The FAIR partnership is a joint project of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MLITSD), Threads of Life, and the Office of the Worker Adviser (OWA). Its goal is to provide timely and comprehensive assistance to survivors following a traumatic workplace fatality.
Our role in the FAIR partnership is to administer the WSIB benefits to which a survivor would be entitled, to ensure contact by a WSIB crisis intervention counsellor within 48 hours of the fatality and to make appropriate referrals to the MLITSD, OWA, Threads of Life, and other community resources.
Please call us 24/7 at 1-800-387-0750 to report a work-related fatality over the phone. You can leave a message if you’re calling after-hours, and we’ll return your call within one business day. You can also learn more about how to report a workplace fatality or catastrophic accident.
There are four types of WSIB benefits survivors of employees who die as a result of a work-related injury or illness can claim:
- survivor payments
- funeral costs
- bereavement counselling
- help in joining the workforce
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.Please email Michelle Mraz, director in the WSIB’s Occupational Disease and Survivor Benefits Program, for more information on the FAIR partnership.