Workers Compensation Board of Prince Edward Island
WCB policies are the foundation for the decisions that we make to protect Island workers and employers, and to promote workplace safety.
Our policies contain the rules the WCB applies when interpreting the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Our program and governance policies are available online through the table of contents below. If you can't find the policy you are looking for, please contact us.
Table of Contents
For find out more about the WCB policy development process and how you can become involved, click here.
Policies
WCB policies are the foundation for the decisions that we make to protect Island workers and employers, and to promote workplace safety.
Our policies contain the rules the WCB applies when interpreting the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Our program and governance policies are available online through the table of contents below. If you can't find the policy you are looking for, please contact us.
Table of Contents
Introduction
General
Claims
- Arising Out Of And In The Course Of Employment (POL-71)
- Benefit Of Doubt (POL-62)
- Emergency Callout Of Workers (POL-127)
- Federal Government Employees (POL-140)
- Interjurisdictional Claims (POL-143)
- Learners (POL-94)
- Recurrence (POL-60)
- Time Frame Limitations For Claims Filing And Invoicing (POL-90)
- Weighing Of Evidence (POL-68)
- Worker (POL-74)
- Allergies (POL-69)
- Hearing Loss (POL-09)
- Hernias (POL-31)
- Occupational Disease (POL-65)
- Pre-Existing Conditions (POL-61)
- Psychological Or Psychiatric Conditions (POL-01)
- Psychological Or Psychiatric Conditions Policy Frequently Asked Questions
- Repetitive Strain Injuries (POL-91)
- Respiratory Diseases (POL-66)
- Adjustments To Pensions (POL-81)
- Benefit Assignment (POL-55)
- Collateral Benefits (POL-41)
- Estimating Earning Capacity (POL-116)
- Impairment (POL-89)
- Pension Awards – Commutation (POL-08)
- Pension Replacement Benefits (POL-124)
- Review Of Benefits (POL-85)
- Waiting Period (POL-84)
- Wage Loss Benefits (POL-86)
Entitlement
Conditions/Injuries
Health Care Services
Medical Aid
Return to Work
Wage Loss Benefits
General
Employer Services
- Apportionment (POL-58)
- Assessable Payroll (POL-14)
- Audit Of Employer Accounts (POL-45)
- Clearance Certification (POL-15)
- Employer Assessment Billing (POL-13)
- Employer Classification (POL-42)
- Employer Registration (POL-19)
- Interjurisdictional Trucking – Alternative Assessment (POL-142)
- Optional Coverage (POL-125)
- Personal Coverage (POL-22)
- Self-Insured Employer – Administration Fee (POL-123)
- Setting Assessment Rates (POL-23)
- Transfer Of Employer Cost Experience (POL-39)
Workplace Safety and Prevention
Finance
Board of Directors
- Board – Chief Executive Officer Relationship, Chief Executive Officer Role (POL-111)
- Board – Chief Executive Officer Relationship, Delegation To The Chief Executive Officer (POL-40)
- Board – Chief Executive Officer Relationship, Monitoring Chief Executive Officer Performance (POL-112)
- Ends, Ends (POL-114)
- Ends, Mission and Values (POL-113)
- Executive Limitations, Asset Protection (POL-96)
- Executive Limitations, Communication and Counsel To The Board Of Directors (POL-98)
- Executive Limitations, Compensation And Benefits (POL-97)
- Executive Limitations, Emergency Executive Succession (POL-99)
- Executive Limitations, Financial Conditions and Activities (POL-100)
- Executive Limitations, Financial Planning and Budgeting (POL-101)
- Executive Limitations, General Executive Constraint (POL-95)
- Executive Limitations, Staff Treatment (POL-102)
- Executive Limitations, Treatment Of Clients (POL-103)
- Governance Process, Agenda Planning (POL-105)
- Governance Process, Board Meetings (POL-135)
- Governance Process, Board Members’ Code Of Conduct (POL-37)
- Governance Process, Board Members’ Mandate (POL-106)
- Governance Process, Chair’s Role (POL-107)
- Governance Process, Committee Principles (POL-108)
- Governance Process, Committee Structure (POL-109)
- Governance Process, Governance Commitment (POL-104)
- Governance Process, Governing Style (POL-110)
- Governance Process, Remuneration – Board Of Directors (POL-56)
Policy Index - Alphabetical
- Access to Information - Employer Assessment Files (POL-18)
- Access to Information - Worker Claim Files (POL-04)
- Accident Investigation (POL-54)
- Adjustments To Pensions (POL-81)
- Allergies (POL-69)
- Amortization Of Investment Returns (POL-122)
- Apportionment (POL-58)
- Arising Out Of And In The Course Of Employment (POL-71)
- Assessable Payroll (POL-14)
- Audit Of Employer Accounts (POL-45)
- Benefit Assignment (POL-55)
- Benefit Of Doubt (POL-62)
- Board – Chief Executive Officer Relationship, Chief Executive Officer Role (POL-111)
- Board – Chief Executive Officer Relationship, Delegation To The Chief Executive Officer (POL-40)
- Board – Chief Executive Officer Relationship, Monitoring Chief Executive Officer Performance (POL-112)
- Chiropractic Services (POL-25)
- Clearance Certification (POL-15)
- Clothing Allowance (POL-44)
- Collateral Benefits (POL-41)
- Emergency Callout Of Workers (POL-127)
- Employer Assessment Billing (POL-13)
- Employer Classification (POL-42)
- Employer Registration (POL-19)
- Ends, Ends (POL-114)
- Ends, Mission and Values (POL-113)
- Estimating Earning Capacity (POL-116)
- Executive Limitations, Asset Protection (POL-96)
- Executive Limitations, Communication and Counsel To The Board Of Directors (POL-98)
- Executive Limitations, Compensation And Benefits (POL-97)
- Executive Limitations, Emergency Executive Succession (POL-99)
- Executive Limitations, Financial Conditions and Activities (POL-100)
- Executive Limitations, Financial Planning and Budgeting (POL-101)
- Executive Limitations, General Executive Constraint (POL-95)
- Executive Limitations, Staff Treatment (POL-102)
- Executive Limitations, Treatment Of Clients (POL-103)
- Federal Government Employees (POL-140)
- Federal/ Provincial Jurisdiction (POL-50)
- Fraud Prevention and Investigation (POL-80)
- Funding Policy (POL-136)
- Governance Process, Agenda Planning (POL-105)
- Governance Process, Board Meetings (POL-135)
- Governance Process, Board Members’ Mandate (POL-106)
- Governance Process, Board Members’ Code Of Conduct (POL-37)
- Governance Process, Chair’s Role (POL-107)
- Governance Process, Committee Principles (POL-108)
- Governance Process, Committee Structure (POL-109)
- Governance Process, Governance Commitment (POL-104)
- Governance Process, Governing Style (POL-110)
- Governance Process, Remuneration – Board Of Directors (POL-56)
- Health Care Providers (POL-64)
- Hearing Loss (POL-09)
- Hernias (POL-31)
- Home Modifications And Special Equipment (POL-131)
- Impairment (POL-89)
- Interest on Delayed Compensation Payments (POL-02)
- Interjurisdictional Claims (POL-143)
- Interjurisdictional Trucking – Alternative Assessment (POL-142)
- Internal Reconsideration (POL-48)
- Investment Of Board Funds (POL-36)
- Learners (POL-94)
- Legal Costs (POL-05)
- Medical Aid (POL-92)
- Medications (POL-120)
- New Evidence (POL-83)
- Occupational Disease (POL-65)
- Offences And Penalties (POL-144)
- Optional Coverage (POL-125)
- Orthoses, Prostheses, And Assistive Devices (POL-30)
- Overpayments To Service Providers (POL-28)
- Overpayments To Workers (POL-27)
- Pension Awards – Commutation (POL-08)
- Pension Replacement Benefits (POL-124)
- Personal Coverage (POL-22)
- Physiotherapy Services (POL-26)
- Policy Development And Maintenance (POL-121)
- Pre-Existing Conditions (POL-61)
- Prescription Eyewear (POL-06)
- Prosecution (POL-119)
- Psychological Or Psychiatric Conditions (POL-01)
- Psychological Or Psychiatric Conditions Policy Frequently Asked Questions
- Recurrence (POL-60)
- Repetitive Strain Injuries (POL-91)
- Respiratory Diseases (POL-66)
- Responsibilities Of Recovering Workers (POL-76)
- Return To Work (POL-93)
- Review Of Benefits (POL-85)
- Safety Association Funding (POL-149)
- Self-Employment Program (POL-11)
- Self-Insured Employer – Administration Fee (POL-123)
- Setting Assessment Rates (POL-23)
- Support For Independent Living (POL-82)
- Survivor Benefits (POL-12)
- Third Party Actions (POL-87)
- Time Frame Limitations For Claims Filing And Invoicing (POL-90)
- Transfer Of Employer Cost Experience (POL-39)
- Travel And Related Expenses (POL-03)
- Vehicle Modifications (POL-73)
- Vocational Rehabilitation (POL-117)
- Wage Loss Benefits (POL-86)
- Waiting Period (POL-84)
- Weighing Of Evidence (POL-68)
- Worker (POL-74)
- Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal Decision Implementation (POL-88)
- Workplace Inspections (POL-53)
For find out more about the WCB policy development process and how you can become involved, click here.
