Summary of Decision No. 1666/23R: A Victory for Fair Compensation   The recent reconsideration of Decision No. 1666/23 marks a significant step forward in ensuring fair compensation for workers. The core issue revolved around the calculation of the worker's Loss of Earnings (LOE) benefits following an occupational asthma diagnosis due to exposure to isocyanates.   The WSIB initially set the worker's LOE entitlement based on short-term pre-injury earnings, which did not account for the worker's long-term earnings pattern. Despite the worker's request for a recalculation based on his earnings from the year prior to the accident, the WSIB denied this, citing…

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TORONTO, September 10, 2024 - RCR Legal Services Professional Corporation acted in recent cases before the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) that led to the issuance of Decision Nos. 953/21 and 954/21 on August 21, 2024.   In these proceedings, on behalf of two public health nurses, we successfully argued that their occupational inhalation exposures to excessive levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) off gassing for nearly 14 months significantly contributed to the onset and development of Sick Building Syndrome (SBS), followed by Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) with associated Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), and Fibromyalgia (FM).   Our firm began representing these…

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