CSSE Eastern Ontario Chapter Virtual Meeting Notice

March 31, 2022

8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. EST

31 March 2022 - Eastern Ontario Virtual Chapter Meeting

The CSSE Eastern Ontario Chapter would like to invite you to attend our upcoming meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 31, 2022, with Allen Cramm, LL.B presenting an update on Mental Stress Claims at WSIB.  

Agenda

8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.    New: Coffee Chat – Come meet the Chapter Executive and

                                      network with other CSSE members 

8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.  Chapter Updates & Speaker

Speaker Bio

Allen Cramm, LL.B, Office of the Employer Adviser

Allen received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Ottawa French Common Law Section and has been a longstanding member of the Law Society of Ontario.

Allen joined the Office of the Employer Adviser (an agency of the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development) as a Bilingual Employer Specialist in 1997. Prior to that, Allen was the Workers’ Compensation Specialist for Canada Post Corporation, after having left the practice of civil law for a boutique firm in Ottawa. Allen has represented hundreds of small to medium-sized employers throughout his career with the OEA, in both unionized and nonunionized environments, at the WSIB’s Appeals Services Division and at the Workplace Safety & Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT). He is also a regular speaker on workplace safety & insurance law issues for several governmental and non-governmental organizations. In 2014, Allen proudly received the “Outstanding Community Health & Safety Leader” award from the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering’s (CSSE) Eastern Ontario Chapter. Allen was also named “Workers’ Compensation Lawyer of the Year in Canada” in 2021 by the International Advisory Experts Group.

Presentation
This presentation will include an outline of the legislative modifications that have changed the handling of mental stress claims, and how mental stress entitlement, both traumatic and chronic, is determined by the WSIB.

To Register
There is no cost to this meeting. Please register (above) to receive the zoom invite for this meeting

We hope you can join us!

Lee-Anne

Lee-Anne Feltham, CRSP, CHSC

Chair, Eastern ON Chapter

[email protected]