What can I do if I disagree with a WSIB decision?

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) can make many different types of decisions after you make a claim. For example, WSIB can decide how you should return to work and the benefits you can get.

If you disagree with a decision, you can:

ask the WSIB decision-maker, the person who signed the decision letter, to reconsider and change their decision
to the WSIB

And if you disagree with the appeal decision from the WSIB, you might be able to appeal to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT).

Ask for a reconsideration

If you have important new information that you think might change the decision, you can talk to and write to the WSIB decision-maker, to ask them to change their decision.

This is called asking for a . Read more in Step 1.

You do not have to take this step. You can choose just to appeal the decision instead.

Appeal the decision to the WSIB

If you disagree with a WSIB decision, you can also ask the WSIB to review and change the decision. This is called an appeal or an objection.

You should appeal as soon as possible. If you ask for a reconsideration as well, send in your appeal before or at the same time as you take that step.

To start an appeal, you must fill out and send in an Intent to object form before a deadline.

Appeal the decision to WSIAT

You might disagree with the appeal decision you get from the WSIB. The next step is to appeal the WSIB's final decision to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT).

To start an appeal to WSIAT, you must send in a form called Notice of Appeal Form for Workers before a deadline.