Bill 208 explained in plain English
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Permanent Partial Disability Supplements), 2011
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 208 amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, to prevent Old Age Security pensions from reducing permanent partial disability benefits for certain older injuries.
This bill amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, to ensure that a worker's eligibility for the Old Age Security Act pension (Canada) does not reduce their permanent partial disability benefits. This change applies to injuries that occurred before 1985 and before 1989, under the legislation that was in place before the 1997 Act.
- Amends Section 110 of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997.
- Deems certain provisions related to the pre-1997 Act regarding permanent partial disability supplements to be repealed.
- Allows workers to request a reconsideration of their claim by the Board if a decision was made under specific subsections of the pre-1997 Act before this bill came into force.
- Allows workers to request the Appeals Tribunal to refer a decision back to the Board if an appeal was pending before this bill came into force.
- Requires the Board to decide pending claims under specific subsections of the pre-1997 Act in accordance with new provisions if the claim was not yet decided before this bill came into force.
- Workers who have permanent partial disability benefits for injuries that occurred before 1985 and before 1989.
- The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (the Board).
- The Appeals Tribunal.
- Workers have the right to request the Board reconsider a claim if a decision was made under specific subsections of the pre-1997 Act before this bill came into force.
- Workers have the right to request the Appeals Tribunal refer a decision back to the Board if an appeal was pending before this bill came into force.
- The Board has a duty to decide claims in accordance with new provisions if they were pending when this bill came into force.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The changes affect decisions made under the pre-1997 Act for injuries before 1985 and before 1989.
- Permanent partial disability benefits for certain older injuries will not be reduced by Old Age Security Act pensions.
- The specific date of Royal Assent is not provided in the bill text.
- The exact amount of benefits or any potential reduction is not detailed.
- The bill refers to 'pre-1997 Act' and 'pre-1985 and pre-1989 injuries' without further defining these terms beyond their context within the legislation.
Changes how permanent partial disability benefits are calculated by ensuring that a worker's pension under the Old Age Security Act (Canada) does not reduce these benefits for pre-1985 and pre-1989 injuries.
Source: Section 110
Deems certain paragraphs within subsections 147(16) and 147(17) of the pre-1997 Act to be repealed, impacting decisions related to permanent partial disability supplements.
Source: Section 1(6) and 1(7)
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