WorksafeBC Compensation Supplement. (i) When a regular employee suffers an occupational injury approved by the WorksafeBC under the Workers' Compensation Act, such employee's normal net salary shall be continued for a period of not more than fifty-two (52) weeks, or until the status of the Workers' Compensation Board payment changes to disability pension, or other Workers' Compensation settlement, whichever occurs first. (ii) All monies payable to an employee by way of compensation for loss of wages under the said Act shall be paid to the Employer by the Workers' Compensation Board in return for which the Board shall pay the employee the full amount of wages to which the employee would have been otherwise entitled but for disability suffered or incurred by the employee aforesaid, subject to the above maximum time limitation of fifty-two (52) weeks. (iii) Spareboard employees and regular employees who normally work less than regular full-time hours shall be eligible for the Workers’ Compensation Board supplement. The amount of supplement received shall be based upon such employee's average earnings and hours worked during the previous twelve (12) month period.
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