Chair's Final Report Approved The Final Report of the Chair of the Occupational Disease Advisory Panel was approved by the Board of Directors of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) on June 9, 2005 for implementation. Purpose of the Chair’s Final Report The Chair’s final report provides a solid and clear platform for both fair and consistent occupational disease policy making and adjudication at the WSIB. The report contains recommendations for the use of scientific evidence and legal principles in: Placing an occupational disease into a schedule in the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, Developing policies for compensating occupational disease claims, and Decision-making in occupational disease claims. WSIB Protocol The WSIB has prepared a protocol in response to the Chair’s final report. The protocol describes how the WSIB proposes to implement the principles and concepts developed in the Chair’s final report in its day-to-day business. Next Steps The WSIB is moving forward with implementation of the Chair’s final report and protocol. Occupational disease adjudicators and appeals resolution officers are being trained in applying the principles in the report in their daily work. Policy development recommended in the Chair’s final report is also under way, as well as the updating of occupational disease reviews commissioned by the former Occupational Disease Panel. The Chair’s final report recommended the creation of an occupational disease committee moving forward. Jean-Yves Savoie, Chair of the Research Advisory Council, has been asked to review this recommendation and provide advice to the WSIB Board of Directors on next steps. Chair’s Final Report and Related Documents Download these documents: Guide to Documents and Summary of Changes to Draft Report (18k, pdf) Document A – Background Memorandum on Occupational Disease Issues (16k, pdf) Document B – History of the Occupational Disease Advisory Panel (14k, pdf) Document C – Chair’s Response to 2004 Public Consultation (76k, pdf) Document D – Final Report of the Chair (1mb, pdf) Document E - Final Report of the Chair: Executive Summary (57k, pdf) A Protocol for Occupational Disease Policy Development and Claims Adjudication (Draft) (463k, pdf) To obtain a paper copy of the Chair’s final report, protocol, and related documents, please contact the WSIB at: E-mail: odap@wsib.on.ca Mail: Medical and Occupational Disease Policy Branch Workplace Safety and Insurance Board 200 Front Street West, 18th floor Toronto, Ontario M5V 3J1 Phone: 1-800-387-0080, ext. 4440 416-344-4440 TTY – 1-800-387-0050