Posted: May 05, 2021 9:33 PM AT | Last Updated: May 6
The WCB says getting workers back on the job has been more difficult during the pandemic, as physio therapists and doctors moved to limited virtual care.(Robert Short/CBC)
The first year of Nova Scotia's pandemic has delivered good and bad news when it comes to workers injured on the job in 2020.
According to statistics released Wednesday by the Workers' Compensation Board of Nova Scotia, there were 4,997 fewer claims filed for time lost on the job in 2020 than there were in 2019.
There were a total of 19,994 time loss claims filed last year and 24,900 filed in 2019, a 20 per cent decrease.