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Thursday, 1 November 2012

WSIB MANDATORY COVERAGE 2013!


Are you ready for WSIB MANDATORY COVERAGE under the new Bill 119?

As you probably know, there are major changes occurring January 1, 2013 with respect to Bill 119 – WSIB coverage for construction industry.

All workers, including independent operators and corporate owners must be registered and will be subject to WSIB.  There is exemption for one corporate owner if they do NO construction related work - no supervision, never on a job site not even to deliver a screwdriver!  The exempted owner is required to register as such with WSIB to qualify.

This comes into effect January 1, 2013 and all penalties, interest etc will apply for non-compliance effective then.  They allow one year grace before any prosecution occurs – and
that will be done through the Provincial Court systems!

So in short – no worker on a job site EVER, without first getting a clearance certificate for that worker.  NO exceptions.
Those workers who are presently independent operators will now be required to register as such with WSIB before January 2013.



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