Workers' Safety and Compensation Board

The Workers' Safety and Compensation Board and the Board of Directors operate independent of government to administer workers' compensation and occupational health and safety. The Board of Directors provide governance to the Workers' Compensation Act and Occupational Health and Safety Act.

The Board of Directors ensures:

• provision for an open and fair system of guaranteed, adequate compensation for all workers or their dependents for work-related injuries;
• promotion of recovery from workplace injuries through early return to work, appropriate health care and vocational rehabilitation, where required;
• maintenance of a solvant compensation fund managed in the interest of workers and employers;
• provision for fair assessments on employers;
• provision for an appeal procedure that is simple, fair and accessible, with minimal delays;
• combined efforts and resources for the prevention of workplace injuries—including the enforcement of health and safety standards; and
• provision for workers, dependents of deceased workers and employers to be treated with compassion, respect and fairness.
• Authority: Workers' Compensation Act, section 98
• Type: governing
• Appointment process: Order-In-Council
• Requirements: members are appointed based on their education, training or experience and should be familiar with the purposes and objectives of the compensation system under the Act. Voting members can't be a Yukon government employee
• Term: 3 years and may be reappointed for further term
• Meetings: at least once per month
• Department: Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board
• Honoraria: cabinet decision 1991/06/20 and 2004/09/08

Get information about job safety and how to file or follow up on a claim with the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board Yukon.