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Bill 238, Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2021

McNaughton, Hon. Monte Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development

Royal Assent received. Statutes of Ontario 2021,

chapter 3

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

This Explanatory Note was written as a

reader’s aid to Bill 238 and does not form part of the law.

Bill 238 has been enacted as

Chapter 3 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2021.

Amendments

are made to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 .

New

section 88.1 sets out a special rule for the calculation of certain premiums

payable by employers for the 2021 calendar year. The Lieutenant Governor in

Council is given regulation-making powers with respect to the calculation and

the period during which the special rule applies.

New

section 167 provides that the Minister may direct the Board to provide the

Minister with information that the Minister considers necessary for the proper

administration of the Act. The Board is required to provide the information on

or before the date specified by the Minister and in the form specified by the

Minister. The Minister may delegate the Minister’s powers under

section 167 to

the Deputy Minister.

Bill 238 2021

Act to amend the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 is

amended by adding the following section:

Exception,

2021 calendar year

88.1

(1) Despite

subsection 88 (3), for the period beginning on January 1, 2021 and ending on

December 31, 2021 or such later date as may be prescribed, the premium payable

by an employer for each of the employer’s workers applies only with respect to a

maximum amount of average earnings of,

(a) $97,308;

(

b) if

another amount is prescribed for the purposes of this section, that amount.

Regulations

(2) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,

(

a) prescribing

a date for the purposes of subsection (1);

(

b) prescribing

an amount for the purposes of clause (1) (b).

Same

(3) A

regulation made under clause 2 (

a) shall not prescribe a date that is later

than December 31, 2022.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Information

(1) The

Minister may direct the Board to provide the Minister with information that the

Minister considers necessary for the proper administration of this Act.

Same

(2) If

the Minister directs the Board to provide information under subsection (1), the

Board shall provide the information on or before the date specified by the

Minister and in the form specified by the Minister.

Same,

delegation to Deputy Minister

(3) The

Minister may delegate the Minister’s powers under this

section to the Deputy

Minister.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Workplace Safety and

Insurance Amendment Act, 2021 .

Bill 238 Original (PDF)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Amendments are made to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 .

New

section 88.1 sets out a special rule for the calculation of certain premiums payable by employers for the 2021 calendar year. The Lieutenant Governor in Council is given regulation-making powers with respect to the calculation and the period during which the special rule applies.

New

section 167 provides that the Minister may direct the Board to provide the Minister with information that the Minister considers necessary for the proper administration of the Act. The Board is required to provide the information on or before the date specified by the Minister and in the form specified by the Minister. The Minister may delegate the Minister’s powers under

section 167 to the Deputy Minister.

Bill 238 2020

An Act to amend the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1 The Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 is amended by adding the following section:

Exception, 2021 calendar year

88.1

(1) Despite subsection 88 (3), for the period beginning on January 1, 2021 and ending on December 31, 2021 or such later date as may be prescribed, the premium payable by an employer for each of the employer’s workers applies only with respect to a maximum amount of average earnings of,

(a) $97,308; or

(

b) if another amount is prescribed for the purposes of this section, that amount.

Regulations

(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,

(

a) prescribing a date for the purposes of subsection (1);

(

b) prescribing an amount for the purposes of clause (1) (b).

Same

(3) A regulation made under clause 2 (

a) shall not prescribe a date that is later than December 31, 2022.

2 The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Information

(1) The Minister may direct the Board to provide the Minister with information that the Minister considers necessary for the proper administration of this Act.

Same

(2) If the Minister directs the Board to provide information under subsection (1), the Board shall provide the information on or before the date specified by the Minister and in the form specified by the Minister.

Same, delegation to Deputy Minister

(3) The Minister may delegate the Minister’s powers under this

section to the Deputy Minister.

Commencement

3 This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

4 The

short title of this Act is the Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2020 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

April 14, 2021

Royal Assent

Royal Assent received

April 13, 2021

Third Reading

Vote

Carried on division

April 12, 2021

Third Reading

Deferred vote

April 12, 2021

Third Reading

Debated

March 24, 2021

Third Reading

Debated

March 23, 2021

Third Reading

Debated

March 22, 2021

Second Reading

Ordered for Third Reading

March 22, 2021

Second Reading

Reported without amendment

March 16, 2021

Second Reading

Consideration of a Bill

Standing Committee on General Government

March 9, 2021

Second Reading

Consideration of a Bill

Standing Committee on General Government

February 25, 2021

Second Reading

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on General Government

February 25, 2021

Second Reading

Vote

Carried on division

February 24, 2021

Second Reading

Deferred vote

February 24, 2021

Second Reading

Debated

February 23, 2021

Second Reading

Debated

February 18, 2021

Second Reading

Debated

February 18, 2021

Second Reading

Debated

February 16, 2021

Second Reading

Debated

February 16, 2021

Second Reading

Debated

December 8, 2020

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

December 8, 2020

Committee

Second Reading

February 16, 2021

Principal Debaters :

Hon. Monte McNaughton, Ms. Jane McKenna, Mr. Wayne Gates, Mr. Robert Bailey

Questions and Comments :

Ms. Jessica Bell, Ms. Andrea Khanjin, Ms. Suze Morrison, Mr. Mike Harris, Ms. Judith Monteith-Farrell, Mr. Gurratan Singh, Ms. Sara Singh, Mr. David Piccini, Ms. Donna Skelly, Ms. Catherine Fife, Ms. Rima Berns-McGown

February 16, 2021 (Continued)

February 18, 2021

Principal Debaters :

Ms. Peggy Sattler, Mr. Mike Schreiner, Mr. Dave Smith, Mr. Percy Hatfield, Mr. David Piccini, Mr. Michael Coteau, Ms. Rima Berns-McGown, Mr. Jeremy Roberts, Ms. Bhutila Karpoche

Questions and Comments :

Mr. Terence Kernaghan, Ms. Donna Skelly, Mrs. Lisa Gretzky, Ms. Jane McKenna, Ms. Teresa J. Armstrong, Ms. Andrea Khanjin, Mr. Michael Mantha, Mr. Wayne Gates, Mr. Peter Tabuns, Ms. Sara Singh, Mr. John Vanthof, Mr. Lorne Coe, Ms. Goldie Ghamari

February 18, 2021 (Continued)

February 18, 2021 (Continued)

February 23, 2021

Principal Debaters :

Ms. Andrea Khanjin, Mr. Jamie West, Mr. Parm Gill

Questions and Comments :

Ms. Jane McKenna, Ms. Jennifer (Jennie) Stevens, Mr. Jeremy Roberts, Ms. Peggy Sattler, Hon. John Yakabuski, Ms. Teresa J. Armstrong, Mr. Chris Glover, Mr. David Piccini, Mr. Michael Mantha

February 24, 2021

Principal Debaters :

Mr. Jeff Burch, Mr. Mike Harris, Mrs. Lisa Gretzky, Ms. Marit Stiles, Mr. Taras Natyshak, Mr. Will Bouma, Mr. Lorne Coe

Questions and Comments :

Ms. Jane McKenna, Mr. Wayne Gates, Ms. Andrea Khanjin, Mr. Tom Rakocevic, Ms. Goldie Ghamari, Mr. Daryl Kramp, Mr. Jim McDonell, Mr. Robert Bailey

Vote deferred.

February 25, 2021

Carried on recorded division. Referred to the Standing Committee on General Government.

Committee

Standing Committee on General Government

March 9, 2021

March 16, 2021

March 22, 2021

Reported to the House without amendment. Ordered for third reading.

Third Reading

March 23, 2021

Principal Debaters:

Hon. Monte McNaughton, Mr. Wayne Gates

Questions and Comments:

Rima Berns-McGown, Ms. Andrea Khanjin, Ms. Marit Stiles, Mr. Rick Nicholls, Mr. Amarjot Sandhu

March 24, 2021

Principal Debaters:

Mr. Stephen Crawford, M. Guy Bourgouin, Ms. Peggy Sattler

Questions and Comments:

Ms. Christine Hogarth, Mr. Terence Kernaghan, Mr. Lorne Coe, Mr. Michael Mantha, Mr. Rudy Cuzzetto, Ms. Suze Morrison, Mr. Deepak Anand, Mr. Gurratan Singh, Mr. Logan Kanapathi

April 12, 2021

Principal Debaters:

Mr. Terence Kernaghan, Mr. Robert Bailey, Ms. Catherine Fife, Mr. Mike Harris

Questions and Comments:

Mr. Taras Natyshak, M. Guy Bourgouin, Mr. Sam Oosterhoff, Ms. Doly Begum, Hon. Paul Calandra, Mr. Toby Barrett, Hon. Bill Walker, Ms. Suze Morrison, Mr. Will Bouma, Mr. Norman Miller, Mr. Gurratan Singh

April 12, 2021 (continued)

Vote deferred.

April 13, 2021

Carried on recorded division.

Royal Assent

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Acts affected - Bill 238

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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