Ontario’s Office of the Chief Coroner is recommending that presumptive workers’ compensation coverage for public safety workers be expanded beyond post-traumatic stress …
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An Ontario labour arbitrator has dismissed grievances seeking line-of-duty death benefits for six retired Cambridge, Ont., firefighters who died of occupational cancers …
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Ontario’s workplace first aid training program gets national standards upgrade
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has launched a modernized First Aid Program in Ontario, effective June 22, bringing workplace training …
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PREMIUM Waterloo school board in Ontario can bar sick leave for workplace injuries: Arbitrator
An arbitrator has ruled that employees of the Waterloo Region District School Board who are denied loss-of-earnings benefits by the Workplace Safety …
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Ontario’s WSIB must restore flex work before office return, arbitrator rules
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board must restore existing flex work arrangements for eligible field staff at least 30 days before they …
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FeaturedWorkplace Safety & OHS
Ontario spending $125 million on new mine rescue training facility in Sudbury
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) will spend $125 million to build a new Ontario Mine Rescue Training Institute in Sudbury, …
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Ontario proposes first WSIB benefit increase in nearly 30 years
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Ontario government has proposed raising Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) income replacement benefits for the first time since 1998, increasing …
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Ontario legislation would extend WSIB coverage to 29,000 more care workers
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Ontario government has introduced proposed legislation that would extend mandatory Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) coverage to about 29,000 frontline …
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PREMIUM WSIB ordered to stop excluding union rep from meetings after criminal charges filed
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has ordered the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board to stop refusing to participate in meetings and hearings …
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WSIB offers construction firms up to $2,500 for defibrillator purchases
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board is now offering rebates of up to $2,500 to construction companies that buy automated external defibrillators …

