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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…
14-02-19
Policy
A principal who directly retains a contractor to perform construction work must obtain a clearance certificate (clearance) that confirms the contractor is in good…
14-02-05
Policy
When an employer ceases business, the WSIB does not relieve the employer of its financial obligations until the employer has paid all amounts owing to the WSIB. An…
17-07-03
Policy
The WSIB
may authorize clothing allowances for workers with permanent impairments, to replace or repair clothing worn or damaged by the wearing of an assistive…
14-04-04
Policy
If an employer can demonstrate financial hardship, the WSIB may allow the employer to pay debts using a phased payment plan. The WSIB sets the terms and conditions of…
15-03-15
18-04-08
Policy
The WSIB may commute a worker's Future Economic Loss (FEL) benefit to a lump sum when
the worker's FEL benefit represents 10% or less of the amount of compensation…
18-03-05
Law
A loss of earnings (LOE) benefit can be commuted if
it is 10% or less of the worker’s full LOE benefit, and
the 72 month post-injury review period has expired, or…
18-01-11
Policy
The WSIB takes into consideration any payment, allowance or benefit paid to workers by their employer in respect of a work-related accident, including any gratuity,…
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-…
18-06-05
Policy
If a worker is concurrently employed, the worker's actual earnings from the accident job may be adjusted if that job is part-time.
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’…
"It's Your Job" student video contest brings health and safety to the classroom
Toronto, November 29, 2017 – The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is launching the…
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…
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…
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…
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…