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Table Of Contents3.12.2 Liability of Corporate Directors .................................................................. 773.12.3 Initial Costs of Transporting an Injured Worker ......................................... 783.12.4 Employer Records ........................................................................................ 793.13 ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE .................................................................................. 803.13.1 Health Care Definitions ............................................................................... 803.13.2 Reporting of Municipal Construction Permits ............................................. 813.14 FRAMEWORK FOR ADMINISTRATION .................................................................... 823.14.1 Basis for Decision-making ........................................................................... 823.14.2 Client Bill of Rights ...................................................................................... 833.14.3 Structure of the Acts ..................................................................................... 833.14.4 Effect of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act ...................................... 844.0 SAFETY ACTS 854.1 WCB AUTHORITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY............................................................. 854.1.1 WCB Responsibility to Administer the Safety Acts......................................... 854.1.2 Definition of Worker....................................................................................... 854.1.3 Definition of Employer ................................................................................... 864.1.4 Process for Changing Codes, Standards, and Other Safety Measures ......... 874.1.5 Interim Directives............................................................................................. 884.1.6 Regular Reviews of the Safety Acts ................................................................ 904.1.7 Authority to Enter into Agreements................................................................ 914.1.8 Authority to Initiate Prosecutions .................................................................. 914.1.9 Peace Officer Status for WCB Official........................................................... 924.2 SAFE WORKPLACES................................................................................................ 934.2.1 Environmental Tobacco Smoke ...................................................................... 934.2.2 Harassment Free Workplaces ........................................................................ 934.2.3 First Aid Training........................................................................................... 944.2.4 Commercial Diving ........................................................................................ 954.2.5 Safety Inspections ............................................................................................ 964.2.6 Best Safety Practices ...................................................................................... 964.3 ADVICE FROM STAKEHOLDERS .............................................................................. 974.3.1 Advisory Council ............................................................................................ 974.4 EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES ................................................................................ 984.4.1 Joint Work Site Health and Safety Committees.............................................. 984.4.2 Employee Assistance Programs ..................................................................... 994.5 FINANCIAL PENALTIES ........................................................................................... 994.5.1 Authority to Set Financial Penalties............................................................... 994.5.2 Application of Fines to Workers................................................................... 1004.6 FRAMEWORK FOR ADMINISTRATION .................................................................... 1004.6.1 Safety Materials............................................................................................ 1004.6.2 Consistency with the Mine Health and Safety Acts ...................................... 1014.6.3 Effect of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act ...................................... 102- iii -
Table Of Contents5.0 A FINAL WORD 1036.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS1051.0 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................... 1052.0 GENERAL THEMES................................................................................................ 1063.0 WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ACTS ....................................................................... 108A Summary of Recommendations ............................................................................ 1084.0 SAFETY ACTS ........................................................................................................ 123A Summary of Recommendations ............................................................................ 1235.0 A FINAL WORD.................................................................................................... 128APPENDICESAppendix A: Glossary and DefinitionsAppendix B: WCB Legislative Review Panel Terms of ReferenceAppendix C: Stakeholder Questionnaire and Summary of ResponsesAppendix D: Summary of Issues from Public HearingsAppendix E: Summary of Formal Presentations and Written Submissions- iv -
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The Panel was interested in the Ont
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Workers’ compensation payments ar
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The Acts are very specific in some
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3.6.5 Indexing Compensation by Comm
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2. The legislation should be change
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The Panel considered whether the in
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The Panel heard from some stakehold
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The Acts require any employer, whet
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Respondents to the Stakeholder Ques
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The Panel agrees. We see prior cons
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3.9.3 Authority to Make Investments
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The duty to accommodate is not an o
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payments such as income tax or payr
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3.13 Environmental ChangeThe Acts h
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construction permits is a matter of
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date sections, reordering the “pa
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The Panel has recommended changes t
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the WCB when it is contemplating ch
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No other jurisdictions regulate wor
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The Panel feels that the instrument
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Recommendation: 4.6.2 Consistency w
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others have experience as employers
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