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New WSIB policy discriminates against chronic mental stress

October 16, 2017

A coalition of injured workers, community legal clinics, private bar lawyers, and doctors with decades of direct experience in Ontario’s workers’ compensation system has sent a clear and urgent message to Premier Wynne on the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s (WSIB) new…

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Miners’ claims – moving forward (but not for all)

October 11, 2017

“Ontario pledges $1 million to help ailing miners exposed to toxic dust.” / Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Toronto Star, Oct. 11, 2017) Ontario’s Ministry of Labour is expected to announce today funding for the Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW) to…

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Progress on accessing hearing devices?

October 11, 2017

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s (WSIB) policy on hearing devices was raised again in the House last Thursday by Sarnia-Lambton MPP (PC), Robert Bailey. Referring to patients’ difficulties accessing the hearing aid that works best for them, he noted …Just one…

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Toronto campaign reaches out

October 6, 2017

Injured workers from the ridings of Toronto-Danforth, Beaches-East York, and beyond had an inspiring, empowering, and fun day last Saturday building the Workers’ Comp is a Right campaign and getting the word out to the public. The day started off with a…

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Deeming and the migrant worker

October 5, 2017

“Tribunal slams WSIB practice that cuts benefits to injured migrant workers” / Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Toronto Star, Oct. 5, 2017) In what is being called a landmark decision, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) has ruled that Ontario’s workers’ compensation board’s…

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Taking action on Board’s pre-existing conditions policy

October 4, 2017

In May 2017 Ontario’s Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) with Decision 468/17 again challenged the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s use of “pre-existing conditions” to reduce the Non-Economic Loss (NEL) benefit in its adjudication of claims for a work-related permanent disability. Administrative law expert…

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October 4 – Toronto Injured Worker Organizing Meeting

September 28, 2017

Come out to the second meeting of Toronto injured worker activists, as we build on our momentum to push forward both the Workers’ Comp is a Right campaign and the Injured Worker Healthcare campaign. We had a really exciting first meeting…

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Registration open – Bancroft Institute session on pre-existing conditions

September 24, 2017

The 2017/2018 season of the Bancroft Institute for Studies on Workers’ Compensation and Work Injury gets underway Tuesday week on October 3rd. The first session is a full-day event to share the latest information from both health care and legal perspectives on…

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GE Peterborough claims review: “just the start”

September 22, 2017

Following a long and active campaign seeking fair compensation for occupational disease claims (detailed in the Toronto Star’s investigative report “Lethal Legacy”), retired General Electric Peterborough workers, their families, occupational health & safety and workers’ compensation advocates learned this week that…

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Up for debate…

September 16, 2017

A busy first week as the Legislative Assembly resumed sitting .. On Monday September 11, Bill 148, Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 was reported (with amendments) from the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, and House debate on…

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