2nd Session, 42nd Legislature

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Bill 214

THE WORKERS COMPENSATION AMENDMENT ACT (COVID-19 PRESUMPTIVE COVERAGE)

(Assented to                                         )

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

C.C.S.M. c. W200 amended

1

The Workers Compensation Act is amended by this Act.

2

The following is added after subsection 4(5):

Presumption re COVID-19

4(5.0.1)

If a worker tests positive for the communicable disease known as COVID-19 within 14 days after attendance at their usual place of employment, the person's infection must be presumed to be an accident arising out of and in the course of the employment, unless the contrary is proven.

Effective date of presumption re COVID-19

4(5.0.2)

The presumption in subsection (5.0.1) applies to a worker who tests positive for COVID-19 on or after March 1, 2020.

Coming into force

3

This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.