Search results
Results will auto-populate based on filter selection.
293
Found 293 result(s)
15-03-06
Policy
The following is the general policy regarding entitlement of every worker covered under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act or the Workers'…
18-04-04
Policy
A worker must experience a loss of earnings for 12 continuous months, without interruption, to be entitled to a FEL benefit.
20-03-02
Policy
If a worker dies from a work-related injury or disease, the WSIB pays all expenses reasonably connected to burial or cremation, subject to the minimum stipulated in…
18-01-13
Policy
Loss of Earnings
When calculating loss of earnings (LOE) benefits, the amount of net average earnings the worker is able to earn in a suitable occupation after the…
20-03-03
Policy
When a spouse receives both Canada Pension Plan (CPP)/Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) monthly survivors’ benefits and WSIB survivors' periodic (monthly) payments in…
18-04-10
Policy
The average earnings used to calculate Future Economic Loss (FEL) benefits for students, learners, and apprentices are different than for most workers. For students…
18-05-04
Policy
To calculate NEL benefits, the WSIB
identifies the base amount and age adjustment factor for the year the worker reached maximum medical recovery (MMR), see …
18-02-07
Policy
The WSIB applies probable income deductions to a worker’s average earnings to arrive at the net average earnings (NAE) required to determine the amount of benefits…
18-07-04
Policy
A worker who has a permanent disability as a result of a work-related accident is entitled to a permanent disability benefit for as long as the permanent disability…
18-06-02
Policy
A worker may be entitled to temporary partial disability benefits when the clinical evidence substantiates continuing temporary partial disability and the worker has…
18-06-01
Policy
When a work-related injury/disease results in temporary total disability, the worker is entitled to compensation in an amount equal to 90 per cent of the worker’s net…
18-01-09
Policy
The WSIB will have regard to or reflect any CPP or QPP disability payments the worker receives for the injury when calculating benefit entitlement.
23-02-01
Policy
If a firefighter or a fire investigator is diagnosed with a prescribed cancer on or after January 1, 1960, and meets the employment duration and additional criteria…
17-01-10
Policy
Medical cannabis is not necessary, appropriate, or sufficient health care treatment for most medical conditions due to the lack of strong and consistent evidence of…
17-04-04
Policy
The WSIB provides chaperones for injured workers who are required to undress for exams by medical consultants. Chaperones must be WSIB employees or under contract…
20-03-12
Policy
Where a worker's death results from a work-related injury/disease, a surviving child who is between the ages of 19 and 30 and who is continuing in education is…
20-03-13
Law
s.48(18)
A surviving dependent child who is physically or mentally incapable of earning wages is entitled to periodic payments until the child is able to earn wages, or…
20-03-10
Policy
Where a worker's death results from a work-related injury/disease and the deceased worker is survived by one or more dependent children, but no spouse, the children…
20-03-11
Policy
Where a worker's death results from a work-related injury/disease and the deceased worker is not survived by a spouse but is survived by dependent children under age…
17-01-03
Law
A worker who sustains an injury is entitled to such health care as may be necessary, appropriate, and sufficient as a result of his or her injury, and is entitled to…
15-03-14
Policy
A worker is entitled to benefits for chronic mental stress arising out of and in the course of the worker’s employment.
A worker is not entitled to benefits for…
16-02-14
Policy
Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COLD) in smelter workers is accepted as an occupational disease under sections 1(1)(n) and 122 of the Workers' Compensation…
15-04-03
Policy
The WSIB will accept entitlement for chronic pain disability (CPD) when it results from a work-related injury and there is sufficient credible subjective and…
14-02-04
Policy
The WSIB issues a clearance certificate (clearance) to relieve a principal of liability for payment obligations to the WSIB that a contractor or sub-contractor may…