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To 65 or Back to the (Drawing) Board? To Be Determined

  • October 16, 2023
  • John Bartolomeo, lawyer/co-director, Workers' Health and Safety Legal Clinic

This article reviews the reconsideration outcome of WSIAT's Decision No. 243/21R which addressed a Tribunal order to provide loss of earnings benefits to the worker to age 65.

Student Forum, Workers' Compensation

Employer Cost Relief in the Context of a Worker's Substance Abuse

  • October 16, 2023
  • Cassandra Ma, legal counsel, Bell Canada

This article contains a review of WSIAT Decision No. 339/23 in which an employer sought cost relief (SIEF) for a worker's compensable fatal motor vehicle accident caused by the worker's impaired driving.

Student Forum, Workers' Compensation

Benefit Annual Indexing: Outcome of judicial review in Grisales v. WSIB

  • October 16, 2023
  • Nikki Banwait, Lawyer, Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP

This article provides a summary of the Divisional Court's decision in Grisales v. WSIB, in which the worker sought court review of the WSIB's method of calculating the consumer price index (CPI) for the purposes of the annual indexation of benefits.

Student Forum, Workers' Compensation

WSIAT Stakeholder Event, September 2023: Highlights and Summary

  • October 16, 2023
  • Teresa A. Gianfelice, Office of the Worker Advisor

This article provides a summary of key information provided at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal's stakeholder information event held on September 14, 2023.

Student Forum, Workers' Compensation

Decision No. 240/22I: Finding discretion in a statutory "must"

  • April 14, 2023
  • Kira Clarke

This article reviews the finding in Decision No. 240/22I that the statutory requirement within section 13.1(5) -- that a worker "must" file a claim by July 1, 2018 -- is not mandatory. The article examines how the Vice-Chair goes on to read discretion into the statutory language.

Student Forum, Workers' Compensation