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Blog Post #91 – Unfunded Liability Takes A Big Jump

August 10, 2018June 16, 2011 by Dan

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine

Legislated changes to employee benefits, along with poor investment returns, have caused the unfunded liability of Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) to skyrocket more than $2 billion.

The WSIB’s annual report for 2007, released just in October, shows the liability grew from $5.997 billion in 2006 to $8.094 billion in 2007.

Bill 187, affecting the benefits for 155,000 workers, saw payments increase by 2.5 per cent; Bill 221, which ensures firefighters are compensated for work-related cancers and heart attacks, was made retroactive to 1960. Together, the moves increase benefits by $750 million.

Blog Post #90 – Impex Granite & Marble Ltd. Fined $70,000 After Worker Killed

March 30, 2020June 10, 2011 by Dan

Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

Impex Granite & Marble Ltd., a Concord importer and distributor of granite and marble, was fined $70,000 on June 26, 2009, for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was killed.

Blog Post #88 – TDL Spring & Suspension Specialists Inc. Fined $120,000 After Worker Killed

March 30, 2020June 2, 2011 by Dan

Excerpt From the Ontario Government’s ‘Newsroom’

TDL Spring & Suspension Specialists Inc., an Ottawa company that repairs trucks and buses, was fined $120,000 on May 11, 2009, for violations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), after a worker was fatally injured.

Blog Post #86 – 4 steps for Conducting an ‘Internal Accident Investigation’

January 22, 2019May 30, 2011 by Dan

Written by Timothy Bryant 21 September 2010

It is any workplace’s worst nightmare: an injury to a worker while on the job. Yet for all the horror it brings, it is also a disturbingly common event. Employers are required by law to take all steps necessary to prevent their workers from being injured on the job. But what happens if a worker does get hurt?

Because workplace injury is a reality that many employers may face, will face or have faced at some point, it’s wise to have a plan for when an accident does happen, according to OHS legal experts.

The first thing every employer needs to have is an accident plan, says Jeremy Warning, a senior associate with Toronto-based law firm Heenan Blaikie.

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