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What is Worker's Compensation?

In 1913, William Meredith, who later became Chief Justice of the Ontario Supreme Court, produced a report in which he set out a series of principles.  The Meredith Principles are basis of workers' compensation systems in Canada today.  They are as follows: 

1. The liability of employers for injuries in the workplace should be collective, rather than individual, with employers paying into a central fund used to pay benefits to injured workers.
2. The benefits payable to injured workers must be guaranteed in the legislation.
3. In return for guaranteed compensation, workers have no legal right to sue their employer or co-workers for negligence resulting in a workplace injury. This is the "historic compromise" of the workers' compensation system.
4. The workers' compensation system is a no-fault system.
5. The system should be administered by a body independent of government with equal representation from labour and industry and a neutral chair.
6. The Board must have judicial-like authority for making final decisions on claims for compensation, without an appeal to the courts.

Meredith Report