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First Session, 51st General Assembly 5 Charles III, 2026
BILL 31
AN ACT TO AMEND THE WORKPLACE HEALTH, SAFETY AND COMPENSATION ACT, 2022 NO. 2
Received and Read the First Time................................................................
Second Reading............................................................................................
Committee.....................................................................................................
Third Reading...............................................................................................
Royal Assent.................................................................................................
HONOURABLE LLOYD PARROTT Minister of Government Services
Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act, 2022 to increase the income replacement rate from 85% to 90% beginning December 1, 2026.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE WORKPLACE HEALTH, SAFETY AND COMPENSATION ACT, 2022 NO. 2

Analysis

1. S.83 Amdt.
Lost earning capacity

2. Commencement

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

SNL2022 cW-11.1
as amended

1. Subsection 83(2) of the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act, 2022 is repealed and the following substituted:

(2) For periods of earnings loss after November 30, 2026, the rate used for calculating a worker's loss of earning capacity shall be 90% of the difference between the worker's average weekly net earnings at the commencement of the worker's loss of earnings resulting from the injury, subject to the maximum compensable assessable earnings, and the average weekly net earnings the worker is estimated to be capable of earning at suitable employment after sustaining that injury.

Commencement

2. This Act comes into force on December 1, 2026.

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