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Home / Workers’ Compensation / Workers’ compensation bills

Workers’ compensation bills

Proposed amendments to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act in the current session of the Legislative Assembly (42nd Parliament, 1st session):

  • Click on the title to see the full content of each bill, its status and debate.

Bill 119, Respecting Injured Workers Act (Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment), 2019.
Introduced May 27, 2019 by Wayne Gates (NDP MPP – Niagara Falls). Topic: Deeming. “Currently, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board may decide that a worker is able to earn amounts that they are not actually earning, on the basis of suitable and available work they do not actually have. The amendments would prevent that from happening, unless the worker refuses employment in bad faith.”

Bill 191, Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Presumption Respecting COVID-19), 2020 .
Introduced May 19, 2020 by Wayne Gates (NDP MPP – Niagara Falls). Topic: Occupational Disease. “If a worker for an essential business [in an order made under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act] receives a positive test for the disease known as COVID-19, the disease is presumed to be an occupational disease that occurred due to the nature of the worker’s work unless the contrary is shown. The presumption applies to a positive test received on or after January 25, 2020.”

Bill 194, WSIB Coverage for Workers in Residential Care Facilities and Group Homes Act, 2020.
Introduced July 6, 2020 by John Fraser (Lib MPP – Ottawa South). Topic: Coverage. “This is about WSIB coverage for workers in residential care facilities or group homes and would make everyone who operates one of those a schedule 1 employer. There’s a basic inequity where people are doing the same work with different coverage. It’s the third time I’ve introduced the bill.”

Bill 238, Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2020.
Introduced Dec. 8, 2020 by Hon. Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development. Topic: Premiums, Ministerial Powers. COVID-related measure to “help protect businesses from unexpected increases in their WSIB premiums while maintaining an increase to the earnings cap for worker benefits…” Second reading debates (Feb. 16, 2021, Feb. 18, Feb. 23, Feb. 24, Feb. 25 (referred to the Standing Committee on General Government for consideration Mar. 1). Public hearings via videoconference on Tuesday, March 9 and Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Go to Committee page for details and deadlines on making an oral presentation or written submission.

Updated March 3, 2021

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