Federal Workers' Compensation Service

The Federal Workers’ Compensation Service (FWCS) of the Labour Program administers the Government Employee Compensation Act (GECA).

Workers' compensation programs provide medical treatment and salary protection for employees in the case of a work-related injury or occupational disease.

In partnership with provincial workers compensation boards, the Labour Program is responsible for claims of 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 on duty

The Labour Program also administers claims submitted by certain merchant seamen and federal penitentiary inmates.

Related links

• Workers’ Compensation Guidelines
• Injury-on-duty Leave
• Directive on the Duty to accommodate
• Disability management in the federal public service
• Public Service Income Benefit Plan for Survivors of Employees Slain on Duty
• Government Employees Compensation Act and Regulations

Services

• Compensation for federal workers: How to submit a claim
• Survivor benefits: Employees slain on duty
• Merchant seamen: Compensation benefits
• Federal inmates: Compensation benefits
• Internet National Injury Compensation System claims data