This manual provides policy information for workers and employers covered by the Manitoba Workers Compensation program, as well as for other interested parties to aid in understanding the policy positions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba. Where applicable, each policy provides references to the Act and other related policies.

Section 10 - Introduction
- Introduction# 0.0.0
- Table of Contents# 0.0.1
- Subject Policy Index# 0.0.2
- Index# 0.0.3
Section 20 - Board and Corporate Administration
- Board Administration
  - Quality# 20.00
  - Requests for Consideration Under Section 60.9# 21.10.10
  - Expenses for Attendance at Appeal Hearings# 21.10.40
  - Authority for Execution of Documents# 21.30.10
  - Authority for Signing Cheques and Promissory Notes# 21.30.20
  - Non-substantive and Consequential Policy Changes# 21.30.40
  - Disclosure of File Information# 21.50.10
  - Disclosure of File Information - Employer Access# 21.50.40
  - Release of Statistical Data# 21.50.50
  - Fair Practices Office# 21.90
  - Accessible Customer Service# 20.20
  - Reconsiderations# 20.10
  - Promotions, Sponsorships and Donations# 21.100
- Legal
  - Decision Making# 22.00
  - Elective Rights# 22.10
  - Program Abuse# 22.20
  - Agency Agreements with CFIO Employers# 22.30.10
  - Employers' Responsibilities for Reporting Claims# 22.70.30
  - Employer Obligation to Pay a Worker for the Day of Accident# 22.70.30.10
- Corporate
Section 30 - Finance, Assessments and Administration
- Accounting and Finance
  - Funding Policy# 31.05
  - Rate-Setting Model for Class E Employers# 31.05.05
  - Cost Relief/Cost Transfers - Class E# 31.05.10
  - Cost Relief/Cost Transfers (Oct 2014 to Dec 2017)# 31.05.10.01
  - Cost Transfer Self Insured# 31.05.15
  - Transfer of Assessment Rates and Claim Costs Experience on Change of Ownership# 31.05.20
  - Allocation of Surplus Distribution among Class E Employers# 31.05.30
  - Recoveries From Third Parties# 31.10.40
  - Collections# 31.10.50
- Investments
  - Statement of Investment Policies and Objectives# 32.00
- Assessments
  - Compensation Coverage for Union Activities# 35.10.40
  - Status of Workers - Independent Contractors and Employers# 35.10.50
  - Coverage Under a Work Experience Program# 35.10.60
  - Coverage for Volunteers# 35.10.70
  - Terms and Conditions of Optional and Personal Coverage# 35.10.120
  - Placement of Employers into Industry Classifications# 35.20.10
  - Paying and Refunding Premiums# 35.05.20
  - Reporting and Verifying Payroll# 35.05.10
  - Associated Employers# 35.20.15
  - Requests For Self Insured Status# 35.20.50
  - Criteria for Self Insured Status: Class B (Prior to Jan. 1/95)# 35.20.50.01
  - Interest Rates Under Regulation (Information Only)# 35.40.05
- Payments
  - Overpayments of Benefits# 35.40.50
  - Overpayments of Benefits 2000 - 2017# 35.40.50.01
  - Interest on Compensation Payments# 36.50
  - Payments on Behalf of Persons with Mental Illness# 36.60
Section 40 - Benefits Administration
- Healthcare Services
  - Role of Healthcare Management Services# 42.10
  - Elective Surgical Procedures# 42.10.10
  - Medical Review Panels# 42.10.70
  - Convening a Medical Review Panel# 42.10.70.20
  - Clinical Examinations# 42.20.10
  - Out-of-Province Referrals for Clinical Examinations# 42.20.20
  - Independent Medical Examinations# 42.20.20.10
  - Medical Reports# 42.20.30
  - Neuroaugmentative Devices# 42.20.40
- Vocational Rehabilitation
  - Vocational Rehabilitation# 43.00
  - Functional Impairment Awards# 43.10.30
  - Rehabilitation for Spouses or Common-Law Partners of Deceased Workers# 43.10.50
  - Preventive Vocational Rehabilitation# 43.10.60
  - Return to Work with the Accident Employer# 43.20.25
  - Relocation# 43.20.40
  - Relocation (Effective Oct 1/94 - Jun 30/15)# 43.20.40.01
- Adjudication and Compensation
  - Arising Out of and in the Course of Employment# 44.05
  - General Premises# 44.05.20
  - Pre Existing Conditions# 44.10.20.10
  - Shoulder Dislocations# 44.10.20.40
  - Recurring Effects of Injuries (Effective Jan 1/01-Dec 31/05)# 44.10.20.50
  - Recurring Effects of Injuries and Illnesses (Recurrences) Decisions Made Between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2019# 44.10.20.70.01
  - Recurring Effects of Injuries and Illness (Recurrences) (Effective Jan 1/06 for decisions on or after Jan 1/92)# 44.10.20.50.10
  - Recurring Effects of Injuries and Illnesses (Recurrences) Decisions Post January 1, 2020# 44.10.20.70
  - Drunkenness and Intoxication# 44.10.30.10
  - Serious and Wilful Misconduct# 44.10.30.30
  - Co-operation and Mitigation in Recovery# 44.10.30.60
  - Transportation Controlled by Employer# 44.10.50.10
  - Travelling on the Job# 44.10.50.50
  - Special Assignment Coverage# 44.10.50.60
  - Accidents Occurring in Lunchrooms# 44.10.60.40
  - Public Interest Emergency Actions# 44.10.70.50
  - Further Injuries Subsequent to a Compensable Injury# 44.10.80.40
  - Adjudication of Psychological Injuries# 44.05.30
- Occupational Disease
  - Disease/General# 44.20
  - Laryngeal Cancer# 44.20.30.60
  - Noise-Induced Hearing Loss# 44.20.50.20
  - Gastrointestinal Cancer# 44.20.65
  - Hearing Loss (for claims arising from accidents between May 29, 1985 and March 31, 2000 inclusive)# 44.20.50.20.02
  - Hearing Loss (for claims arising from accidents on or after April 1, 2000 and a Date of Notification prior to October 1, 2013)# 44.20.50.20.01
- Wage Loss
  - Notice of Change in Benefits or Services# 44.30.60
  - Minimum Awards for Permanent Impairments# 44.60.10
  - Date of Retirement# 44.60.20
  - Advance Compensation# 44.80.10
  - Net Average Earnings# 44.80.10.40
  - Net Average Earnings (Effective Jan 1/01-Dec 31/05)# 44.80.10.40.01
  - Net Average Earnings (Effective Jul 1/92 - Dec 31/00)# 44.80.10.40.02
  - Post Accident Earnings: Collateral Benefits (Allowable Employer Top-Up) (Effective Jan 1/95-Dec 31/05)# 44.80.30.10.10
  - Post-Accident Earnings: Collateral Benefits (Unallowable Employer Top-Up)# 44.80.30.10.20
  - Post Accident Earnings: Deemed Earning Capacity# 44.80.30.20
  - Determining Average Earnings for Declared Workers# 44.80.30.35
  - Statutory Holidays# 44.80.60
  - Declared Workers - Long-Term Loss of Earning Capacity# 44.80.30.35.01
  - Wage Loss Supplements: Second Accident# 44.80.80
  - Wage Loss Benefits: Temporary Partial Disability# 44.80.80.10
  - Loss of Earning Capacity Reviews# 44.80.80.20
  - Post Accident Earnings - Deemed Earning Capacity# 44.80.30.20
  - Date of Retirement (Effective Jan 1/01 - Dec 31/05)# 44.60.20.01
  - Establishing Post-Accident Earning Capacity# 44.80.30.10
  - Special Additional Compensation# 44.60.30
  - Average Earnings# 44.80.10.10
  - Prospective Earnings Apprentices and Youthful Workers# 44.80.30.30
- Other Entitlements
  - Spousal or Common Law Partner Options: Undue Hardship Cases# 44.110.55
  - Non Resident Dependants# 44.110.90
  - Permanent Impairment Rating# 44.90.10
  - Interest Rates# 44.100
  - Lump Sum Commutations# 44.100.10
  - Annuities# 44.100.20
- Medical Aid
  - Medical Aid# 44.120.10
  - Opioid Medication# 44.120.20
  - Support for Daily Living# 44.120.30
  - Supports for Daily Living (Effective Oct 1/00 - Feb 28/14)# 44.120.30.01
Section 50 - Prevention and Partnerships
- Research and Workplace Innovation Program# 52.10
- Funding Industry-Based Safety Programs# 52.20
- SAFE Work Certified Program (SWCP)# 52.30
- Prevention Rebate Program Policy# 52.40

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