When Will WSIB Pursue Recovery of a Benefit-Related Debt?
WSIB will pursue full recovery of a benefit-related debt in the following situations: WSIB has paid benefits for a time period for which you also received earnings from employment. You experience a “material change in circumstances” that affects your entitlement to benefits or services from WSIB. See OWA Fact Sheet 7 called “Material Change in Circumstances”. You have provided false or misleading statements or other information to WSIB in an attempt to obtain payments unlawfully. A debt results from an administrative error and you knew or reasonably should have known that the payment exceeded the amount of benefits you were entitled to receive. When Will WSIB Not Pursue Recovery of a Benefit-Related Debt? WSIB will not pursue recovery of a benefit-related debt in the following situations: Where the debt results from WSIB changing a previous decision on reconsideration or appeal. This may be due to the original decision not being consistent with legislation or approved policy, or becaus
