THE BUSINESS SCHOOL

SEMESTER: SUMMER 2023

RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT #1 COVER SHEET

COURSE NAME: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

COURSE CODE: PRLG106-201
INSTRUCTOR’S R. TANHA
NAME:
DATE ASSIGNED: May 11, 2023

WEEK 4 (Friday, June 2, 2023

DUE DATE: to Dropbox on e-Centennial by
11:59 pm)
MARKS 20
ALLOTTED:
WEIGHTING: 25
STUDENT NAME: ALEXIA CANDIDO
 ASSSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Using the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board's (WSIB) website, the text of the Tribunal’s governing
legislation, and any other reputable source on the WSIB you need to consult, please answer the following
questions in full sentence and full paragraph form.
2. All answers to the assignment questions are to be typewritten, are to be in your own words, and are to be no
longer than one short-paragraph-long.
3. Please do not copy text from the Board's website or from the Board’s governing statute, or from any source
that you may consult in completing your answers to the questions. Instead use your own words throughout.
4. The assignment is to be completed ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
5. No group work or collaboration between students is permitted.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS (20 questions):

1. How many days after becoming an Ontario employer and hiring their first worker, does an Ontario employer
have to register with the WSIB?
2. What is the name of the statute that governs that the WSIB and its decision-making processes?
3. Please explain an employer's legal obligations when an employee is injured in the workplace.
4. In what three (3) circumstances must an employer report a workplace injury to the WSIB? Are there any
circumstances where the employer doesn't have to make a report of an injury to the WSIB?
5. How long does an employer have to report a workplace injury to the WSIB? What if a worker is injured in
the workplace but is put on modified duties at full pay? Does this extend the reporting period?
6. What is the name of the WSIB form that an employer must file with the WSIB to report a workplace injury?
7. What is the purpose of a WSIB functional abilities form?
8. Briefly describe all the benefits that are available to injured workers under the WSIA.
9. The WSIB is considered a “no-fault insurance system”. What does the term “no-fault” mean?
10. Please describe an employer’s statutory obligation to re-employ injured workers, as set out in s. 41 of the
WSIA.
11. Who funds the benefits for injured workers under the WSIA?
12. Please find the following decision of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal WSIAT
Decision no. 413/07, 2007 OWSIAT and explain why the teacher in the case was granted WSIB Loss of
Earnings Benefits and Health Care Benefits even though she had returned to work on a part-time basis after
her workplace injury. And, even though a possible explanation for her injury in the workplace was her
rigorous exercise regime or pre-existing cardiac problems which was not connected to the workplace.
13. What are the names of three (3) types of occupational diseases that qualify for benefits under the WSIA?
14. Under the WSIA, what legal standard must be met by a worker for him or her to qualify for benefits for
mental stress?
15. Please explain the exemption from mental stress benefits as outlined in s. 13(5) of the WSIA.
16. How many days does a worker have to notify the WSIB of a material change in circumstances that affects
their entitlement to WSIB benefits and services?
17. How is “wilful misconduct” leading to an injury in the workplace addressed in s. 17 of the WSIA?
18. Please identify three (3) "low-risk industries" that are not compulsorily covered under the WSIA benefit
regime.
19. Assume a worker makes net earnings of $1,000.00 per week, suffers a workplace injury, and is found
qualified for WSIA Loss of Earnings (LOE) Benefits by the WSIB. In these circumstances, how much
money would the worker be entitled to receive for LOE benefits from the WSIB?
20. Subject to certain exceptions, after how many months does a worker’s LOE benefits become permanent
under the WSIA?