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Calling for recognition of chronic occupational mental stress injuries

November 15, 2016

“Ombudsman asked to probe WSIB treatment of mentally ill: Complaint from group of legal experts says workers with chronic mental stress injuries face systematic discrimination.” / Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Toronto Star, Nov. 14, 2016) London injured worker Wendy Knelsen, diagnosed with work-related…

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RTW Research study seeks injured worker participants

November 15, 2016

A team of respected researchers from across Ontario are conducting a study about Injured Worker experience with the return to work process. The researchers, including Sonja Senthanar (University of Waterloo), Katherine Lippel (University of Ottawa), and Ellen MacEachen (University of Waterloo) are…

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Upcoming: Bancroft Institute Fall 2016 Policy & Research discussion

November 6, 2016

Barriers to Return-to-Work in a Context of Social Vulnerability is the timely topic for discussion at the Nov. 17 session of the Bancroft Institute for Studies on Workers’ Compensation and Work Injury. Keynote speaker Stephanie Premji, Assistant Professor, McMaster University, will…

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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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