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By Clear Path Employer Services | 5 Minutes Read February 25, 2015

How to have success with WSIB SIEF cost relief

Most employers know that WSIB-related costs can be very expensive. However, not everyone knows about cost relief programs offered by the Board. We asked Anna Aceto-Guerin for some insights into successfully acquiring SIEF cost relief.

Article by Clear Path Employer Services / Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Payroll / accident, employment law, hire workers with previous injuries or disabilities, medical evidence, medical information, NEER savings, Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal, pre-existing condition, reducing your WSIB costs, right medical records, Secondary Injury Enhancement Fund, severity of accident, SIEF, SIEF cost relief, third party independent medical opinions, work-related disability, workers compensation, wsib, WSIB claims management, WSIB policy

By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 2 Minutes Read February 18, 2014

Following an OHSA order is not a mitigating factor in sentencing

At trial, the employer was convicted of two offences under the OHSA and fined $25,000 for each offence. In determining the sentence, the Justice of the Peace (JP) noted that although the maximum fine for each offence was $500,000, the employer was not a particularly large operation, the injury was not particularly grave, nor did the accident occur as a result of the wilful disregard of a known hazard. The JP also acknowledged that the employer had taken steps “to establish a safe working environment” prior to the accident occurring.

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety / accident, Compliance Order, failing to properly transport, injury to a worker, known hazard, maximum fine, Ministry of Labour, mitigating factor, occupational health and safety act, offences under the OHSA, OHSA, policies and procedures, Provincial Offences Act, sentencing

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | < 1 Minutes Read July 13, 2012

Metron construction director fined $90,000 under OHSA

On July 13, 2012, Joel Swartz, the director of Metron Construction Corporation, was fined $90,000 after pleading guilty to violations of the OHSA after four workers were killed and another worker was seriously injured.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Health and Safety / accident, criminal code, Criminal convictions, criminal negligence, criminal negligence causing death, employment law, fines, fund to assist victims of crime, health and safety fines, Metron Construction, occupational health and safety act, ontario, Provincial Offences Act, safety, scaffold

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