WHAT IS THE WORKPLACE SAFETY AND INSURANCE BOARD (WSIB)?
Downloaded from the WSIB web page at http://www.wsib.on.ca/wsib/wsibsite.nsf/public/home_e The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) oversees Ontario’s workplace safety education and training system, provides disability benefits, monitors the quality of health care, and assists in early and safe return to work. Our Workplace Safety and Insurance Board began as the Workmens’ Compensation Board in 1915 through an Act of the Ontario Legislature. The legislature adopted the new system, based on recommendations by Sir William Meredith in 1914. No‑fault collective liability Fundamental to the system was (and still is) an historic compromise in which workers give up the right to sue for their work‑related injuries, irrespective of fault, in return for guaranteed compensation for accepted claims. Employers, for their part, receive protection from lawsuits in exchange for financing the program through premiums. This system of collective liability provides fair compensation for injured wor
