What are my responsibilities?
As the employer of an injured worker, you are first required to report the injury to the WSIB and:
1. Contact your worker as soon as possible after the injury
2. Maintain communication throughout their recovery and return to work
3. Attempt to provide suitable work. In other words, work that:
- Is safe and within your worker's (functional) physical capabilities
- Your worker has the skills to do (or can acquire the skills to do)
- Restores your worker's pre-injury earnings as closely as possible
4. Provide the WSIB any information requested about the worker's return to work.
5. Offer to re-employ workers who are medically fit to return to the essential duties of their pre-injury job or suitable work if:
- you regularly employ 20 or more workers
- the worker was continuously employed with you for at least one year at the time of the injury
Re-employment obligations are in effect for the earliest of:
- one year after the worker is declared fit to return to the essential duties of their pre-injury job or suitable work
- two years from the date of injury/illness
- the date the worker reaches age 65
Note: Different rules apply to Construction Sector employers. Contact your Customer Service Representative for more information.
Return to Work Resources
Visit these Web sites:
Examines the dimensions of work and function over the lifespan of individuals' lives as they relate to life events and health.
Has resource materials such as sample policies and forms, including job demands analysis and job safety analysis forms.
Need to know your Customer Service Representative?
E-mail your nearest WSIB Business Office with your postal code and, if you know it, your firm number.
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