WSIB & Work Injury Claims Blog

Employers and employees in Ontario are entitled to certain rights and protections through the Ministry of Labour’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) in the event of significant work-related accidents. If you have been injured in a workplace incident in Ontario and your ability to work has been affected, filing a claim with the WSIB…

Here at Goodman Elbassiouni LLP, we’ve dealt with hundreds of WSIB cases over the years, and we have an in-depth understanding of how the system works. We even have lawyers and paralegals working with us who spent years working for the WSIB, and thus know all the tricks and ins and outs of how the…

When you are injured at work and your claim comes in at much less than you’d anticipated – or even worse, is outright denied – you need to have a backup plan. If you’re not familiar with the WSIB, let us fill you in: the WSIB (Workplace Safety Insurance Board) is the branch of provincial…

If you follow our blog at all, or if you’ve ever researched the WSIB and worker’s compensation, then you know that obtaining compensation for your work injury is not exactly a straightforward process. Unfortunately, it is necessary to take a bit of precious time out of your schedule to learn about work injury protocol if…

In a separate post on the Goodman Elbassiouni LLP blog this month, we talked about how mindfulness and vigilance are the best method for anyone trying to avoid injuries at work, on the road or walking the streets. It is a universally recognized truth, however, that a certain number of workplace mishaps will occur, no…

Here at Goodman Elbassiouni LLP, we take what we do very seriously. The reason we take what we do seriously is that it can mean the difference between our client having enough money to live off of, and the alternative. In the lean, winter months when heating bills are high and bank accounts run low…

Following the December holidays, it can be difficult to get back into a good rhythm at work. People are distracted, telling stories from the holidays and trying to shake off those new year’s eve hangovers. You’ve got a long winter ahead of you and this can sometimes make people restless and unfocused. Unfortunately, this lack…

So far this month on the blog we’ve had a chance to discuss safety on foot and on the roads around the holiday season and how those issues are correlated to the Ontario Occupier’s Liability act and the Statutory Accidents Benefits system – respectively. If you’ve read these entries then you already know: when you…