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The CSST pays a weekly indemnity to a student aged less than 18 years who suffers an employment injury during the course of a training period without remuneration under the responsibility of the educational institution where he is pursuing his studies.

The CSST pays a weekly indemnity to a child who executes tasks, renders a service to the community or acts as a trainee, with or without remuneration, under voluntary measures taken pursuant to the Youth Protection Act or alternative measures taken under the Young Offenders Act, or in execution of a decision rendered by the Court of Québec under one of such Acts or the Code of Penal Procedure.

The income replacement indemnity is revalorized each year at the anniversary date of the start of the worker's disability preventing him from performing his work.

A worker who suffers a work-related accident or disease and who sustains permanent physical or mental impairment is entitled to compensation for bodily injury that takes into consideration :

The amount of the indemnity is calculated by multiplying the percentage of permanent impairment by the amount in the schedule, based on the age of the person involved when the injury occurred (see table).

A 34 year old worker suffers a back injury as a result of a 2012 work-related accident. He has a permanent impairment of 2.2%. The compensation for bodily injury in this case would be $1,812.12.

The calculation is as follows : 2,2% x $82,369 = $1,812.12

Schedule for calculating the amount of the indemnity :

The CSST covers the following medical assistance costs for a worker who is the victim of a work-related accident or disease :

The CSST shall reimburse, upon the production of supporting documents, to the worker and, if his physical condition requires it, to the person who must accompany him, the travel and accommodation expenses incurred to receive care, undergo medical examinations or take part in a personal rehabilitation program, according to the norms and amounts it determines and that it publishes in the Gazette officielle du Québec.

An indemnity, upon the production of supporting documents, for the cleaning, repair or replacement of clothing damaged as a result of a work-related accident.

The worker must provide supporting documents.

Repair or replacement of a prosthesis or orthesis involuntary damaged as a result of a sudden and unforeseen event arising out of a worker's employment

The indemnity for repair and replacement is paid whenever the person involved is not entitled to such compensation under another plan.

When a work-related accident or disease results in the death of a worker, the surviving spouse is entitled to a monthly and lump-sum indemnity.

The monthly indemnity is equal to 55% of the income replacement indemnity to which the worker would have been entitled. This temporary indemnity, granted for 1 to 3 years, may not exceed $2,137.64 per month. Such compensation will be increased if the person is disabled.

The minor children of a worker with no spouse at the time of his or her death are also entitled to a lump-sum indemnity. This indemnity is divided equally among the minor children, the children who are over the age of the majority but under age 25 and are full-time students, and the children over the age of majority for whom the worker was paying more than 50% of the costs at the time of his or her death.

A child of full age who is less than 25 years old at the time of the worker's death is entitled to a lump-sum indemnity if he is a full-time student.

If the child is disabled, this lump-sum indemnity will be increased, unless he is entitled to other compensation under another Act.

Children of a worker with no spouse at the time of his or her death who are over the age of majority but under age 25 are also entitled to a lump-sum indemnity if they are full-time students. 

Children of a worker with no spouse at the time of his or her death who are over the age of majority are entitled to a lump-sum indemnity if the worker was paying more than 50% of their costs at the time of his or her death.

This indemnity is divided equally among the minor children, the children who are over the age of majority but under age 25 and are full-time students, and the children over the age of majority for whom the worker was paying more than 50% of the costs at the time of his or her death.

When a work-related accident or disease results in the death of a worker, a person over half of whose needs were provided for by the worker is entitled to a monthly indemnity, which varies according to the person's age.

If the person is disabled, this lump-sum indemnity will be increased, unless he is entitled to other compensation under another Act as a result of his disability.

A person half or less than half of whose needs were provided for by the worker is entitled to a lump-sum indemnity. This indemnity is not increased if the person is disabled.