Ontario. Office of the Worker Advisor

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Office of the Worker Advisor

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Office of the Worker Advisor

    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 an amendment to the Workers' Compensation Act, the Office of the Worker Advisor was originally 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 Worker Advisor (OWA) represents and educates injured workers with Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) claims through all stages of the Workplace Safety and Insurance system, including appeals before the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal. OWA services are only available to workers that are not represented by a union. A resource and information service focusing on Workplace Safety and Insurance issues is also available to the public.

      Address

      An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Act, Statutes of Ontario, 1984, chapter 58, section 86q.

      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 Worker Advisor

      Dates of relationship

      1985-

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1902

      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

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          KWIC Indexes to Governemnt Services; Government of Ontario Telephone Directory, various years.

          Statutes of Ontario

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          John Dirks / Morag Carnie