COMPENSATION A Guide for New Brunswick ... - WorkSafeNB

DEFINITION OF AN “EMPLOYER”Under the WC Act of New Brunswick, an “employer” is:• Every person having in their service under contract of hire or apprenticeship, written or oral, expressed or implied,any worker engaged in any work in or about an industry.• A municipal corporation, commission, committee, body or other local authority established or exercising anypowers or authority with respect to the affairs or purposes, including school purposes, of a municipality.• A person who authorizes or permits a learner to be in or about an industry for the purposes mentioned in thedefinition “learner”.• A deemed employer.• The Crown in right of the Province of New Brunswick, and of Canada, and any permanent board, commission, orcorporation established by the Crown in right of the Province of New Brunswick, or of Canada, in so far as they, oreither of them, in their capacity as employers, submit to the operation of this Act.What if I am self-employed?WorkSafeNB generally does not cover individuals who are self-employed. However, if you are self-employed butunder contract, you become a worker of the principal contractor and compensation coverage is provided through theprincipal contractor.DEFINITION OF A “WORKER”The WC Act of New Brunswick states that a “worker” means a person who has entered into orworks under a contract of service or apprenticeship, written or oral, expressed or implied,whether by way of manual labour or otherwise, and includes:• A learner.• An emergency services worker within the meaning of any agreement made under the EmergencyMeasures Act between the Government of Canada and the Government of New Brunswick in whichprovision is made for compensation with respect to the injury or death of such workers.• A member of a municipal volunteer fire brigade.• A person employed in a management capacity by the employer, including an executive officer of acorporation, where that executive officer is carried on the payroll.6