Latest News About Workplace Safety & Insurance Board

Here’s the latest available on WSIB (Workplace Safety & Insurance Board) based on their official updates and recent news coverage.

• WSIB news releases (official channel) show ongoing activity through 2025 and into 2026, including surplus distributions to eligible Ontario employers and updates related to labor disruptions and bargaining with the Ontario Compensation Employees Union (OCEU) [WSIB official news releases, 2025-04 to 2025-11]. This includes a notable surplus return of $2 billion announced in November 2025 as part of a fall surplus distribution [WSIB news releases].
• In 2025, WSIB and the OCEU reached a tentative agreement to end the labour disruption, with follow-up reporting confirming the agreement and the union’s ratification process timing [CNW/WSIB coverage, July 2025; May–June 2025 coverage].
• Media coverage through 2024–2025 reflects WSIB’s ongoing operations during strike activity, including assurance that services would continue to be provided to injured workers and employers while negotiations proceeded [Global News and CNW coverage, 2024–2025].

If you want, I can pull the latest specific press release or summarize the most recent WSIB announcements and any current labor disruption status in plain language. I can also provide a quick snapshot of what the surplus distributions mean for employers and how to check your eligibility.

Would you like me to fetch the most recent WSIB press release and extract the key points (dates, figures, and impacts)? I can also set up a brief at-a-glance bullet list tailored to your interests (employer, injured worker, or public).

Citations:

• WSIB News Releases (official): includes 2025 surplus distributions and labor disruption updates [WSIB News Releases, 2025-11; 2025-07; 2025-06; 2025-05].
• CNW/Newswire coverage of WSIB updates on labor disruption and tentative agreement in 2025 [Jul 2025; May 2025].
• Global News coverage of WSIB labour disruption and service continuity in 2023–2024–2025 [Global News WSIB tag].