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WSIB President on the air

November 6, 2016

“Injured workers confront WSIB” – podcast (Ontario Today, Nov. 2, 2016) CBC Radio’s noon call-in show, hosted by Rita Celli, continued its coverage of current issues regarding Ontario’s workers’ compensation system. WSIB President Tom Teahan responded to callers on the live show,…

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Injured workers’ advocates speak out on pre-existing conditions policy

October 28, 2016

“WSIB’s ‘devastating’ compensation policy all about board’s bottom line, lawyers charge: Some injured workers have had benefits cut by half since pre-existing conditions policy came into effect” / Ashley Burke (CBC News Ottawa, October 27, 2016) Advocates point to the larger…

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Pre-existing conditions : WSIB trimming the bottom line?

October 27, 2016

“Looking for fairness, not cash for life” – 54-year-old Dan O’Connor’s 19-year career as a paramedic ended 3 years ago after a workplace lower-back injury. Deemed as having reached “maximum medical recovery” by the WSIB, this recipient of a service award from…

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Maintaining employment after workplace injury or disease

October 23, 2016

The Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG) recently presented its submission to the committee reviewing Canada’s performance under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Approximately 50,000 of the Canadian workers injured or made sick each…

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Taking stock: OFL / ONIWG Joint Conference on workers compensation

October 23, 2016

The upcoming 2016 Joint Conference (Nov. 3 & 4) of the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG) and Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) presents two days of presentations and discussion on key concerns of injured workers and current developments…

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Calling on the Workplaces Review to strengthen rights

October 19, 2016

Injured Workers Consultants (IWC) was happy to make a submission on the Interim Report on the Changing Workplaces Review, in support of the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change (MWAC) and the Workers’ Action Centre (WAC). The Changing Workplaces Review presents an important…

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Celebrating activists

October 19, 2016

A reminder that the annual event to celebrate labour and injured worker activists is fast approaching (November 4). This year the dinner will be held on the last evening of the Joint OFL/ONIWG Conference and take place in the Toronto Don Valley…

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The state of benefit adequacy

October 10, 2016

The U.S. Dept of Labor’s recent report asks the key question: “Does the Workers’ Compensation System Fulfill its Obligations to Injured Workers?” Although there are notable differences between the American and Canadian systems, the report sounds the alarm on concerns relevant also…

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Clothing Allowance decisions reconsidered

October 10, 2016

THE WSIB is sending out letters in early October to injured workers who wore a WSIB-approved back support or back corset and did not receive the full Clothing Allowance amount payable during the period from November 1, 1996 to January 3, 2006.…

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“A farcical decision”: lawyer

October 10, 2016

“Injured farm worker struggles to survive after support cut off” / Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Toronto Star, Oct 7, 2016) Former migrant farmer Anthony Brown, seriously injured in a workplace accident while working on a Niagara-area fruit-picking operation, is in a no-win situation. Permanently…

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