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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…
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,…
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…
Effective August 15, 2016 to November 17, 2024For people who start the NIHL POC on or after August 15, 2016 up until November 17, 2024*NIHL POC Service block 1 (billed per…
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…
When a workplace injury or illness happens, we’ll help people with work-related injuries and illnesses get back to safe and suitable work and get their employers back to…
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…
16-02-11
Policy
Gastro-intestinal cancer in asbestos workers is accepted as an occupational disease under sections 2(1) and 15 of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act as…
19-02-08