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The Manitoba government introduced
legislation Monday that it says will provide the broadest
workers-compensation coverage in Canada for post-traumatic stress.
The
bill – like an existing law in Alberta and changes being eyed in some
other provinces – would recognize post-traumatic stress disorder as a
work-related occupational disease for first responders such as police
officers and firefighters.
It would also, like the Alberta law, start
from the presumption that the PTSD stemmed from an event or events at
work, as long as a medical professional diagnoses it as such.
Manitoba
Premier Greg Selinger said his NDP government is going a step further
by applying the law to all workers covered by the province’s Workers
Compensation Board – nurses, retail-store employees and more – and not
just first responders."
Ontario still stalling on Presumed Legislation to protect First Responders.
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