The Benefit to Employer's and Employees with WSIB/WCB

There are great benefits involved with WSIB for both employers and employees. Occupational Health and Safety in Ontario falls partially under the Workman's Safety Insurance Board. All employees have the right to:

• Refuse the work if it endangers the health and safety of the employee
• Participate in health and safety recommendations through the JHSC
• Know about about the potential workplace hazards

The employer pays a monthly premium into WSIB to protect the worker is he/she is injured on the job, by compensating them for their injury or illness, as well as loss time. It also protects the employer from the employee suing the organization and putting them into bankruptcy. Since WSIB has been implemented among all businesses in Ontario the loss time claims for injury or illness went from 112,754 in 1995 to 80,863 in 2007, this is a clear indication that with implemented health and safety programs the worker has a less likely chance of being injured on the job.


http://www.wsib.on.ca/en/community/WSIB

The above site goes into detail about the duties for both employees and employers when it comes to filing a claim, prevention of serious accidents, and different programs and services available for injured workers. If an employee is injured on the job, it is their duty to inform a supervisor right away, failing to do this will result in a denied claim. A worker must provide information by the practitioner and be willing to return to work as soon as possible ("Rights and Responsibilities," 2011).

WSIB also offers a variety of benefits for injured or ill workers, they include, loss of earnings, loss of retirement income, non economic loss, health care, and survivor benefit plans. A non economic loss would be where a worker was injured or became ill because of their job and is permanently impaired and unable to work. This benefit plan would be used when there is no further improvement expected ("Benefits of Injured Workers," 2011).