NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 85/23

Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Administrative
Regulations (Amendment)
under the
Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act, 2022
(O.C. 2023-251)

(Filed November 16, 2023)

Under the authority of section 150 of the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act, 2022, the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, makes the following regulations.

Dated at St. John’s, November 1, 2023.

John Peddle
Chairperson of the Workplace Health,
Safety and Compensation Commission

Krista Quinlan
Clerk of the Executive Council

 

REGULATIONS

Analysis

        1.   S.18 Amdt.
Commission to pay expenses

NLR 66/23

        1. Section 18 of the Act is amended by adding immediately after subsection (2) the following:

             (3)  Notwithstanding section 17, where, as a result of an injury, a worker dies on or after January 1, 2022, the commission may pay for a maximum of 10 bereavement counselling sessions for

             (a)  the worker's surviving dependent spouse or cohabiting partner; and 

             (b)  each dependent child of the worker.

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