US EditionOntario to extend WSIB coverage in privately run retirement and group homes
The change would cover nurses, personal support workers and resident care workers in private facilities, the government says, closing a current mandatory coverage gap.
- Ontario plans to extend Workplace Safety and Insurance Board coverage to health-care and support workers in privately run retirement and group homes.
- Labour Minister David Piccini stated the change is part of broader labour rule reforms to protect front-line care workers.
- Currently, privately operated residential care facilities like retirement homes and group homes are not required to have WSIB coverage.
- Approximately 29,000 workers, including nurses and personal support workers, would gain protection if injured or ill on the job under the new coverage.
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Ontario moves to expand WSIB coverage to more frontline care workers - OHS Canada Magazine
The Ontario government has proposed legislation to strengthen workplace safety protections for 29,000 additional frontline care workers by extending mandatory Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) coverage to all privately operated residential care facilities, retirement homes and group homes. This expansion closes a long-standing gap that has left thousands of workers without protection if they are injured or become ill on the job. “Every…
Ontario Announces Plan to Cover Private Retirement and Group Homes Under WSIB
Ontario has announced plans to expand workplace safety and insurance coverage to health care and support staff in privately managed residential care facilities, retirement homes, and group homes. The legislation, if passed, will be part of a broader set of changes to labour rules in the province, Labour Minister David Piccini said in an April 8 press conference in Hamilton. He said details of those measures will be introduced “in the coming day…
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Ontario to extend WSIB coverage in privately run retirement and group homes
TORONTO - Ontario is planning to extend workplace safety and insurance coverage to health-care and support workers in privately run retirement homes and group homes.
Labour groups say proposed WSIB expansion falls short of universal coverage
The Ontario government is proposing to expand Workplace Safety and Insurance Board coverage to thousands of additional frontline care workers, a move it says will strengthen workplace protections across the province. If passed, the legislation would extend mandatory WSIB coverage to an estimated 29,000 workers in privately operated residential care facilities, retirement homes, and group homes. The change is aimed at closing long-standing gaps t…
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