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Bancroft Spring session – mental health and the injured worker

April 22, 2016

Each year approximately 31,000 Canadian workers are recognized as sustaining a permanent impairment as a result of a workplace injury – 15,000 in Ontario alone, according to WSIB data. The upcoming session in the Bancroft Institute’s Policy & Research Discussion series…

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Doctor’s claim against WSIB and employer gets go-ahead

April 22, 2016

“Hamilton-area doctor gets green light to sue WSIB, employer” / Jacques Gallant (Toronto Star, Apr. 21, 2016) Dr Brenda Steinnagel alleges she was fired after refusing WSIB’s demands to reverse her medical opinion on a hospital security guard’s claim (see also Hamilton …

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Celebrating Injured Worker Speaker School success

April 20, 2016

Monday was Graduation and Speech night at Toronto’s Injured Workers’ Speakers School (IWSS). Fellow injured workers, colleagues, and clinic staff celebrated with 2016 Spring graduates: Ruben, Seeta, Julie, Mark, Jenny, Heidi. Organizing the event were IWSS facilitators Kate and Heather, Aidan and…

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A healthy relationship?

April 14, 2016

A recent U.S. study published by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (“Do Higher Fee Schedules Increase the Number of Workers’ Compensation Cases?” ) raises some interesting research questions for Canadian workers’ compensation systems, particularly in light of the austerity measures implemented…

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Challenges to Appeals Tribunal’s independence & expertise?

April 6, 2016

“Fair appeals for injured workers under threat, experts warn” / Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Toronto Star, Apr. 6, 2016) Workers’ compensation system is at a “critical moment” as backlogs and loss of expertise kick in at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT),…

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Websites for your injured workers group – social (justice) media

April 6, 2016

Even a small website helps you present your organization and its issues so users can easily find and share information. The right software can make it simple to add a blog, videos or photos, contact form or publications that can be downloaded.…

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PTSD compensation for first responders

April 6, 2016

“Ontario recognizes PTSD as work-related for first responders” / Rob Ferguson (Toronto Star, Apr. 5, 2016) With all-party support, Bill 163, Supporting Ontario’s First Responders Act (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder), 2016 was passed into law Tuesday. The amendment to the Workplace Safety and…

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Community support with income tax preparation

March 28, 2016

The deadline for most who are reporting 2015 personal income is fast approaching – April 30, 2106. Injured workers who need free help to file their income tax returns might wish to contact one of the many Volunteer Tax Preparation Clinics available…

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Time to change the austerity agenda?

March 28, 2016

For at least the last five years, the Ontario Government and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) have been operating the province’s workers compensation system with a clear cost-saving mandate. In large part, this has been in line with a…

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Union calls for end to age discrimination in workers’ compensation

March 25, 2016

“Older workers want ‘fairness’ – Sudbury union” / Carol Mulligan (Sudbury Star, Mar. 22, 2016) When the government in 2006 abolished the mandatory retirement age of 65, it left other legislation tied to the former mandatory age to be dealt with at…

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