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Second Session, 48th General Assembly

67 Elizabeth II, 2018

BILL 30

AN ACT TO AMEND THE Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act

Received and Read the First Time................................................................

Second Reading............................................................................................

Committee.....................................................................................................

Third Reading...............................................................................................

Royal Assent.................................................................................................

HONOURABLE SHERRY GAMBIN-WALSH

Minister Responsible for Workplace NL

Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

 

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act to increase the income replacement rate from 80% to 85% beginning April 1, 2018.


A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE WORKPLACE HEALTH, SAFETY AND COMPENSATION ACT

Analysis


        1.   S.74 Amdt.
Lost earning capacity

        2.   S.74.1 Amdt.
Compensation to be reviewed

        3.   Commencement


Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

RSNL1990 cW-11
as amended

        1. Subsection 74(2) of the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act is repealed and the following substituted:

             (2)  For periods of wage loss after March 31, 2018, the rate used for calculating a worker's loss of earning capacity shall be 85% of the difference between the worker's average weekly net earnings at the commencement of his or her loss of earnings resulting from the injury, subject to the maximum prescribed amount under subsection 80(8), and the average weekly net earnings the worker is estimated to be capable of earning at suitable employment after sustaining that injury.

 

        2. Subsection 74.1(2) of the Act is repealed.

Commencement

        3. This Act comes into force on April 1, 2018.