LAWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

New Laws

Nov 20: The New Brunswick Assembly tabled legislation (Bill 4) that would revise the formula used to determine the price of gasoline and diesel in the province. The bottom line would be a 4 cents per litre price reduction at the pumps, starting this December.

Drugs & Alcohol

Nov 6: The federal government proposed regulations that allow New Brunswick to participate in the new national coordinated system of excise taxes on vaping products. This means that New Brunswick will be allowed to impose additional duties on vaping products manufactured in or imported into Canada at the federal rate, starting in 2025.

Action Point: Find out how to effectively control substance abuse at your workplace.

Workers Comp

Oct 29: WorkSafeNB revised its policy (Policy 25-30) on covering the costs of managing chronic pain. The Policy clarifies that chronic pain is covered only if it’s related to a compensable work-related injury, which could be: i. A primary compensable injury caused by an accident arising out of and in the course of employment; ii. A secondary injury that occurs as a direct consequence or complication of a primary compensable injury; or iii. A subsequent injury that occurs during rehab.

CASES

None to mention at this time.