One of the tools available to a manager in charge of disability cases is the medical assessment. Considering the determining impact that a medical assessment will have on how the case unfolds, it is important to use the physician’s expertise as thoroughly as possible. He is the expert after all!

Those responsible for managing SST claims are often under the impression that workers’ compensation by the CNESST has practically become automatic, and that they don’t have a voice in the matter. However, though this may be somewhat time consuming, a timely submission of the employer’s viewpoint in a written objection to the CNESST can be a success factor. How can you criticize the CNESST for having accepted a claim when relevant facts that should have led to its dismissal were not brought to its attention? You can be sure that the worker will not do this on your behalf...

The cost of employment injuries occurring in your establishment and the contributions required of you by the CNESST can become a major financial concern for your company. Section 329 of the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases states that an employer may be entitled to sharing imputed costs in relation to an employment injury case if it is proven that the worker was “already handicapped when his employment injury appears”. Know how to take advantage of this section and learn how to assert your rights to limit the costs imputed to you as the employer by writing convincing cost sharing applications to the CNESST.

The Act to establish the Administrative Labour Tribunal provides the parties with a choice option in the context of a hearing: conciliation. Thanks to this flexible process, the employer can enter into an agreement that is intended to be beneficial. Reduce the risks, costs and financial impacts of employment injuries, as well as preparation time for a hearing before the TAT, division SST by learning to negotiate your own conciliations and settle your disputes yourself.

If you would like to learn more, there are four other workshops on work-related injuries available.

Sound management of employment injuries means taking effective, timely actions. In the context of this workshop, new managers will gain the basic knowledge they need to assess the eligibility of employment injury claims and to challenge them. They will know how to set up a temporary assignment, and when and how to activate the medical assessment process. They will learn to make effective use of the challenge mechanisms provided by law.

If you would like to learn more, there are four other workshops on work-related injuries available.

Many employers are unaware that a valuable tool exists to encourage injured workers to comply with their obligations under the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases (LATMP): section 142. This approach allows CNESST to reduce or suspend an allowance paid to a worker as a result of an employment injury, where the worker refuses to cooperate. Know how to easily identify these situations and become more proactive in the follow-up of your files in order to reduce the duration of the compensation

Many employers believe that publications made by employees on social media are in the realm of privacy. However, although the public is more aware of the problem of privacy and the protection of personal information, users of various social networks publish a significant amount of information and photos that may be of great interest to an informed employer. You could use publications made on social media as part of the management of your employment injury files or before the Tribunal in litigation. In this workshop, you will learn about the limitations of viewing one of your employees' profiles on various social networks, the settings that apply to their use, and the role they can play on the result of a dispute.

Despite appropriate actions taken in managing employment injury claims, some cases can get past even the most seasoned managers, especially since the changes made to the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases with regard to obtaining medical records from the CNESST. Due to their medical complexity, or the recurring issues they involve and that impede the effectiveness of your actions, such cases often require a great deal of energy, with little results. Learn to control costs and to optimize management in such complex cases despite these changes to the law.. This workshop will review applicable solutions in cases involving fraudulent claims, as well as obstacles to setting up a temporary assignment and to the medical assessment. In addition, we will address the importance of a consistent challenge strategy in order to minimize the duration of compensation.

If you would like to learn more, there are four other workshops on work-related injuries available.

SST contributions are a critical budget issue for most employers. Too many employment injuries are the result of third party involvement or of a personal condition which predisposes a worker to injury under circumstances which are not normally hazardous. There are cost transferring and cost sharing mechanisms which can alleviate the impact of such situations.

If you would like to learn more, there are four other workshops on work-related injuries available.

Temporary assignment is a measure that can help reduce the financial impact of your work-related injuries. However, the effectiveness with which you implement a temporary assignment will depend on a number of factors, which will be addressed in this workshop, which is aimed at participants of all levels.