Workers' Compensation

Despite everyone’s best efforts, accidents can happen in any workplace. Workers’  Compensation programs protect employees from the financial hardships associated with work-related injuries and occupational diseases. While these programs are largely administered by provincial and territorial governments in Canada, the Labour Program is responsible for claims that involve federal government employees—both inside and outside of the country—who are injured on the job, become sick from an occupational disease or are slain while on duty. We also administer claims submitted by certain merchant seamen and federal penitentiary inmates.

• Learn more about your compensation rights and responsibilities as federal government employees and employers.
• Locally engaged employees outside Canada, such as staff working in Canadian embassies overseas, are eligible for benefits like any other federal employees, and their employers are responsible for making sure that they receive this compensation when required.
• Survivors of employees slain on duty are entitled to a guaranteed income. These pages will answer your questions and guide you through the required application process.
• Certain merchant seamen injured or disabled because of their work are covered for benefits outlined in the Merchant Seamen Compensation Act. Are you entitled to these benefits? You can read the details in this section.
• Federal penitentiary inmates injured while taking part in a Correctional Service of Canada approved work or training program may be eligible for compensation. We have the facts about this benefit plan.
• Understand how the process works at the Labour Program by reading the Operational Program Directives that Labour Program inspectors need to follow.
• Interpretation, Policy and Guideline documents provide clarification or interpretation of specific aspects of the Program’s directives.