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Precarious employment & the fissured workplace

December 6, 2017

A packed audience participated in Monday’s Bancroft Session, with Katherine Lippel, Canada Research Chair on Occupational Health and Safety Law, and Ellen MacEachen, Associate Professor University of Waterloo, reporting on the first phase of an ongoing study looking at…

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When workers die: the woeful state of OH&S regulation

November 30, 2017

“Penalties when workers die on the job don’t go far enough, say labour groups, families” / Jacques Marcoux, Kristin Annable (CBC News, Nov. 30, 2017) According to the most recent statistics available from the Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada, in…

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On the floor of the House

November 28, 2017

Today in the Ontario Legislative Assembly two more petitions from injured workers were presented by MPPs John Yakabuski (Renfrew-Nippising-Pembroke) and James J. Bradley ( St Catharines) While Bill 148 Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (S.O. 2017 c.22) – including mandated minimum…

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Study: How workplace violence affects Ontario hospital workers

November 28, 2017

Following the release of a member poll on workplace violence earlier in the month that revealed more than two out of three healthcare workers had been physically assaulted at least once in the past year, a new study by Jim Brophy, Margaret…

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Urgent action by Minister needed now on deeming

November 21, 2017

On November 17, the Legislative Assembly adopted the report of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs on Bill 148 Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (see amended version) and have ordered it for third reading. The proposed NDP amendment,…

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Windsor injured workers speak out strongly

November 17, 2017

“Injured Windsor workers call for changes to WSIB compensation program.” (CBC News Windsor, Nov. 15, 2017) Windsor injured workers kicked off their Workers’ Comp Is A Right campaign activities Wednesday with a press conference at the Unifor Labour Centre. Speakers included Sharon…

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Free workshop on financial supports

November 17, 2017

Is there financial support you could be receiving? The Toronto Public Library, in partnership with the WoodGreen Community Services Financial Empowerment Program, is holding another free workshop November 29th on Benefits, Supports and Tax Credits available to persons living with a disability…

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What the papers say … research & reporting

November 16, 2017

Announcing details of the upcoming (Dec. 4) Bancroft Institute workshop: What the papers say: Research and reporting on workers’ compensation in the precarious economy. The half-day session (1:00 – 4:30 p.m.) will feature Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Toronto Star), Katherine Lippel (University of Ottawa),…

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Another petition read into the House

November 16, 2017

This past Tuesday Cheri diNovo (NDP MPP, Parkdale-High Park) stood in the Legislative Assembly to read the Workers’ Comp Is A Right petition (P-253 Injured workers) into the official record of the House. Two other petitions have been presented Ted Arnott (PC…

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Register now for free CIWA webinar on living with pain

November 14, 2017

The Canadian Injured Workers Alliance is offering a free online educational session next Monday November 20, 2017, from 12-1 p.m. The webinar “Creating A Way Forward, Approaches To Living Well And Working With Persistent Pain” is intended for helping/health professionals, workers’ advocates,…

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