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18-04-03

Policy The WSIB determines, where possible, the amount of a worker's future economic loss (FEL) benefit due to a work-related injury in the 12th consecutive month that…

Calculating CPP/QPP Offsets from Survivors' Benefits

20-03-03

Policy When a spouse receives both Canada Pension Plan (CPP)/Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) monthly survivors’ benefits and WSIB survivors' periodic (monthly) payments in…

Pupils in Work Education Programs

12-04-07

Policy WSIB coverage is provided for pupils (secondary school students) who are registered in Ministry of Education work education programs or experiential learning…

Coverage for Unpaid Trainees

12-04-05

Policy Training agencies may arrange placements with employers (placement hosts) to give unpaid trainees work skills and experience. A placement host that is in a…

Collections Based on Financial Hardship

14-04-04

Policy If an employer can demonstrate financial hardship, the WSIB may allow the employer to pay debts using a phased payment plan. The WSIB sets the terms and conditions of…

Legislative Authority

11-01-12

Policy The WSIB derives its powers and duties from its governing legislation, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 (WSIA). Purpose The purpose of this…

Workers and Independent Operators

12-02-01

Policy The WSIB has the authority to determine who is a worker or an independent operator under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act,1997 (WSIA). For all…

Reconsiderations of Decisions

11-01-14

Law The Workplace Safety and Insurance Act provides: s.121 The WSIB may reconsider any decision made by it and may confirm, amend or revoke the decision. The…

Optional Insurance

12-03-02

Policy Independent operators, sole proprietors, partners and executive officers are not automatically covered under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act,1997 (…

Providers approved to deliver emergency and standard first aid

Regulation 1101 requires all employers to ensure that first aid boxes and stations are in the charge of workers who hold valid first aid certificates issued by a training…

Redirected Benefit Payments

18-01-06

Policy The WSIB redirects a worker’s benefit payments if it has received and approved an assignment of benefits is obligated to honour the garnishment of benefits, or…

Leaving the Province/Country

15-06-07

Policy WSIB benefits may be affected when a worker/survivor leaves the province or country. To minimize the possibility of an interruption in benefits, workers/survivors who…

Insurable Earnings - Logging

14-02-10

Policy The WSIB applies fixed percentages of the contract value to determine insurable earnings, where a principal in logging hires contractors considered workers by the…

Volunteer Forces

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…

Clearance Certificate

14-02-04

Policy The WSIB issues a clearance certificate (clearance) to relieve a principal of liability for payment obligations to the WSIB that a contractor or sub-contractor may…

Escorts

17-01-08

Policy If a worker must be escorted to health care or WSIB-arranged appointments, the WSIB pays the escort a standard fee and any approved travel and related expenses.

Automatic Deduction for Family Support

18-01-07

Policy To ensure that family support orders are complied with, the Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act, 1996, provides for automatic deduction…

Health Care Fees

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…

Employer by Application

12-01-02

Law s.74(1) Upon application, the WSIB may declare an employer to be deemed a Schedule 1 employer for purposes of the insurance plan. Policy An employer may apply for…

Audio/Visual Recordings

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…

Material Change in Circumstances - Employer

22-01-01

Policy The WSIB takes all necessary action against employers who intentionally fail to inform the WSIB of a material change in circumstances, see …

Reviewing FEL Benefits (Prior to Final Review)

18-04-14

Policy Every year or if a material change in circumstances occurs, the WSIB may review a worker's future economic loss (FEL) benefits and may confirm, vary, or discontinue…

Commutation of Benefits

18-04-08

Policy The WSIB may commute a worker's Future Economic Loss (FEL) benefit to a lump sum when the worker's FEL benefit represents 10% or less of the amount of compensation…

Pre-payment of Premium

14-03-08

Policy On request, the WSIB allows employers who report and remit premiums on a monthly or quarterly basis to make a lump sum pre-payment of their premium for the whole year…

FEL: Changes to Net Exemption Code

18-04-18

Policy The WSIB initially determines a worker's future economic loss (FEL) benefit by using the net exemption code (NEC) applicable at the time of the initial FEL…