Following extensive consultation with workers
and employers across the province, the Board of Directors of the Workers'
Compensation Board of Nova Scotia is recommending that Government make changes
to the Workplace Safety and Insurance System during the Fall 2003 sitting of
the Legislature. The recommendations flow from the Nova Scotia Workers'
Compensation Program - A Focused Review (Dorsey Report, March 2002).
Key among the Board's recommendations is to increase the annual indexing
of workers' compensation benefits (from 50% to 55% of the increase in the
Consumer Price Index). T...
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