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15-03-05
Policy
As a general rule, a worker is considered to be in the course of the employment when the person reaches the employer's premises or place of work, such as a…
23-01-02
Policy
Tuberculosis is listed as an occupational disease in Schedule 3 to the general regulation under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act. If a worker suffers from…
18-07-03
Policy
When the WSIB has established the degree of compensable disability for a worker having a permanent impairment, the worker will receive a permanent disability award.…
17-06-07
Policy
Subject to clinical evidence supporting need, the WSIB may authorize vehicle modification.
16-01-05
Policy
Vibration Induced White Finger Disease is accepted as an industrial disease under sections 2(1) and 15 of the Workplace Safety Insurance Act as peculiar to…
14-02-15
Policy
When an employer is non-compliant with respect to its registration obligations and, while remaining undiscovered by the WSIB, comes forward to voluntarily disclose…
12-04-02
Policy
Members of municipal volunteer fire brigades, volunteer ambulance brigades, and auxiliary members of a police force generally operate under the authority of a…
17-01-05
Policy
The WSIB pays temporary total disability/loss of earnings benefits to workers who incur a wage loss due to absence from work for health care reasons.
18-05-10
Policy
A worker who suffers a wage loss because of an absence from work to attend a NEL assessment is entitled to compensation for that wage loss.
18-01-10
Law
If a worker is entitled to benefits as a result of a work-related injury/disease, the employer is required to pay the worker's full wages and employment benefits for the…
15-03-09
Policy
Where personal injury by accident is caused due to lightning, tempest, sunstroke, heat prostration, frostbite or insect bite, the criteria to be used in determining…
12-03-03
Policy
Independent operators (IO), sole proprietors (SP), partners and executive officers (EO) are not covered under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, (WSIA…
12-01-01
Policy
The person in law who is legally responsible for an operation's liabilities to the WSIB (including any liabilities incurred by branch plants, divisions, or…
12-02-01
Policy
The WSIB has the authority to determine who is a worker or an independent operator under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act,1997 (WSIA).
For all…
22-01-03
Policy
A worker who is receiving benefits under the insurance plan, or who is entitled to do so, is required to
provide the WSIB with any information necessary to…
15-01-03
Policy
The WSIB only issues one benefit payment (up to two weeks of loss of earnings benefits) to workers who are entitled to benefits under the insurance plan, but who have…
14-04-03
Law
s.139(1)
If a person does not pay amounts owing under this Act when they become due, the WSIB may issue a certificate stating that the person is in default under this…
17-04-03
Policy
If the WSIB requests it, a worker must undergo an examination by a health professional selected and paid for by the WSIB.