Introduction to Workplace Safety & Insurance (YLD)

  • November 25, 2013

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DESCRIPTION

Your client brings you the voluminous case materials from their Workplace Safety and Insurance Board claim and, if you have not had a lot of experience in workplace safety and insurance law,  you are suddenly faced with a host of unfamiliar acronyms: WSIB, WSIAT, LOE, RTW, PI, NEL, WT.  What do they mean, and how will you advise your client?   Learn what you need to know about this intriguing and complex area of the law from an expert faculty of leading and experienced counsel.

PROGRAM CHAIRS

Stephen C. Roberts, McTague Law Firm LLP
Diane L. Hachem, Barrister and Solicitor

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Workers' Compensation Law: Some Fundamentals
Joel Schwartz, Industrial Accident Victims' Group of Ontario
Jack Siegel, Blaney McMurtry LLP

Excerpts from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, S.O. 1997, c. 16, Schedule A
Submitted By: Joel Schwartz, Industrial Accident Victims' Group of Ontario

Understanding the Process
John Slinger, Chief Operating Officer, Workplace Safety & Insurance Board

Understanding the Process: The Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal
Dan Revington, General Counsel, Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal

Understanding and Using Medical Evidence
John McKinnon, Injured Workers' Consultants
Submitted By: Maryth Yachnin, Industrial Accident Victims' Group of Ontario (IAVGO)

Most Frequently Asked Workplace Safety and Insurance Intake Questions
Submitted By: Maryth Yachnin, Industrial Accident Victims' Group of Ontario (IAVGO)

The Basics of Workers' Compensation Benefits, a Worker's View
Maryth Yachnin, Industrial Accident Victims' Group of Ontario (IAVGO)

Workplace Safety and Insurance Law: Employer's Obligations and Concerns
Robert Boswell, Counsel, Crawford Chondin & Partners LLP

Track the Claim
John Bartolomeo, Toronto Workers' Health & Safety Legal Clinic
Madeleine L.S. Loewenberg, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP