1. How long do most businesses have to register with the WSIB after hiring their first full or part-time worker?

2.What is the name of the Act that the WSIB is governed by?

3. According to WSIB's website, what are an employer's legal obligations when an employee becomes ill or injured? What if there is a "critical incident"?

4. When must an employer report a workplace injury to the WSIB (please identify the three circumstances which mandate that a report be made)? Are there any circumstances where the employer doesn't have to make a report to the WSIB?

5. How long does an employer have to report a workplace injury to the WSIB? What if a worker is injured but put on modified duties at full pay? Does this extend the period of time for reporting the injury? What is the name of the form that an employer must file with the WSIB to report an injury?

6. How can the form that an employer must file be delivered to the WSIB? Is fax or mail acceptable? If an employer wants to fax the form, what number or numbers must they use? How about if they want to mail it in, what address must they use?

7. What is a functional abilities form and when must one be completed?

8. Please identify, and very briefly describe, all the benefits that are available for injured workers through the WSIB.

9. The WSIB is considered a no-fault insurance system. What does this mean?

10. Who funds benefits for injured workers through the WSIB?

11. If an employer has 20 or more employees, how long must it re-employ an injured worker following their return to their ordinary position of employment?

12. Please find the following decision of WSIAT: Decision no. 413/07, 2007 OWSIAT and explain why the teacher in the case was granted WSIB benefits for loss of earnings and health care benefits even though she had returned to work on a part-time basis and a possible explanation for her injury in the workplace was her rigorous exercise regime or pre-existing cardiac problems which were not connected to the workplace.

13. What is an occupational disease? What are three (3) common types of occupational diseases recognized and compensated for by the WSIB?

14. Is mental stress compensable by the WSIB? Please explain with reference to s. 13(5) of the WSIA?

15. How long does an employee have to notify the WSIB of a material change in circumstances that affects their entitlement to benefits and services?

16. Must contractors register with the WSIB in Ontario? How about contractors who work in the construction industry? Please explain.

17. Please identify three so called "low-risk industries" that are not compulsorily covered under the WSIA?

18. If a worker makes a $1,000.00 per week (net after deductions) and is injured on the job and qualifies for Loss of Earnings Benefits, how much will that worker be entitled to per week based on the WSIB's rules?

19. How about if the same worker referred to in question 18. is injured at the workplace and returns to work following his injury, but because of their injury can only work on a half-time basis earning $500.00 (net) per week instead of their usual $1,000.00 (net). Would the worker have any entitlement to loss of income benefits? How much exactly?

20. Is there a federal workers' compensation board? Where must federal workers go to collect benefits for workplace injuries?