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ARO - Appeals Resolutions Officer
Act - Worker's Compensation legislation
Adjudication - Determination of entitlement under the ACT
Benefits - a payment or service available to an injured worker or dependant in relation to a compensable injury
CPP - Canada Pension Plan
CPPD - Canada Pension Plan Disability
Claims Adjudicator - a specially trained employee of the Worker's Compensation Board
Commute/commutation - the payment of a benefit by way of one amount (lump sum) rather than periodic payment of a lesser amount
EI - Employment Insurance
FEL - Future Economic Loss
FOIP - Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection Act
LMR - Labour Market Re-Entry Plan
LOE - Loss of Earnings
LTD - Long Term Disability
LTI - Loss Time Injury
Loss of Earnings Benefit - a monetary amount paid to an individual suffering a wage loss due to an injury or illness
Lost Time Claim -- a claim where there is a loss of earnings beyond the day of the injury which must be medically supported
Lump Sum - a payment made in lieu of periodic payments which does not limit further consideratio0n of benefits
Labour Marker Re-Entry - re-training offered to assist an injured worker to a better form of gainful employment
MMR - Maximum Medical Recovery
NEL - Non-Economic Loss
NOC - National Occupation Classification (HRSDC and Statistics Canada
Non-Economic Loss/Impairment - workers who suffer an injury resulting in a permanent impairment may receive a monetary award for their loss of enjoyment of life
ODSP - Ontario Disability Support Program
PTD - Permanent Total Disability
PDP - Permanent Disability Pension
Pension - A periodic payment usually made monthly for life to a worker or dependant due to an occupation injury or disease.
RTW - Return to Work
STD - Short Term Disability Insurance
TDP - Trillium Drug Program
Vocational Rehabilitation - a program designed to re-establish, as much as possible, a worker's pre-accident earnings.
WSIA - Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (Ontario)
WSIB - Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (Ontario)
WSIAT - Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal