Human Resources Legislative Update

WSIB Schedule 1 Regulation Amended

Human Resources Legislative Update

WSIB Schedule 1 Regulation Amended

Date: September 22, 2017

On August 31, 2017, the Ontario government filed O. Reg. 348/17 amending O. Reg. 175/98 (General) made under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997. 

The regulation makes changes to certain industries in which Schedule 1 employers are liable to contribute to the Insurance Fund.

Among other things, amendments to Class G – Construction:

  • maintain the coverage of the erection and installation, by the manufacturer or as a business of, boilers, engines, heavy machinery, iron stairs, ornamental metal work on buildings, and tanks but remove the repair of those items
  • remove operating a blacksmith shop, diving, steam cleaning of buildings and window cleaning from the work identified within the construction industry.

Amendments to Class I – Other Services add the following industries:

  • cleaning of industrial equipment and machinery
  • custom welding services, except in construction
  • window cleaning
  • removal of asbestos and other toxic insulation material
  • home inspection
  • commercial diving.

O. Reg. 348/17 comes into force on January 1, 2018.