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17-02-03
Policy
The WSIB pays for requested clinical assessments or reports used solely to adjudicate claims. These assessments/reports are considered benefit expenses.
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…
16-02-03
This policy has not been amended to reflect the
Workplace Safety and Insurance Act and Regulations made under it
Guidelines
Dermatitis Venenata
Dermatitis venenata is…
22-01-03
Policy
A worker who is receiving benefits under the insurance plan, or who is entitled to do so, is required to
provide the WSIB with any information necessary to…
18-01-08
Policy
The WSIB pays interest on delayed benefit payments to workers or, in case of death, to their survivors. Delayed benefit payments are payments issued after the…
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…
17-07-04
Policy
The WSIB may authorize the provision, replacement, or repair of hearing devices, which includes, hearing aids and related accessories, and hearing assistive…
20-03-16
Policy
If a worker dies as a result of a work-related injury/disease, the worker's survivors are entitled to survivors' benefits based on their dependency status and the…
22-01-02
Policy
When there is a material change in circumstances, whether reported on time or not, the WSIB adjusts the person's benefits retroactively to the date of the change.…
17-07-06
Law
Section 33 of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act provides:
A worker who sustains an injury is entitled to such health care as may be necessary,…
18-06-04
Policy
If a worker is entitled to temporary total or partial disability benefits for a recurrence of the work-related injury/disease, the average earnings of the worker are…
18-05-09
Policy
The WSIB may consider a worker’s request for a redetermination of his/her existing non-economic loss (NEL) benefit provided that
the worker's degree of permanent…
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’…
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…
18-04-07
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…
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…
16-01-01
Policy
A worker who has a permanent impairment due to work-related asthma is entitled to a non-economic loss (NEL) benefit, based on the degree of the worker's permanent…
23-01-02
Policy
Tuberculosis is listed as an occupational disease in Schedule 3 to the general regulation under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act. If a worker suffers from…
17-03-01
Law
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Act provides:
s.33(3)
The WSIB may establish fee schedules for health care as it considers appropriate.
s.33(4)
If the…
11-01-03
Law
The WSIB shall make its decision based upon the merits and justice of a case and is not bound by legal precedent.
Policy
Merits and justice
Every decision made by the…
14-04-02
Policy
The WSIB may, under certain conditions, require security from an employer:
at the time an employer or a claim is registered
after the employer is registered even…
23-01-01
Policy
The WSIB provides benefits for post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) in claims involving occupational exposure to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), when there is a…
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…
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…
18-03-02
Policy
A worker who has a loss of earnings as a result of a work-related injury/disease is entitled to payment of loss of earnings (LOE) benefits beginning when the loss of…