CANADA Fighting to Provide Saskatchewan Volunteer Fighters with Workers Compensation Benefits

A Saskatchewan  mayor has convinced the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association to be part of his fight on behalf of volunteer firefighters. For more Information: www.reduceyourworkerscomp.com

Wayne Foster  of Kindersley is looking to have volunteer firefighters receive full benefit coverage with the Workers' Compensation Board, according to The Canadian Press.

Foster asked   the association to lobby the provincial government on the issue and delegates overwhelmingly backed him.

The municipality's  volunteer fire chief died on the job in January 2008 and his spouse was denied WCB coverage at first due to the fact he was a volunteer firefighter.

Volunteer firefighters  from Kindersley and surrounding areas battled a massive blaze that destroyed an ice rink in the west-central town in early January.

A similar resolution  was passed at the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities in 2008 with the southwest-located Rural Municipality of Caron backing the cause.  After much lobbying by SARM and the municipality, that decision was reversed.  (workersxzcompxzkit)

At the present time there are approximately 7,200 firefighters in the province, 6,400 of whom are volunteers.

Author Robert Elliott, executive vice president, Amaxx Risks Solutions, Inc. has worked successfully for 20 years with many industries to reduce Workers' Compensation costs, including airlines, health care, manufacturing, printing/publishing, pharmaceuticals, retail, hospitality and manufacturing. He can be contacted at: [email protected] or 860-553-6604.

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