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What is the WSIB?
The WSIB is the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. The WSIB promotes
workplace health and safety, and provides an insurance system that compensates
workers who are injured on the job.
How can the Clinic help?
Who is eligible for WSIB benefits?
To be eligible for WSIB benefits, you must meet the following criteria:
What benefits are available?
There are a number of benefits available and that you might be entitled to. They
include:
For a complete description of these benefits download CLEO’s PDF booklet "WSIBBenefits".
What should I do if I am injured on the job?
The first thing you should do is get immediate first aid.
Next you should report your injury to your supervisor or employer as soon as you
are able to. You should also write down the names of any of your co-workers who
saw you get injured.
For more information about filing a WSIB claim click here.
The WSIB is the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. The WSIB promotes
workplace health and safety, and provides an insurance system that compensates
workers who are injured on the job.
How can the Clinic help?
 | The Clinic works in the area of WSIB law. We can assist clients in a variety | |
| of ways, including: | ||
| Appeals where benefits have been denied | |
| Appeals where benefits have been terminated | |
| Appeals where a worker was denied services to the Labour Market Re-Entry | |
| program or where a worker disagrees with the Early & Safe Return to Work program | ||
| Appeals where a worker was evaluated with a "0" for Non-Economic Loss |
Who is eligible for WSIB benefits?
To be eligible for WSIB benefits, you must meet the following criteria:
| Have a worker-employer relationship with an employer who is covered by the | |
| WSIB | ||
| Your injury or illness must be directly related to your work | |
| File a claim with the WSIB in a timely fashion | |
| Consent to the release of certain information to your employer by the health | |
| care professional treating you | ||
| Follow the treatment and health care prescribed by your health care | |
| professionals | ||
| Submit to health examinations as required by the WSIB | |
| Cooperate in your Early and Safe Return to Work program or your Labour | |
| Market Re-Entry program |
What benefits are available?
There are a number of benefits available and that you might be entitled to. They
include:
| Benefit for Loss of Earnings (Replacement of earnings you lose while | |
| disabled by workplace illness or injury) | ||
| Benefit for Non-Economic Loss (NEL) | |
| Loss of Retirement Income Benefit | |
| Benefit for Future Economic Loss (FEL) | |
| Health Care Benefits | |
| Health Care Equipment and Supplies | |
| The Occupational Disease and Survivor Benefits Program | |
| Benefits for Seriously Injured Workers |
For a complete description of these benefits download CLEO’s PDF booklet "WSIB
What should I do if I am injured on the job?
The first thing you should do is get immediate first aid.
Next you should report your injury to your supervisor or employer as soon as you
are able to. You should also write down the names of any of your co-workers who
saw you get injured.
For more information about filing a WSIB claim click here.
Information Booklets
CLEO has produced a number of
information booklets available for
download. All booklets are in PDF
format.
Making a Claim
WSIB Benefits
Your Health Care
Getting Your Job Back After an Injury
Your Legal Responsibilities
Your Right to Appeal
information booklets available for
download. All booklets are in PDF
format.
Making a Claim
WSIB Benefits
Your Health Care
Getting Your Job Back After an Injury
Your Legal Responsibilities
Your Right to Appeal
| Report an on-the-job injury immediately, even if you think it is not serious. |
What I should know about Workers' Compensation and the
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
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