Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Coverage - Points to Remember

Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Coverage

Points to Remember (Updated January, 2010)

Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) coverage for students participating in work experience is outlined in Policy/Program Memorandum 76A available at: www.edu.gov.on.ca/extra/eng/ppm/76a-95.html

For further information see: WSIB Operational policy manual: Students in Work Education Programs

WSIB coverage is provided for students involved in cooperative education programs, work experience, job shadowing/twinning (of more than one day) who are fourteen years of age or older. The coverage does not extend to students who are placed as teacher’s aides in a school classroom or shop where they are under the supervision of a teacher.