
All firefighters – Changes to WCB legislation
WCB coverage extended to include 22 types of cancers- Dec 2024
With the recent amendments to The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013 (the Act), the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) now covers most firefighters in the province for six new types of cancer. That extends the total number of firefighter cancers covered by the WCB to 22. For any full-time, part-time or volunteer firefighters who have one of the 22 covered primary-site cancers under our legislation, the cancer may be presumed to be an occupational disease. Those firefighters may be eligible for WCB benefits, which help support firefighters and their families.
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