Current Issues in Workplace Safety and Insurance Law
Workers' Compensation Law | Original Program Date: May 28, 2014
Attend one of the OBA's most unique CLE programs and ensure that you are on top of the latest changes and developments in Workplace Safety and Insurance Law and Policy. This hugely popular annual review of current issues and practical strategies features an expert faculty of leading counsel, and medical expert Dr. Michel Lacerte, who will give you the insights, background and tools you need to provide superior representation for your clients at the WSIB and WSIAT.
You will walk away with:
- Practical tips for dealing with the new WSIB policies including the proposed Benefits Policies
- A clear understanding of the medical tests on a neck examination, and assessing pre-existing conditions
- Expert advice on the law of evidence
- An explanation of the WSIB’s new approach to adjudicating psychological issues including psychotraumatic disability and chronic pain claims
- A guide for understanding when workplace violence, disasters and assaults are workplace accidents
- Strategies for dealing with self-represented parties, vexatious litigants, and vulnerable parties
- Our annual update on important new WSIAT Decisions
PROGRAM CHAIRS
Stephen C. Roberts, McTague Law Firm LLP - Windsor
Daniel Revington, General Counsel, WSIAT - Toronto
AGENDA
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