WSIB

Many employers are unfamiliar with the process.

A new guide, designed to assist in developing a health and safety system, is now available to members of Landscape Ontario.

Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) says part of its ongoing transformation is the modernization of its appeals program, “to ensure timely, fair and transparent resolutions.”

Effective Jan. 1, 2013, mandatory WSIB coverage is required for nearly everyone working in the construction industry.

WSIB premium rates will increase by 2.5 per cent for all employer rate groups in 2013

"There are tough decisions to be made not the least of which is a decision about our insurance premium for employers for the next few years."

The new law is effective January 1, 2013.

Independent operators with no employees, who perform ‘construction’ work, have until Dec. 31, 2012 to register their business with the WSIB.

Ontario’s workplace insurance system is in a transition period.

The November issue of Horticulture Review published the new Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) rates.