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14-01-08
The WSIB has concluded a review of the rate setting approach for temporary employment agencies (TEAs). The review was in response to concerns raised by a subset of businesses…
You can complete the TEA classification update request form if you supply administrative, clerical and knowledge-based labour and need to add the new classification to your…
Welcome to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board website (the “website”). In this agreement the terms “we”, “our” and “WSIB” refer to the Workplace Safety and…
14-01-01
Policy
The WSIB classifies employers whose operations are either part of or added to Schedule 1 into classification units (CUs) and rate groups for premium purposes.
The…
18-07-02
Policy
The WSIB has adopted the Ontario Rating Schedule (O.R.S.) as a clinical guide to evaluation, for consistency of medical assessment under the provisions of Sections 45…
Consistency is a key part of our promiseFrom helping people overcome workplace injuries and illnesses, to helping businesses manage their accounts and make their workplaces…
A colour palette to support our brandThe WSIB’s refined colour palette has been carefully developed to reflect our brand, ensure AODA accessibility and provide variety and…
Our fonts reflect who we areOur brand fonts have been selected to carry our voice consistently across all of our communications – a voice that uses simple, plain language to…
A logo that helps tell our storyOur logo is comprised of our symbol and the WSIB Ontario wordmark. With the exception of an app or favicon treatment, the symbol and wordmark…
The shield that protects OntarioThe symbol portion of our logo is formed by three forward-moving shapes that create a shield. The underlying shield shape is the basis of our…
When spinal cord stimulation is usedSpinal cord stimulation is a surgical therapeutic method used to manage chronic pain by delivering low-level electrical currents to the…
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…
15-01-05
Law
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (the Act) provides:
s.26(2)
Entitlement to benefits under the insurance plan is in lieu of all rights of action (…
16-01-08
Policy
Tinnitus, accompanied by noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), in workers continuously exposed to hazardous noise is an occupational disease (under s.2(1) and s.15 of…
16-01-07
Policy
The WSIB accepts entitlement for occupational noise-induced tinnitus if it is the result of exposure to hazardous noise through employment in Ontario and if all…
October 29, 2020 – Tom Barber has been appointed Fair Practices Commissioner, taking on the independent role of ensuring fair practices at the Workplace Safety and Insurance…
Su coberturaLa cobertura por lesión o enfermedad laboral comienza el día en que llega al lugar de salida acordado en su país de origen y se mantiene hasta que regresa a casa.…
17-01-06
Policy
The WSIB may authorize the purchase of a Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) unit for a worker who suffers from disabling pain when it results from a…
14-05-01
Law
Workplace Safety and Insurance Act:
s.84
If the WSIB finds that an accident or disease to a Schedule 1 worker was caused by the negligence of another Schedule 1 worker…
14-01-09
Your status with the WSIB establishes what rights are available to you and your obligations under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act.We have the authority to determine…
15-04-01
Policy
Workers are entitled to benefits for traumatic hearing loss that results from a work-related accident.
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…
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…
Under the Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009, the WSIB is required to report to the Office of the Integrity Commissioner of Ontario the travel, meal and hospitality…
Each year, we are required under Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (WSIA) to have an external firm review the cost, efficiency, and effectiveness of one or more WSIB…
15-03-05
Policy
As a general rule, a worker is considered to be in the course of the employment when the person reaches the employer's premises or place of work, such as a…
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…
What you need to know about the loss-of-retirement-income benefitThe loss-of-retirement-income benefit helps replace retirement income lost due to work-related injury or…
The guidelines below outline how the WSIB uses Twitter to engage with our stakeholders.What you can expect from our tweetsWe use Twitter to share information and interact…
18-07-03
Policy
When the WSIB has established the degree of compensable disability for a worker having a permanent impairment, the worker will receive a permanent disability award.…
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Businesses covered by our workplace injury and illness insurance pay a rate that reflects their industry and experience.Your premium rate is set using a two-step approachStep…
We heard from the GE Peterborough community that they wanted the WSIB to take a closer look at some of their claims. With evolving scientific evidence about the link…
You can now update your business’ physical and mailing addresses online.
17-06-07
Policy
Subject to clinical evidence supporting need, the WSIB may authorize vehicle modification.
The WSIB has established principles to ensure that, at all times, working conditions in its own Vendor network are safe and workers are treated with dignity and respect, and…
16-01-05
Policy
Vibration Induced White Finger Disease is accepted as an industrial disease under sections 2(1) and 15 of the Workplace Safety Insurance Act as peculiar to…
Starting this summer, you can sign up or log in to online services to view and download your account- and claim-related documents whenever you need them.What documents can I…
14-02-15
Policy
When an employer is non-compliant with respect to its registration obligations and, while remaining undiscovered by the WSIB, comes forward to voluntarily disclose…
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…
17-01-05
Policy
The WSIB pays temporary total disability/loss of earnings benefits to workers who incur a wage loss due to absence from work for health care reasons.
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.
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…
Workplace Insurance Partners Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada (AWCBC) Canadian WCBs Workers' Compensation Board of…
15-03-09
Policy
Where personal injury by accident is caused due to lightning, tempest, sunstroke, heat prostration, frostbite or insect bite, the criteria to be used in determining…
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