Discounts and surcharges

You have control in the WCB-Alberta premium rate you pay. Your rate reflects both your company’s claims experience and that of your industry. WCB-Alberta has programs to reward companies with good or improving safety performance and penalize companies with poor safety performance.

For more information please reference our pricing guide (pdf, 179KB)

Learn how you can reduce the premiums you pay:

Provide modified work
Be a partner in injury reduction (PIR)
Partner with an Occupational Injury Service (OIS) clinic

Poor Performance Surcharge (PPS)

PPS applies to large employers with very poor accident experience. These employers have reached the maximum surcharge for their size in the experience rating plan. For these employers, an additional poor performance surcharge may apply.

The additional surcharge is designed to encourage employers to take immediate action to improve health and safety and claims management efforts, to help reduce injuries and avoid further surcharges.

For more information please reference our PPS fact sheet (pdf, 248KB)