POLICY NUMBER: 3. 7. 1

Effective Date: February 1, 1996
Date Issued: December 1, 1995
Date Approved by Board of Directors: March 3, 1995
Topic: Pension Benefits
Section: Short-Term and Long-Term Benefits
Subsection: Permanent Disability Pensions: Injuries Before March 23, 1990

Policy Statement

1. Where:

a) a worker was injured before March 23, 1990; and

b) as of February 1, 1996, is receiving or entitled to receive compensation for permanent disability;

the Board shall pay the compensation (calculated in accordance with the former Act) for the lifetime of the worker.

2. Indexing of these awards will be pursuant to Section 70 of the Act (Chapter 10, Acts of 1994-95).

3. Review of these awards will be pursuant to Section 71 of the Act.

Guidelines

Under the former Act (Chapter 508, Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989), compensation for permanent disability was 75% of the gross average weekly earnings of the worker before the accident, multiplied by the permanent impairment rating determined by the Board.

Application

This Policy applies to all decisions made on or after February 1, 1996.

References

Workers' Compensation Act (Chapter 10, Acts of 1994 - 95), Sections 70, 71, 226, and 227.