Current Consultations

2025 Policy Background Paper: Return to Work and Duty to Cooperate

2025 Policy Background Paper: Policy Development Policy

Archive Consultations

The following is a listing of the policy topics the WCB has consulted on in recent years. Please click on a topic to link to the respective consultation paper.

• Determining Accident Date
• Psychological Injury Policy: Significant Work-related Stressor
• Background Paper Policy Manual Updates
• Updates to Permanent Medical Impairment Policies 
• Apportionment
• Employer Access to Client Claim File Information
• Chronic Pain – Causal Connection to Original Compensable Injury
• Surcharge – Experiencing Rating Maximum Merit, Demerit and Surcharge
• 36-Month Review of Extended Earnings Replacement Benefit
• Changes to Chronic Pain Policy 3.3.5
• General Entitlement - Arising out of and in the Course of Employment
• General Entitlement - Occupational Disease
• Medical Aid - General Principles
• 2009 Program Policy Agenda
• Minor Program Policy Changes - Housekeeping Changes
• Recurrence of Compensable Injury
• 2011 Program Policy Agenda
• Rate Setting Enhancements
• Vocational Rehabilitation Living Allowance
• Psychological Injury
• Contractors
• Occupational Hearing Loss
• Housekeeping Changes - 2016
• Pre-Existing Conditions
• Clarification of Rate Setting Policies
• GECA
• Re-Employment
• Housekeeping Changes - 2021
• Mandatory Coverage for Volunteer Firefighters