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14-01-09
15-03-15
15-05-03
Policy
The WSIB does not accept entitlement for an injury as a result of a second accident that is due to a non-work-related cause. If a work-related impairment/disability…
15-05-01
Policy
Workers sustaining secondary conditions that are causally linked to the work-related injury will derive benefits to compensate for the further aggravation of the work…
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…
15-03-14
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…
15-03-02
Policy
A worker is entitled to benefits for traumatic mental stress arising out of and in the course of the worker’s employment.
A worker is not entitled to benefits for…
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,…
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…
16-02-02
Policy
Lung cancer,* which includes cancer of the trachea and bronchus, in workers employed in the sintering, leaching or calcining processes of the nickel industry is an…
15-01-04
Law
A survivor who is entitled to benefits as a result of a worker's death, must file a claim within six months of the death.
The WSIB may extend the six-month deadline, or…
15-01-03
Policy
The WSIB only issues one benefit payment (up to two weeks of loss of earnings benefits) to workers who are entitled to benefits under the insurance plan, but who have…
14-02-11
Law
s.2(1)
“Worker” means a person who has entered into or is employed under a contract of service or apprenticeship and includes the following
an auxiliary member of a…
11-02-02
Policy
A worker may be entitled to benefits/services if the worker suffers a work-related injury/disease and the worker loses time from work, has a loss of wages/earnings,…
17-01-09
Policy
The WSIB pays all reasonable expenses incurred when, on the direction or approval of the WSIB, a worker, or another person designated by the WSIB, must travel in…
18-01-04
Policy
The WSIB pursues full recovery of a benefit-related debt resulting from
duplication of employment earnings and benefits under the insurance plan
failure…
15-01-06
Policy
The WSIB removes from an employer’s experience rating record, part or all of the costs of motor vehicle accidents in Ontario involving a negligent third party who is…
15-03-13
Policy
If a first responder or other designated worker is diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and meets specific employment and diagnostic criteria, the…
17-03-04
Policy
The WSIB may pay for a special surgical operation or health care treatment for a worker if, by doing so, substantial payments under the insurance plan can be avoided…
12-04-02
Policy
Members of municipal volunteer fire brigades, volunteer ambulance brigades, and auxiliary members of a police force generally operate under the authority of a…
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/…
15-03-10
Policy
The WSIB accepts claims as work related when:
a causal relationship is shown between the cardiac condition and an accident at work, or
the cardiac condition is…
15-01-09
Law
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Act provides:
s.20
Ontario workers or survivors may, in connection with an accident inside or outside Ontario, be entitled…
15-06-09
Policy
If a worker receives medical assistance in dying as a result of a work-related injury/disease, and if such assistance is provided in accordance with federal and…
14-02-17
Law
s.82(1)(2)(3)(4)
The Board may increase or decrease the premiums otherwise payable by a particular employer in such circumstances as the Board considers appropriate…