Order in Council 931/2021

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, by and with the advice and concurrence of the Executive Council of Ontario, orders that:

Whereas The Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development (“Ministry”) is responsible for the administration of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the regulations made under that Act;

And whereas Subsection 22(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act provides that the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (“Board”) shall require Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 employers under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 to make payments to defray the cost of administering the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the regulations made under that Act and that the Lieutenant Governor in Council may fix the total payment to be made by all employers for that purpose;

Therefore, pursuant to subsection 22(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the following payments are fixed:

1. For each of the months of June 2021 to February 2022, inclusive, the payment shall be $20,447,119.62.
2. For the month of March 2022, the payment shall be a reconciliation amount equal to the difference between the Ministry’s 2021-22 year-end actual expenditures and the total actual recoveries from the Board of the previous eleven months (i.e., from April 2021 to February 2022, inclusive), but in any case, shall be no more than $20,447,119.62.
3. For each of the months of April 2022 and May 2022, the payment shall be $19,633,866.31.