A decision was made to provide pay equity adjustment payments
to eligible employees who were in receipt of Workers Compensation
Benefits during the period covered by the Agreement,
March 8, 1985 to July 28, 1998.
The purpose of this bulletin is to describe the process to be
followed to effect these payments. The following guidelines will
be applied:
1. Short-term absences (on sick leave with pay)
Employees who continued to receive their full salary while on
paid injury-on-duty leave have already received their pay equity
adjustment payment.
2. Short-term absences (on sick leave without pay)
Eligible employees who were on leave without pay as a result
of a work-related injury and who were in receipt of injury
compensation benefits directly from a provincial Workers'
Compensation Board, will be considered as being at work for the
purposes of calculating the appropriate pay equity adjustments.
These taxable payments will be requested by the respective
employing departments.
3. Workers' Compensation Boards Pension
benefits
Employees who received and/or are still in receipt of salary
replacement pensions directly from provincial Workers'
Compensation Boards, will be entitled to:
a. Period prior to March 8, 1985
Employees who suffered an injury prior to March 8, 1985 and
whose compensation claim continued after March 8, 1985, will
receive a pay equity adjustment payment for only that portion of
their claim that ran from March 8 onwards.
b. Period of March 8, 1985 to July 28, 1998
Employees will receive a pay equity adjustment payment and not
an adjustment to their WCB pension benefits.
c. Period of July 29, 1998 to present
Pay equity amounts that were incorporated into basic rates of
pay effective July 29, 1998 are considered to be retroactive
salary increases as of that date. Therefore, workers compensation
benefits determined on or after July 29, 1998 may have to be
recalculated to reflect such increases. Claimants should contact
the appropriate Workers Compensation Board / Commission to
request a review of their file.
d. DI / LTD - Period from July 29, 1998 to
present
A change in WCB benefits on or after July 29, 1998 due to a
salary increase may impact an employee's Disability
Insurance (DI) or Long-term Disability (LTD) Insurance benefits,
which are reduced by other disability income the claimant
receives.
Departmental Compensation Managers must inform the appropriate
insurer, Sun Life Assurance Company in the case of the DI plan
and National Life in the case of the LTD plan, if they become
aware of such a case. Claimants should also be reminded to
contact the insurer with information related to a change in their
monthly WCB benefits. In all instances, a copy of the detailed
explanation letter provided by the provincial Worker's
Compensation Board should be forwarded to the insurer.
4. Administration
a. Treasury Board Secretariat
The Treasury Board Secretariat will provide to the Corporate
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Services in each department
an initial list of records of Claimants who have had an approved
claim for the period of March 8, 1985 to July 28, 1998. These
records have been matched with the HRDC electronic database.
b. Departments
The Corporate OSH Services in each department will verify the
information for accuracy, modify it where necessary and transmit
it to their respective departmental Compensation Managers for
processing. Compensation managers will be advised of the
processing details via a separate bulletin from the TBS Pay
Administration Division.
c. Public Works and Government Services Canada
PWGSC will process the payments based on the information
provided by the departmental compensation managers.
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Fernand Lamarche
Director
Safety, Health & Employee Services Group
Human Resources Branch
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Camille Therriault-Power
Director,
Pay Equity Group
Human Resources Branch
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c.c. Compensation Managers
