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19-02-07
Provincial health and safety associations are valuable resources for any business. If you’re registered with the WSIB, you automatically receive a free membership to the…
19-05-03
Policy
At a construction worker’s request, or on its own initiative, the WSIB ensures that construction employers have fully complied with their obligation to offer to re-…
19-05-02
Policy
Construction employers are required to offer to re-employ their injured construction workers who have been unable to work due to a work-related injury/disease.
A…
19-05-01
19-05-02, Re-employment Obligation in the Construction Industry—Threshold, Duration and Specific Employer Requirements
Key definitions
"Unable to work"…
18-04-14
Policy
Every year or if a material change in circumstances occurs, the WSIB may review a worker's future economic loss (FEL) benefits and may confirm, vary, or discontinue…
19-05-04
Policy
When construction employers do not fulfill their re-employment obligations, the WSIB may
levy a penalty on the employer up to the amount of the worker’s net…
13-02-06
Law
s.83(1)
The Board may establish experience and merit rating programs to encourage employers to reduce injuries and occupational diseases and to encourage workers’…
19-02-09
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…
20-03-13
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…
15-04-10
Policy
Entitlement is in order for any reaction from compulsory immunization procedures.
After a work accident, entitlement is in order for a single dose of tetanus human…
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…
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…
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…
Toronto, November 25, 2020 - The WSIB is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Witmer has been reappointed Chair of the Board of Directors of Ontario’s WSIB for a fourth term…
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…
1. Andrea Furlan, Institute for Work & Health (Toronto)“Extension of Project ECHO Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and testing of a new clinical tool”$299,350…
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…
19-02-10
11-02-02
Policy
A worker may be entitled to benefits/services if the worker suffers a work-related injury/disease and the worker loses time from work, has a loss of wages/earnings,…
19-02-08
User Guide
The Operational Policy Manual (OPM) is the source of operational policy for the WSIB. It contains policies that the WSIB uses to make decisions about worker and employer…