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Key terms
This glossary includes definitions of the standard terms from the sufficiency, quarterly and annual reports.
Administration and other expenses (before allocation…
12-04-06
Policy
Individuals placed with employers as training participants for the Ontario Works Program are considered learners under the Act.
For workplace safety and…
Businesses, or placement hosts in most industries that take on someone as an unpaid trainee are required, by law, to…
12-04-05
Policy
Training agencies may arrange placements with employers (placement hosts) to give unpaid trainees work skills and experience.
A placement host that is in a…
12-01-04
Law
Workplace Safety and Insurance Act
s.88(2)
A Schedule 1 employer is not individually liable to pay benefits directly to workers or their survivors under the insurance…
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14-02-16
Law
s.159(2)(a)
The Board has the power to establish policies concerning the premiums payable by employers under the insurance plan.
Policy
The WSIB pays credit interest…
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18-04-03
Policy
The WSIB determines, where possible, the amount of a worker's future economic loss (FEL) benefit due to a work-related injury
in the 12th consecutive month that…
11-01-02
Law
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Act provides:
s.118(1)
The WSIB has exclusive jurisdiction to examine, hear and decide all matters and questions arising…
15-02-01
Law
Accident includes
a willful and intentional act, not being the act of the worker
a chance event occasioned by a physical or natural cause, and
a…
20-01-02
Policy
If a worker dies as a result of a work-related accident, the worker's survivors, as defined, are entitled to benefits based on the date of the worker's death.…
18-06-03
Policy
The following definitions govern the adjudication of temporary disability in pre-1998 claims.
Temporary total disability
Temporary total disability is the …
17-03-03
Policy
The WSIB pays for necessary dental services according to an approved fee schedule (see 17-03-01, Health Care Fees). Dental…
18-02-05
Policy
Where a worker is concurrently employed at the time of injury, the average earnings are the earnings from all employment at the time of injury.
To be considered “…
18-02-08
Policy
The guidelines for calculating short-term and long-term average earnings are not applicable for those workers classified by the WSIB as
dependent contractors…
18-02-09
The average earnings used to calculate periodic payments for survivors are generally based on the deceased worker's long-term average earnings on the date of injury.
If the…
18-02-06
Law
s.53(6)
In all cases where a worker returns to work following a work-related injury, and then has a recurrence, the worker’s average earnings are the higher of
the…
14-02-08
Policy
The WSIB considers insurable earnings to include
the amounts that are usually reported on a worker’s earnings statement and
any income reported in box 14 of the…
18-02-04
Policy
Earnings for a worker in non-permanent employment typically fluctuate as the worker moves from job to job, has periods of unemployment, or experiences periods of…
18-02-03
Policy
The long-term average earnings of a worker in permanent employment are generally the same as a worker's short-term average earnings. A worker's average earnings are…