Top-up amount

A top-up is an amount you pay your employee after a claim is decided that is in addition to the benefits paid by a workers' compensation board.

Exclude a top-up amount (even if it is paid as sick leave) from insurable earnings if you pay it after the workers' compensation board accepts the claim. However, you must deduct CPP contributions and income tax from the top-up amount, and you have to report it on a T4 slip at year-end.

An amount you pay in addition to an advance or loan is not a top-up amount if you pay it while waiting for a decision on a workers' compensation board claim. This amount is considered to be employment income from which you have to deduct CPP contributions, EI premiums, and income tax.