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Statutes of Newfoundland and Labrador 2023


CHAPTER 20

AN ACT TO AMEND THE WORKPLACE HEALTH, SAFETY AND COMPENSATION ACT, 2022

(Assented to November 16, 2023)

Analysis


        1.   S.75 Amdt.
Compensation where fatal accident

        2.   S.150 Amdt.
Commission regulations


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

SNL2022 cW-11.1

        1. Section 75 of the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act, 2022 is amended by adding immediately after subsection (1) the following:

         (1.1)  Where, as a result of an injury, a worker dies on or after January 1, 2022, the commission may, in accordance with the regulations, pay for bereavement counselling for the worker's surviving dependent spouse or cohabiting partner and children.

        2. Subsection 150(1) of the Act is amended by adding immediately after paragraph (k) the following:

         (k.1)  respecting the payment of bereavement counselling for a worker's surviving dependent spouse or cohabiting partner and children;