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How to enrol your farm workers in WCB
Farm Management: Now that you want to sign your farm up for Workers Comp, here’s the “how to”
Now that you know why you should enrol your farm in Workers’ Comp here’s how to do it. In Alberta, applying is as easy as visiting the Workers’ Compensation Board Alberta website (www.wcb.ab.ca). There’s a search engine on the main page. If you search for “farm,” you’ll get to a page called “Farming Coverage.” Right […] Read more
Why should you enrol your farm in WCB?
Farm Management: Even when it’s not mandatory, there are good reasons to enrol in Workers Comp
In some of the Prairie provinces it is mandatory for farmer employers to sign up for Workers Compensation (WCB) for their workers. In Manitoba, it’s been mandatory since 2009. Some farmers still haven’t signed up or don’t realize that they need to. “Way back when, before medicare and before WCB, if a worker was injured […] Read more