Articles 2022

This article provides a concise summary of recent changes to WSIB policy that clarify the role of corroborating witness evidence in establishing entitlement to traumatic and chronic mental stress.

An overview of Decision No. 463/22R2 which provides a discussion of a worker's coverage under the WSIA when an injury is sustained during serious and wilful misconduct.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This article outlines an opportunity for OBA members to contribute to strengthening the capacity of the workplace to fully include workers with disabilities.

This article explores Decision No. 831/22 which addressed the issue of trying to read the WSIB's operational policies together with the AMA Guides to rate a worker's permanent impairment when a worker has overlapping physical brain injuries and psychological injuries.

This article provides key highlights of the recent OBA program focused on vulnerable workers in Ontario's workers' compensation system.

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.