Saskatchewan plans changes to help for injured workers
Saskatchewan wants to change the rules for workers who get hurt at work. The province has a program called workers' compensation. It pays injured workers while they cannot work. On Tuesday, a provincial minister, Ken Cheveldayoff, brought a new bill to the legislature. A bill is a plan for a new law. It has not become law yet. Under the bill, workers would get all of their usual pay for time they miss to get treatment for their injury. Rules for mental health injuries would be clearer. More kinds of health workers could officially decide what injury a worker has.