Bill 11 explained in plain English
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), 2010
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This bill amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, to ensure workers experiencing mental stress, including post-traumatic stress disorder, arising from their employment are eligible for benefits, and removes standard time limits for filing claims related to post-traumatic stress disorder.
Bill 11, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), 2010, amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997. It states that workers who experience mental stress arising out of and in the course of their employment are eligible for benefits under the insurance plan. The bill specifically clarifies that post-traumatic stress disorder is a type of mental stress. It also notes that the usual time limits for filing claims do not apply to claims for post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997.
- Provides that workers who sustain mental stress arising out of and in the course of their employment are entitled to benefits under the insurance plan.
- Specifies that post-traumatic stress disorder is a type of mental stress.
- States that the usual time limits for filing claims do not apply to claims for post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Workers in Ontario who sustain mental stress, including post-traumatic stress disorder, arising out of and in the course of their employment.
- The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) through its administration of the insurance plan.
- Workers have a right to benefits under the insurance plan if they sustain mental stress or a personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of their employment.
- There is a presumption that mental stress or an accident occurred in the course of employment if it arose out of employment, unless proven otherwise.
- There is a presumption that mental stress or an accident arose out of employment if it occurred in the course of employment, unless proven otherwise.
- Time limits for filing claims do not apply to claims for post-traumatic stress disorder.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify what constitutes sufficient proof to rebut the presumptions regarding whether mental stress or an accident arose out of or occurred in the course of employment.
- The bill refers to sections 18 to 20 of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, for exceptions regarding employment outside of Ontario, but these sections are not included in the provided text.
- The bill does not detail the process for filing claims for post-traumatic stress disorder, other than stating that standard time limits do not apply.
This bill amends the Act to include mental stress, specifically post-traumatic stress disorder, as a condition eligible for benefits when it arises from and occurs during employment. It also removes standard time limits for filing claims related to post-traumatic stress disorder.
Source: Section 13
The existing Section 13 is repealed and replaced with new provisions that define 'insured injuries' to include mental stress, clarify presumptions for when stress arises out of or occurs in the course of employment, and specifically include post-traumatic stress disorder as a type of mental stress for which time limits for filing claims do not apply.
Source: Section 1
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