraud Prevention and Investigation (POL-80)
- French Language Service and Communications/Services en français et communications (POL-155)
- Funding Policy (POL-136)
- Health Care Benefits (POL-92)
- Health Care Providers - Roles and Responsibilities (POL-64)
- Hearing Loss (POL-09)
- Home Modifications And Special Equipment (POL-131)
- Impairment (POL-89)
- Interest on Delayed Compensation Payments (POL-02)
- Interjurisdictional Claims (POL-143)
- Interjurisdictional Trucking – Alternative Assessment (POL-142)
- Internal Reconsideration (POL-48)
- Investment Of Board Funds (POL-36)
- Legal Costs (POL-05)
- Medical Cannabis (POL-153)
- Medications (POL-120)
- Occupational Disease (POL-65)
- Offences And Penalties (POL-144)
- Optional Coverage (POL-125)
- Orthoses, Prostheses, And Assistive Devices (POL-30)
- Overpayments To Service Providers (POL-28)
- Overpayments To Workers (POL-27)
- Pension Awards – Commutation (POL-08)
- Pension Replacement Benefits (POL-124)
- Personal Coverage (POL-22)
- Personal Information and Privacy Protection (POL-168)
- Policy Development And Maintenance (POL-121)
- Pre-Existing Conditions (POL-61)
- Prescription Eyewear (POL-06)
- Prosecution (POL-119)
- Psychological Or Psychiatric Condition (POL-01)
- Reopening A Claim for Recurrence of Symptoms (POL-60)
- Repetitive Strain Injuries (POL-91)
- Return To Work (POL-93)
- Safety Association Funding (POL-149)
- Self-Employment Program (POL-11)
- Self-Insured Employer – Administration Fee (POL-123)
- Setting Assessment Rates (POL-23)
- Support For Personal Independence (POL-82)
- Survivor Benefits (POL-12)
- Temporary Wage Loss Benefits (POL-86)
- Third Party Actions (POL-87)
- Time Limit for Workers to File a Claim (POL-90)
- Transfer Of Employer Cost Experience (POL-39)
- Transportation Assistance (POL-73)
- Travel And Related Expenses (POL-03)
- Vocational Rehabilitation (POL-117)
- Worker (POL-74)
- Worker Role in Recovery and Return to Work (POL-76)
- Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal Decision Implementation (POL-88)
- Workplace Inspections (POL-53)
To find out more about the WCB policy development process and how you can become involved, click here.