Ontario. Office of the Employer Adviser

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Office of the Employer Adviser

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Office of the Employer Adviser

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1985-

      History

      Established on October 1, 1985 as a result of the Bill 101: An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Act, the Office of the Employer Adviser was orignally an agency of the Ministry. In 1989, it was placed administratively under the Labour Policy and Programs Division. In 1991 it moved to the Industrial Relations Division, which became the Labour Management Services Division. Since 1994 it has reverted back to agency status. It has offices in the various regions of the province.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Office of the Employer Adviser (OEA) provides advisory services to employers registered with the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) by responding to queries, assisting in appeal initiation and representing clients before the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal. Through training and education programs and a regular publications series, the OEA enables employers to become more self-reliant in the management of WSIB claims. In addition the OEA advocates on policy matters within the government on behalf of employers by communicating their concerns and recommendations to the appropriate administrative authorities.

      Address

      An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Act, RSO 1985.

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Labour (1972-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA43

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Labour controls Ontario. Office of the Employer Adviser

      Dates of relationship

      1985-

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1901

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          KWIC Index to Government Services; Government of Ontario Telephone Directory, various years; Canadiana Name Authority 518835.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          John Dirks