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The WSIB is responsible for providing benefits and services for work-related injuries and illnesses. To allow a COVID-19 claim, we must have evidence showing that there is a…
For more information, FAQs about claims and COVID-19,…
14-01-09
15-03-15
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…
15-05-03
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…
15-06-08
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…
Updated: October 23, 2023
Multiple potential sources of COVID-19 exist in the community, at home and outside of work making it challenging to establish work-relatedness when…
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…
15-03-12
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,…
15-03-02
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…
15-04-03
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…
We want people with hearing loss to receive quality devices and services to improve their quality of life.We value our relationship with audiologists and hearing instrument…
Note: This is not a policy; it is a supplementary document to illustrate how the WSIB will administer the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, (WSIA) and Policy…
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…
What is work-related mental stress?Sometimes work can be stressful, but when that stress contributes to a mental stress injury, you may need more support to recover. A work-…