appeal

To appeal means to ask a higher decision-maker to change a decision that you do not agree with.

Case Manager

A Case Manager is the person at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) who first deals with your claim. Their name will be on the first letter you get from the WSIB.

The Case Manager is your contact person at the WSIB when you have questions and they are responsible for making decisions about your claim.

Sometimes your Case Manager...

modified work

Modified work means that your employer makes changes to your duties or your workplace because your injury prevents you from doing some parts of your regular job. This includes:

• working in a different job or different area of your workplace
• doing parts of your job and having someone help with the parts you cannot do
• taking...

openness order

An openness order is a court order that says an adopted child can have contact with their birth parent, a relative, or another person.

The court has to decide that the order would be in the best interests of the child, and that the continued relationship is an important one that is good for the child.

openness agreement

An openness agreement is an agreement made between a child’s adoptive parents and their birth parent, a relative, or another person. It says how they agree to keep in contact in the future.

An openness agreement can be made at any time -- before or after the adoption takes place. The agreement can be formal or informal and can change over...

home study

A home study is an assessment written by an adoption worker that says whether an individual, or a couple, will be suitable to parent an adopted child. The report has many details about the adoptive parents. For example, their values, beliefs, personalities, experience with children and adoption, education, and work experience. It also says what...

adoption consent

An adoption consent is a document a parent signs that says they agree to place their child for adoption. The document must be signed in front of a lawyer.

If the child being adopted is 7 years or older, they usually also have to agree to their adoption. The child meets with a lawyer from the Office of the Children’s Lawyer before...

termination date

A termination date is the last day of a tenancy, according to a notice that a tenant or landlord gives to the other, or according to an agreement between them.

notice

Usually refers to a document or form that is used to tell someone of a legal step you are taking. Sometimes it refers to the amount of time between telling them and something happening. For example, a tenant can end their tenancy by giving their landlord a certain number of days’ notice. And they can do this by giving their landlord a form called...

interim order

 An interim order is a temporary order made by the Landlord and Tenant Board. It usually lasts for a certain amount of time, until a certain event happens, or until the Board makes a final order in the case.