BILL 26

An Act to Amend the Workers’ Compensation Act

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:

1 Section 38.5 of the Workers’ Compensation Act, chapter W-13 of the Revised Statutes, 1973, is amended

(a)  by repealing paragraph (a) and substituting the following:

(a)  an amount equal to 40% of the New Brunswick Industrial Aggregate Earnings to assist with necessary expenses of death such as burial,

(b)  by adding after paragraph (a) the following:

(a.1)  an amount equal to 50% of the New Brunswick Industrial Aggregate Earnings, and