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18-05-10
Policy
A worker who suffers a wage loss because of an absence from work to attend a NEL assessment is entitled to compensation for that wage loss.
15-03-03
Policy
A worker is considered to be in the course of employment on entering the employer's premises, as defined, at the proper time, using the accepted means for entering…
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…
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…
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…
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…
18-04-13
Policy
Workers are entitled to a future economic loss (FEL) sustainability benefit if they have no actual or anticipated wage loss, but they are
participating in work…
18-02-02
Policy
Short-term average earnings are the worker’s earnings from the accident employer and all other employment at the time of the injury. Loss of earnings (LOE) benefits…
17-01-02
Law
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Act provides:
A worker entitled to benefits under the insurance plan is entitled to such health care as may be necessary,…
14-03-06
Policy
The minimum premium charged to employers is $100 per account, per calendar year, regardless of the number of rate groups or classification units (CUs) under which the…
18-01-10
Law
If a worker is entitled to benefits as a result of a work-related injury/disease, the employer is required to pay the worker's full wages and employment benefits for the…
15-03-12
Policy
If a full-time, part-time or volunteer firefighter or fire investigator sustains an injury to the heart in the circumstances prescribed in the applicable Regulation,…
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…
18-07-05
Policy
Arrears are retroactive permanent disability benefits, paid as a lump sum, dating from the onset of permanent disability.
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…
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…
15-01-08
Policy
Ontario workers injured while employed outside the province of Ontario, may, under certain conditions, claim benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act/…
16-02-06
Policy
Primary lung cancer in DOFASCO and certain other foundry workers is accepted as an occupational disease under sections 2(1) and 15 of the Workplace Safety and…
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…
16-01-04
Policy
Hearing loss in workers occupationally exposed to hazardous noise is an occupational disease (under s.2(1) and s.15 of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act)…
20-03-08
Law
s.48(7)
A separated spouse is entitled to a lump sum payment and periodic payments as a surviving spouse if
immediately before the worker's death, the worker was…
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…
15-01-11
Policy
All workers' compensation boards in Canada have signed an Interjurisdictional Agreement on Workers' Compensation (IJA) for the benefit of workers and employers whose…
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…
18-06-06
Policy
A training participant is entitled to temporary disability benefits
as long as the disability continues, and
the injury prevents the training participant from…