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21-01-01
Policy
In accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA), the public has a general right of access to employer information under…
15-02-02
Policy
A personal injury by accident occurs in the course of employment if the surrounding circumstances relating to place, time, and activity indicate…
15-05-02
Policy
A worker may have entitlement if a second accident results from treatment for a work-related condition or if a second accident occurs while a worker is travelling at…
11-01-01
Policy
A claim created by the WSIB for a workplace accident/disease is adjudicated based on entitlement principles and the facts of the case. The claim may be handled by a…
15-06-08
Policy
If a worker’s loss of earnings (LOE) is not solely the result of the work-related injury/disease, benefits may be adjusted to reflect the degree of work-related…
15-02-04
Policy
In cases where the worker has a pre-accident impairment and suffers a minor work-related injury/disease to the same body part or system, the WSIB considers…
16-01-02
This policy has not been amended to reflect the
Workplace Safety and Insurance Act and Regulations made under it
Policy
Respiratory disease due to the inhalation of…
14-02-13
Policy
The Alternative Assessment Procedure (AAP) is part of the Interjurisdictional Agreement on Workers’ Compensation (IJA). For information on the IJA, see 1…
14-04-05
Law
s.137(1)
The WSIB may require from an employer security for the payment of amounts that are, or may become, due under the insurance plan.
s.137(2)
The WSIB may…
18-01-14
Policy
Every January, the WSIB indexes ongoing benefits and amounts set out in legislation. Annual indexing protects against the effects of inflation over time by gradually…
17-07-02
A worker may require a special apparatus or have special needs as a result of sustaining a compensable injury.
Exceptions to the preceding criteria will be considered on an…
20-03-09
Policy
Where a worker's death results from a work-related injury/disease and the deceased worker is survived by more than one person entitled to survivors’ benefits as a…
12-04-13
Policy
Apprentices have WSIB coverage while working for an employer whose business is covered under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act or the Workers'…
18-07-05
Policy
Arrears are retroactive permanent disability benefits, paid as a lump sum, dating from the onset of permanent disability.
16-02-05
Policy
Asbestosis in workers exposed to asbestos dust in Ontario employment is an occupational disease as peculiar to and characteristic of a process, trade or occupation…
18-05-11
Policy
Workers who have a permanent impairment due to a work-related mental or behavioural disorder are entitled to non-economic loss (NEL) benefits based on the severity of…
14-01-06
Law
O. Reg. 175/98 s.11
If two or more employers are associated, and the operation of one employer would be considered ancillary to the operation of the other if both…
11-01-08
Policy
The WSIB accepts audio/visual recordings as evidence, if they
provide new or more complete information than is already in the claim file
are relevant and pertain…
21-01-02
Law
s.181(1)
Members of the Board of Directors, employees of the WSIB, and persons authorized to make an inquiry under this Act, must not disclose, or allow to be disclosed…
18-01-07
Policy
To ensure that family support orders are complied with, the Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act, 1996, provides for automatic deduction…
18-01-03
Policy
On January 1 every year, the WSIB indexes certain dollar amounts set out in the Workers’ Compensation Act (WCA), as amended by the Workplace Safety and…
18-01-02
Policy
On January 1 every year, the WSIB indexes certain dollar amounts set out in the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 (WSIA) and the maximum average…
11-01-13
Law
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Act provides:
s.119(2)
If, in connection with a claim for benefits under the insurance plan, it is not practicable to…
20-02-02
Policy
The surviving spouse or children of a deceased worker are entitled to bereavement counselling. Counselling must be requested within one year of the worker's death.…
18-04-07
Policy
The determination of a Future Economic Loss (FEL) benefit is made independently of other compensation benefits being paid to a worker. The WSIB does not blend in…
15-03-06
Policy
The following is the general policy regarding entitlement of every worker covered under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act or the Workers'…
18-04-04
Policy
A worker must experience a loss of earnings for 12 continuous months, without interruption, to be entitled to a FEL benefit.
20-03-02
Policy
If a worker dies from a work-related injury or disease, the WSIB pays all expenses reasonably connected to burial or cremation, subject to the minimum stipulated in…
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…
20-03-03
Policy
When a spouse receives both Canada Pension Plan (CPP)/Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) monthly survivors’ benefits and WSIB survivors' periodic (monthly) payments in…
18-04-10
Policy
The average earnings used to calculate Future Economic Loss (FEL) benefits for students, learners, and apprentices are different than for most workers. For students…
18-05-04
Policy
To calculate NEL benefits, the WSIB
identifies the base amount and age adjustment factor for the year the worker reached maximum medical recovery (MMR), see …
18-02-07
Policy
The WSIB applies probable income deductions to a worker’s average earnings to arrive at the net average earnings (NAE) required to determine the amount of benefits…
18-07-04
Policy
A worker who has a permanent disability as a result of a work-related accident is entitled to a permanent disability benefit for as long as the permanent disability…
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…
18-06-01
Policy
When a work-related injury/disease results in temporary total disability, the worker is entitled to compensation in an amount equal to 90 per cent of the worker’s net…
18-01-09
Policy
The WSIB will have regard to or reflect any CPP or QPP disability payments the worker receives for the injury when calculating benefit entitlement.
23-02-01
Policy
If a firefighter or a fire investigator is diagnosed with a prescribed cancer on or after January 1, 1960, and meets the employment duration and additional criteria…
17-01-10
Policy
Medical cannabis is not necessary, appropriate, or sufficient health care treatment for most medical conditions due to the lack of strong and consistent evidence of…
17-04-04
Policy
The WSIB provides chaperones for injured workers who are required to undress for exams by medical consultants. Chaperones must be WSIB employees or under contract…
20-03-12
Policy
Where a worker's death results from a work-related injury/disease, a surviving child who is between the ages of 19 and 30 and who is continuing in education is…
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…
20-03-10
Policy
Where a worker's death results from a work-related injury/disease and the deceased worker is survived by one or more dependent children, but no spouse, the children…
20-03-11
Policy
Where a worker's death results from a work-related injury/disease and the deceased worker is not survived by a spouse but is survived by dependent children under age…
17-01-03
Law
A worker who sustains an injury is entitled to such health care as may be necessary, appropriate, and sufficient as a result of his or her injury, and is entitled to…
15-03-14
Policy
A worker is entitled to benefits for chronic mental stress arising out of and in the course of the worker’s employment.
A worker is not entitled to benefits for…
16-02-14
Policy
Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COLD) in smelter workers is accepted as an occupational disease under sections 1(1)(n) and 122 of the Workers' Compensation…
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…