Penalties
Additional costs you could incur
The WSIB may levy penalties for various offences, including:
- failing to register your business within 10 days of hiring your first worker
- failing to report an accident
- not reporting, or incorrectly reporting, your premium information
- underestimating your earnings
- knowingly making a false or misleading statement to the WSIB, and
- wilfully failing to inform the WSIB of a material change in circumstances.
Individuals may be fined up to $25,000 and/or imprisoned for up to six months for each offence. Corporations are liable to a fine of up to $100,000 for each offence.
As of July 15, 2011, employers who are found in breach of their WR and/or re-employment obligations are also subject to additional financial penalties that are outlined in the WR and re-employment sections of this guidebook.
