Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Act: Quick Reference, 2010 Edition

Description:

• A summary of new occupational disease policies that the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board is in the process of developing.
• Identification of eServices recently introduced by the Board to assist both employers and employees.
• A summary of the New Service Delivery Model (NSDM) launched by the Board to improve the effectiveness of return-to-work.
• A detailed new section on the new Workplace Safety and Insurance Act regulation introducing comprehensive return to work obligations in the construction industry.
• A summary of the advantages of Voluntary Registration for employers who are required to register with the Board, but have not yet done so.
• The introduction of a section dealing with the new Board policy allowing for claim adjustments in the event of a traumatic work-related fatality.

• A review of Bill 119, the initiative to ensure mandatory insurance coverage in the construction industry
• Introduction regarding new occupational disease policies to be introduced in 2009
• A particular look at the anticipated impact of novel H1N1 and its categorization as an occupational disease
• Updates regarding the launch of the New Service and Delivery Model (NSDM)
• Revised definitions of board vocabulary including "date of injury" and "date of accident"
• Consideration of the impact of the elimination of mandatory retirement
• Evolution of the definition of spouse