Framework for Operational Policy Development and Renewal
The , and our Occupational Disease Policy Framework together guide our policy development, ensuring a structured and transparent approach to policy development and renewal.
Consultation Secretariat
Our Consultation Secretariat guides our consultations to ensure that stakeholders can participate and be engaged in a meaningful way.
If you have any questions about our policy consultations, or would like to be added to the Policy Consultation mailing list (where you will receive notification of any new policy consultations as they are posted), please email the Consultation Secretariat at: [email protected]
Your privacy matters
The WSIB may post written or emailed submissions with respondents’ names on our website. By submitting recommendations to a public and transparent consultation process, respondents agreed to the WSIB making public the content that they submitted, and to our Terms of Use.
The WSIB advises against providing, and will not publish, any e-mailed or written submissions containing personal information.
Policy Agenda 2025
The 2025 policy agenda outlines our policy priorities for the coming year and includes items that may involve stakeholder consultation.
Learn about policy development at the WSIB including the agenda-setting process and past policy agendas.
See our 2024 policy agenda.
See our past policy agendas.
Current consultations
Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) policy consultation
We launched a consultation seeking stakeholder feedback on our draft NIHL policy. The consultation period started November 10, 2025 and closed on January 30, 2026. We are currently reviewing the submissions. We will post the stakeholder submissions and a summary of the results of the consultation on our website in the coming months.
Independent living policy consultation (Serious Injury Program value-for-money audit consultation)
The initial phase of the consultation ran from September 16 to October 14, 2022 seeking feedback from stakeholders to support our review and analysis of the entitlement criteria for the various benefits and services in the independent living policies. We posted the submissions and a summary of what we heard along with proposed changes to the independent living policies in the second phase of the independent living policy consultation from April 18 to June 12, 2024.
Since the second phase of the consultation ended, we have been reviewing stakeholder feedback about who is eligible for independent living benefits and services, and about the benefits and services themselves. We are now finalizing the updates to the seven existing policies and to two new ones to respond to this feedback.
These changes will affect many of our internal processes and systems, so we are working on updates to make sure everything works as it should.
We plan to post the nine policies in the second quarter of 2026 and to fully implement them later in the year. This will give our teams and all stakeholders enough time to learn about the changes and get ready.
Past consultations
Communicable illnesses policy consultation
We have completed our communicable illnesses stakeholder consultation. Visit our communicable illnesses policy consultation page to review our consultation summary report and stakeholder submissions from the consultation.
Temporary Employment Agency consultation
We have completed our rate setting approach review for temporary employment agencies (TEAs). Visit our TEA rate setting consultation page to view the results and stakeholder submissions from phase two of the consultation.
Occupational Disease Policy Framework Consultation
As part of the WSIB’s Occupational Disease Strategy, the WSIB solicited feedback from stakeholders on a Draft Occupational Disease Policy Framework. The consultation period started Tuesday November 30, 2021, and closed on Monday February 28, 2022.
To view the approved Occupational Disease Policy Framework, Consultation summary, and stakeholder submissions please see the Occupational Disease Policy Framework Consultation page.
Rate Framework Policy Consultation
From August 14, 2017 to January 15, 2018, the WSIB solicited feedback from stakeholders on seven draft policies to support the implementation on the rate framework.
To view the approved policies, consultation summary, and stakeholder submissions please see the Rate Framework Policy Consultation page.
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