Bill 8 explained in plain English
WSIB Coverage for Workers in Residential Care Facilities and Group Homes Act, 2025
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 44th Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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This bill proposes to make employers of workers in residential care facilities and group homes Schedule 1 employers under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, thereby extending WSIB coverage to these workers.
Bill 8, the WSIB Coverage for Workers in Residential Care Facilities and Group Homes Act, 2025, proposes to amend the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997. The bill aims to classify employers operating residential care facilities (such as retirement homes, rest homes, and senior citizens' residences) and group homes as Schedule 1 employers under the Act. This change would mean that workers in these facilities would be covered by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB). The Act would come into force six months after receiving Royal Assent.
- Amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997.
- Adds a new subsection to Section 2 of the Act.
- Classifies employers operating residential care facilities and group homes as Schedule 1 employers.
- Specifies that residential care facilities include retirement homes, rest homes, and senior citizens' residences.
- Specifies that group homes are also included.
- States that the Act will come into force six months after receiving Royal Assent.
- Workers in residential care facilities (including retirement homes, rest homes, and senior citizens' residences).
- Workers in group homes.
- Employers operating residential care facilities.
- Employers operating group homes.
- The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB).
- Workers in residential care facilities and group homes are intended to gain coverage under the WSIB.
- The Act will come into force six months after the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The exact start date of coverage depends on when the bill receives Royal Assent and the subsequent six-month commencement period.
This bill amends the Act to include employers of residential care facilities and group homes as Schedule 1 employers, extending WSIB coverage to their workers.
Source: Section 2
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