(6) The worker shall co-operate in the steps taken by the Board in connection with making a determination about whether a plan is to be prepared and in the implementation of the plan. (2) The alternate indexing factor applies with respect to the calculation of payments. (6) Limited Data Set. 3. ), When filing a claim, workers are required to consent to the disclosure to their employer of information provided by health professionals concerning the workers' functional abilities. that they earn or are able to earn after the injury). Act 1996 No. The licensee is liable to the extent that the other person does not pay the premiums. The Board may make exceptions to the deadline. 3. (6) A regulation is, if it so provides, effective with reference to a period before it is filed. 13. (2) An injured worker shall not be considered to have voluntarily incurred the risk of injury that results from the negligence of his or her fellow workers. Part VIII of the new Act concerns the administration of the insurance fund. (5) Subsection (4) does not apply if the Board determines thatthe spouse and children do not reside together or that the children are not in the care, control or custody of the spouse. 3. 2. (6) If a worker's spouse or dependant child would be entitled, in the absence of this Act, to statutory accident benefits for the worker's death, no payments shall be made under subsection 48 (2) to the spouse or under subsection 48 (13) to the Compensation for non-economic loss is governed by section 46 of the new Act; section 47 governs the determination of the degree of a worker's permanent impairment (if any). To ascertain whether a statement given to the Board by the employer is accurate. To provide compensation and other benefits to those workers and to the spouses and dependants of deceased workers. (c) such other information as it considers appropriate. (b) persons to whom articles or materials are given out to be made up, cleaned, washed, altered, ornamented, finished, repaired or adapted for sale in the person's own home or on other premises not under the control or management of the person 130. Persons to whom articles or materials are given out to be made up, cleaned, washed, altered, ornamented, finished, repaired or adapted for sale in the person's own home or on other premises not under the control or management of the person (6) If the Board decides that the disease is of such a nature as to be contracted by a gradual process and that the worker was employed by more than one employer in the employment to the nature of which the disease is due, the Board shall (3) A worker may direct the Board not to review the payments for loss of earnings. 164. The Superintendent may examine the affairs of the Board for the (b) the net average earnings that he or she earns or is able to earn in suitable employment or business after the injury. 111. form approved by the Board. (c) to retain the books and accounts until the examination is completed. The Board may make the payments out of the reserve funds or, if it is not expedient to do so, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may direct that an amount be advanced to the Board from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to make the payments. 170. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may fix the total payment to be made by all employers for that purpose. 7. (1) The Appeals Tribunal shall decide an appeal within 120 days after the hearing of the appeal ends or within such longer period as the tribunal may permit. happens while the worker is employed outside of Ontario for a temporary purpose connected with the worker's employment. (c) there is an assignment of all or part of the assets of the person who owes the money. Subsection 55 (3) of the Police Services Act is amended by striking out "For the purpose of the Workers' Compensation Act" in the first and second lines and substituting "For the purposes of the insurance plan (b) minus $1,384.73 for each year by which the spouse's age on the date of the worker's death is greater than 40. This section also applies with necessary modifications if the worker's survivors are so entitled. 13 of 1996 An Act to amend the Workers' Compensation Act 1951 [Notified in ACT Gazette S71: 1 May 1996] The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows: Short title 1. (a) the rate per week at which the worker was remunerated by each of the employers for whom he or she worked at the time of the injury; (b) any pattern of employment that results in a variation in the worker's earnings; and. The number of members who are representative of employers and of workers that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers appropriate. (2) Subsection 43 (13) of the pre-1997 Act shall be deemed to be repealed. (3) Subsections 53 (5) to (10) of the pre-1997 Act shall be deemed to be repealed. (1) A worker who has a loss of earnings as a result of the injury is entitled to payments under this section beginning when the loss of earnings begins. 17. 163. Found inside – Page 462Sporting Injuries Insurance Act 1978 (NSW) Sydney 2000 Games (Indicia and Images) Protection Act 1996 (Cth) Tobacco ... of Crime Assistance Act 1976 (Tas) Victims Support and Rehabilitation Act 1996 (NSW) Workers Compensation Act (NSW) ... (7) The health professional shall give the Appeals Tribunal a written report on his or her examination of the worker and the tribunal shall give a copy of the report to the parties for the purpose of receiving their submissions on it. If the chair does not do so, the board of directors may decide which member is to act in the chair's absence. (2) The Board may use the money on deposit to pay benefits on behalf of the employer. (3) When the Board receives written notice of a training agency's election, the following rules apply with respect to each trainee placed with a placement host, other than a trainee who receives wages from the placement host: 1. (See Part II of the new Act.) 6. (5) The Board may act upon the certificate if it is satisfied that the committee sufficiently represents the employers in theclass to which the committee relates. been so dependent: 1. association. Sections 79 and 80 of the 1987 Act describe how indexation is to be calculated. the Appeals Tribunal, the Office of the Worker Adviser or the Office of the Employer Adviser is a party to a proceeding. 140. (4) The Board may enforce a licensee's obligation to paypremiums as if the licensee were an employer. The Blind Workers' Compensation Act and the Workers' Paragraph 9 of subsection 8 (1) of the Education Act is repealed and the following substituted: application of Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1996. sum. (a) carry on or have an interest in an industry included in Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 or hold, purchase or have an interest in a bond, debenture or other security of a person owning or carrying on such an industry; (b) hold shares, bonds, debentures or other securities of a company that carries on the business of employers' liability or accident insurance; or. 143. (1) A person who knowingly makes a false or misleading statement or representation to the Board in connection with any person's claim for benefits under the insurance plan is guilty of an offence. (5) The Board shall increase the rates used to calculate premiums in accordance with the direction of the Lieutenant Governor in Council. Text Size: A A A Print. WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT, The Workers' Compensation Act covers the . (2) Subsection (1) does not apply with respect to the amounts set out in subsection 54 (1) or 152 (1). 7. If the health professional has previously examined the worker whose claim is the subject of the proceeding. 125. The Board acquires additional powers under the new Act to enforce payment obligations and some existing powers are clarified. (3) The Board shall increase or decrease the amount of an employer's premiums based upon the frequency of work injuries or the accident costs or both. The injury occurs by reason of a defect in the condition or arrangement of any ways, works, machinery, plant, building or premises. (1) A worker who sustains a personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his or her employment is entitled to benefits under the insurance plan. retirement income)) shall be deemed to be wages for the purposes of the Wages Act. (2) The Board may specify the type and amount of security to be provided and may vary the type and amount if it considers it appropriate to do so. Found insideRoadrunner Trucking, 1997-NMSC-003, 122 N.M. 703, 930 P.2d 1155, 1996 N.M. LEXIS 471 (N.M. 1996). Temporary employer was entitled to immunity from common law tort claims according to the Workers' Compensation Act, 52-1-6E NMSA 1978, ... Any direction by the Minister about the programs to be reviewed under section 162. employer a copy of those documents. 165. (6) If the worker or survivor elects to claim benefits under the insurance plan and if the worker is employed by a Schedule 1 employer or the deceased worker was so employed, the Board is subrogated to the rights of the worker or survivor in 2. (4) If a worker would be entitled, in the absence of this Act, to statutory accident benefits for an injury, no payments shall be made, (a) under section 43 (loss of earnings) once the worker reaches maximum medical recovery; or. 71. The amount of a person's average earnings and net average earnings. If payments are suspended under the insurance plan, no compensation is payable in respect of the period of suspension. (3) The Appeals Tribunal shall pay a health professional the amount determined by the chair. facilitate the worker's return to work. (3) Any funds paid to a safe workplace association under section 7 shall be charged against the class, subclass or group represented by the association and shall be charged as expenses of the Board to any Schedule 2 employer represented by the 148. 4. 3. The request must be made within one year after the death of the worker. 5476) An Act Allowing Civil Actions Against Employers Who Fail To Carry Workers' Compensation Insurance Public Act 96-65: • was signed by Governor Rowland on May 9, 1996 Found inside – Page 60825 , 1996 . Example : New South Wales legislation • Workers Compensation Act 1987 . • Workers Compensation ( Bush Fire , Emergency and Rescue Services ) Act 1987 . Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 1999 . The following rules apply with respect to 08: Interview with the Honourable Ted Arnott, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Speaker's statement on the death of His Royal Highness the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Bill 99, Workers' Compensation Reform Act, 1996. (1) The body corporate known as the Workers' Compensation Board is continued under the name Workplace Safety and Insurance Board in English and Commission de la sécurité etde l'assurance des travailleurs in (4) The worker, claimant or employer may appeal the Board's decision to the Appeals Tribunal and shall do so within 21 days after the Board gives notice of its decision. 6. the regulations. h�bbd``b`6 �H0���i �@�EH��b[���2�8���������H�Q�@� �' respect of the injury or disease. (3) The Plan applies to all authorized workers' compensation insurers and the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation, their agents and the Plan Administrator. (See subsection 116 (2) and section 120 of the new Act.). 153. (d) the Board may take such other steps as it considers appropriate. 31. The Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1996, as set out in Schedule A to this Act, is enacted. Under the new Act, the Board is required to set aside 5 per cent of the payments to a worker for loss of earnings, (4) If an emergency worker is injured, the worker's deemed employer is not required to comply with this section. 100. plan. 3. (1) This section applies when a person owes money under this Act to the Board or to another person and. This power may be exercised in the same manner as a court of record in civil proceedings. Principal and contractors 9. § 401.001, et seq. statute of Canada or a province of Canada. The purpose of this Act is to accomplish the following in a financially responsible and accountable manner: 1. (1) Every five years, the Board and the Minister shall enter into a memorandum of understanding containing only such terms as may be directed by the Minister. Some payments are increased in accordance with the alternate indexing factor described in subsection 50 (1) of the new Act. (3) The Board shall monitor developments in the understanding of the relationship between work and the prevention of injury and occupational disease and the relationship between workplace insurance and injury and occupational disease, (a) so that generally-accepted advances in health sciences and related disciplines are reflected in benefits, services, programs and policies in a way that is consistent with the purposes of this Act; and. 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