The 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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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 …
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Ontario injured workers call for end to WSIB benefit cut-off at age 65
Ontario’s workers’ compensation system terminates Loss of Earnings benefits for injured workers at age 65, regardless of whether they planned to continue …
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The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board has returned $2 billion in surplus funds to eligible Ontario businesses, marking the second rebate distribution …


