Workers Compensation Advocate is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and represents clients in Ontario, in and around the Greater Toronto Area (GTA),

including Toronto, Etobicoke, North York, Willowdale, Downsview, Thornhill, Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville, Burlington, Hamilton, Markham, Richmond

Hill, Vaughan, Woodbridge, Aurora, Guelph, Scarborough, Ajax, Pickering, Oshawa, Whitby.

Workers Compensation Advocate is a legal services firm that helps injured workers to appeal decisions that denied or reduced their entitlement to disability benefits. Work injury from Slip and Fall, Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA), head injury, chronic pain disability and depression.

Our clients have worked in a variety of different industries, which include clerical and office workers, auto mechanics, taper and drywall workers, construction workers, painters, electricians, general labour and forklift operators, assembly line workers, butchers, housekeeping, truck drivers and others. We have successfully represented unionized and non-unionized employees.

Our primary area of practice is helping injured and disabled workers with claims to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), previously called Workers' Compensation Board (WCB), and Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability benefits.

Since 1996, the Workers Compensation Advocate paralegal, Robert Govaert, has helped clients with appeals and tribunals in Toronto, before the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) and the Social Security Tribunal (SST). Recommended by family doctors, chiropractors, physiotherapists, lawyers, paralegals and trade unions.

Clients will Receive:

Initial screening and assessment of the case, the facts and the evidence
Advice on his or her legal interests, rights or responsibilities regarding the proceeding
Select, draft, complete or revise documents for use in the proceeding
Legal representation of the client throughout the proceeding
Negotiate client’s legal interests, rights or responsibilities that relate to the client matter
An interpreter will be provided at oral hearings, if needed
Client will be kept informed of all events as they develop throughout the proceeding

Appeals and Tribunals in Toronto

Workers Compensation Advocate

Work injury and disability benefit claims are sometimes very complex and there are appeal time limits to appeal each decision. It is important to seek legal advice and support as soon as possible after an accident or disability, even before a dispute arises. We offer a free initial consultation, so the client can determine their best course of action. Please contact us to schedule your free consultation.

Example of the types of benefits clients receive:

Monthly Pension Benefits
Loss of Earnings/Wage Loss Benefits
Health Care Benefits
Non-Economic Loss Awards for Permanent Impairment
Depression and/or Chronic Pain Disability
Entitlement to Secondary Conditions (example, the development of a left knee impairment due to an increased dependency following a work related injury to the right knee)
Work Transition (WT) services to enable a return to suitable work

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