Ontario appoints Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal Chair
September 22, 2016 | By Rehana Begg
Ontario has appointed David N. Corbett as the new Chair of the province’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT).
Mr. Corbett has extensive experience practicing in the area of labour, employment and workers’ compensation law. For the past 35 years, he has served in the law firm of Fasken Martineau in Toronto, most recently as senior partner. He possesses a keen understanding of the administrative justice system, having appeared as counsel before various boards and tribunals.
As chair, Mr. Corbett will work to ensure that the tribunal delivers on its commitment to timely and superior quality service.
The WSIAT is a provincial agency that hears appeals from final decisions of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) on entitlements to benefits, health care and vocational rehabilitation. The WSIAT is an arm’s-length agency of the Ministry of Labour, and is independent of the WSIB.
Mr. Corbett was selected through a competitive, merit-based recruitment process managed by an independent recruitment firm.
Source: Ontario Ministry of Labour
