Bill 125 explained in plain English
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Permanent Partial Disability Supplements), 2012
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 40th Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 125 amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, to prevent Old Age Security payments from reducing permanent partial disability benefits for pre-1985 and pre-1989 injuries.
This bill amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, to ensure that certain pension payments a worker may receive from the federal Old Age Security Act do not reduce their permanent partial disability benefits for injuries that occurred before specific dates (pre-1985 and pre-1989). It also addresses how decisions made before the bill came into effect are handled.
- It amends Section 110 of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997.
- It changes how permanent partial disability benefits are calculated for certain workers.
- It ensures that pensions received under the Old Age Security Act (Canada) do not affect disability benefits for pre-1985 and pre-1989 injuries.
- It deems certain provisions related to permanent partial disability supplements for pre-1997 Act injuries to be repealed.
- It provides procedures for the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board and the Appeals Tribunal to reconsider or decide claims and appeals that were ongoing or decided before this bill came into effect.
- Workers who have permanent partial disability benefits for injuries that occurred before 1985 or before 1989.
- The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board.
- The Appeals Tribunal.
- Workers may request the Board to reconsider a claim if a decision was made before the bill came into force (Section 1 (8)).
- Workers may request the Appeals Tribunal to refer a decision back to the Board if an appeal was pending or a decision was made before the bill came into force (Section 1 (9) and (11)).
- The Board must decide claims in accordance with subsections (6) or (7) when reconsidering claims or appeals under certain conditions (Section 1 (8), (10), and (11)).
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent. (Section 2)
- The bill affects disability benefit calculations for workers but does not introduce new taxes or direct financial impacts on government revenue as described in the provided text.
- The bill specifies actions for decisions made or claims/appeals pending before the 'pre-1997 Act', but the exact scope of 'pre-1997 Act' in relation to specific injury dates (pre-1985, pre-1989) is based on the context of the amendments.
- The exact calculations and specific conditions under which a worker may request reconsideration or referral are detailed within the amended Section 110 and related subsections.
- The bill does not specify the exact date of Royal Assent, only that it comes into force on that day.
This bill amends this Act to change how permanent partial disability benefits are calculated, specifically by preventing reductions due to Old Age Security payments for certain past injuries.
Source: Section 110
Subsections 147 (16) and 147 (17) of the Act, as they existed before 1997, are deemed to be repealed for the purpose of permanent partial disability supplements.
Source: Section 1 (6) and (7)
Pensions received under this federal Act will not reduce permanent partial disability benefits for specific past injuries under Ontario's Workplace Safety and Insurance Act.
Source: Explanatory Note
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