Workers’ Compensation

🏠 Home › 📁 Common Law & Statutory Issues: Disability Index › [Disability Issues: Workers’ Compensationspan> Disability Issues: Workers’ Compensation The presence of workers’ compensation coverage presents issues with respect

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Covid Case Law – Frustration

The issue generally of frustration is reviewed here. Doctrine of Frustration due to Vaccine Refusal A recent decision found in favour of the employer’s argument. The facts before the Ontario

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Duty to Accommodate

🏠 Home › 📁 Common Law & Statutory Issues: Disability Index › [Disability: Duty to Accommodate Medical Issues] Disability: Duty to Accommodate Medical Issues Accommodation Accommodation is the cornerstone of

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Equitable Relief

There is no general statutory relief from forfeiture under the relevant Insurance Act for policies of “disability” insurance. Statutory conditions are subject to a remedy in the case of “imperfect

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Human Rights Process

Medical Reports & The Human Rights Complaint There typically is no affirmative rule mandating the production of medical reports, as distinguished from other documents, in the human rights administrative process.

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Social Safety Nets

Social Safety Nets There are three public sources of refuge, all of which offer modest entitlements. Employed car accident victims, regardless of fault, may be allowed fixed sums for lost

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Regulators

  Federal legislation deals with the financial solvency, corporate organization of federally incorporated and non-Canadian companies through the Insurance Companies Act. The Act sets out the powers held by the

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Third Party Examiner

Many insurers contract out the adjusting of the LTD claim to independent companies, many of which take an aggressive approach to submitted claims. It is important to determine where the

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Legal Strategies

Jury Trial The present law, as decided in Ontario, is that either party, typically the plaintiff, may elect to have the case tried by jury. Given the awards made for

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