Saskatchewan: Workers’ Comp

Sept 15: In Sask., as in most jurisdictions, certain cancers are presumed to be work-related for workers’ comp coverage purposes when suffered by firefighters with a stated minimum period of employment as a firefighter. New regulations add 6 cancers to the coverage list.

Presumed Firefighters Workers’ Comp Cancer Coverage in Sask.

Illness	Minimum period of employment as firefighter
Primary site brain cancer	10 years
Primary site bladder cancer	15 years
Primary site kidney cancer	20 years
Primary non-Hodgkins lymphoma	20 years
Primary leukemia	5 years
Primary site ureter cancer	15 years
Primary site colorectal cancer	15 years
Primary site lung cancer in non-smoking firefighters	15 years
Primary site testicular cancer	10 years
Primary site esophageal cancer	25 years
Primary site prostate cancer*	15 years
Primary site skin cancer*	15 years
Multiple myeloma*	15 years
Primary site breast cancer*	10 years
Primary site cervical cancer*	10 years
Primary site ovarian cancer*	10 years
Injury to the heart that manifests within 24 hours after attendance at an emergency response	None

* Newly added