Responsibilities

Your responsibilities

• maintain your account (ensure we always have your current contact information and workers’ earnings on file, report name changes if you cease operations, etc.)
• pay your premiums
• work with employees to prevent injuries and illnesses
• record and report injuries (you have 72 hours to report an injury to WCB-Alberta)
• help injured workers return to work by offering modified work
• inform your workers about the coverage they have and the benefits to which they are entitled under workers' compensation coverage, as detailed in the Worker Handbook (pdf file, 619KB)
• obtain clearances when hiring contractors to avoid liability

For more information please reference the Employer Handbook (pdf, 578KB) or the Your responsibilities when an accident occurs fact sheet (pdf, 243KB)

Your injured workers’ responsibilities

• your injured worker must submit a Worker’s Report of Injury or Occupational Disease form to WCB-Alberta (pdf, 171KB) by fax to 780-427-5863 or 1-800-661-1993 or report online.
• your injured worker must keep you informed of their progress to help you plan for their return to work
• your injured worker must maintain ongoing communication with WCB-Alberta
• your injured worker needs to follow the advice of health care providers to recover as quickly as possible

It is critical that workers, employers and health care providers work together to ensure the worker’s safe return to their pre-accident employment. See workers responsibilities.

For more information please reference our Worker Handbook (pdf, 619KB)