Bill 133 explained in plain English
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Permanent Partial Disability Supplements), 2015
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This Act amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, to prevent federal Old Age Security pensions from reducing certain permanent partial disability benefits for pre-1985 and pre-1989 injuries.
Bill 133, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Permanent Partial Disability Supplements), 2015, amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997. The purpose of the amendment is to ensure that pensions received by workers under the federal Old Age Security Act do not reduce their permanent partial disability benefits. This applies to benefits for injuries that occurred before 1985 and before 1989, under the legislation in place before 1997. The bill also includes provisions for how decisions made by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (the Board) or the Appeals Tribunal before this amendment came into effect are handled, allowing for reconsideration of claims if the worker requests it. The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Amends section 110 of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997.
- Ensures that a worker's pension under the Old Age Security Act (Canada) does not reduce their permanent partial disability benefits.
- This applies to benefits for injuries that occurred before 1985 and before 1989, under the law that was in effect before 1997.
- Deems certain provisions related to the pre-1997 Act concerning permanent partial disability benefits to be repealed.
- Provides for the reconsideration of claims by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board or the Appeals Tribunal for decisions made before this Act came into force, if requested by the worker.
- Specifies how pending claims and appeals under the pre-1997 Act are to be decided after this Act comes into force.
- Workers receiving 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 may request the Board to reconsider a claim if a decision was made under subsections 147 (16) or (17) of the pre-1997 Act before this Act came into force.
- Workers may request the Appeals Tribunal to refer a decision back to the Board if an appeal concerning section 147 of the pre-1997 Act was pending when this Act came into force.
- The Board shall decide claims in accordance with new subsections (6) or (7) when reconsidering or when a claim is pending or an appeal is referred back.
- This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- This Act may affect the amount of permanent partial disability benefits paid to certain workers by ensuring that pensions from the Old Age Security Act (Canada) do not reduce these benefits.
- The specific details regarding the calculation of benefits, apart from the non-reduction due to Old Age Security pensions, are not fully detailed in the provided text.
- The text refers to the 'pre-1997 Act' and 'pre-1985' and 'pre-1989' injuries, implying a distinction in legislation and injury dates that is central to the bill's application, but the specifics of these prior legislative frameworks are not provided here.
Changes provisions within this Act related to permanent partial disability benefits, specifically section 110, and adds new subsections that deem certain parts of the pre-1997 Act as repealed.
Source: Section 1
This bill amends the Act, adding provisions to ensure federal pensions do not reduce certain disability benefits.
Source: Explanatory Note
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