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Rate Framework Consultation downplays (dismisses?) worker concerns

March 16, 2016

Since 2013, the WSIB has been engaged in what they call a “Rate Framework Consultation.” In simpler language, this means that the Board is planning on changing some of the specifics of the way that your compensation system is funded.…

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“Leading woman” injured worker activist receives well-deserved honour

March 14, 2016

On Sunday March 13, Maryam Nazemi was presented with the “Leading Women” award by Richmond Hill MPP and Liberal cabinet minister Reza Moridi. The community leadership award recognizes Maryam’s untiring work to have all workers of Ontario covered by the protection of…

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Fighting with the WSIB “has been just as agonizing as his injuries”

March 13, 2016

“Delay, denial and debt mark WSIB struggle for man who lost his memory in a workplace struggle.” / Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Toronto Star, Mar. 12, 2016) 58-year old Burlington man, Darryl Bold, is still battling for compensation six years after suffering multiple injuries…

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International Women’s Day 2016 – inspiring change

March 7, 2016

The beginnings of official gender neutrality came into Ontario’s workers’ compensation system in 1982 with Bill 205, updating the long-standing term “workmen’s compensation”. At that time women made up 40% of the workforce, and the Bill reflected growing recognition among a male-oriented…

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IWC receives award for public legal education

March 4, 2016

Injured Workers’ Consultants Community Legal Clinic was honoured to be one of the 2016 Mayworks Festival Min Sook Lee Award recipients. This past Saturday IWC received the award for involving the arts and culture in our work. The award was presented by…

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A workplace hand injury he thought he could push through..and then it all unravelled

February 22, 2016

“Anxiety. Depression. Bankruptcy. One family’s battle with workplace injury.” / Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Toronto Star, Feb. 19, 2016) Six years after a seemingly minor workplace injury which tore a ligament in his dominant arm, Matthew Harrison, a young worker sometimes juggling up to…

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First responders PTSD bill introduced today

February 18, 2016

With Bill 163, Supporting Ontario’s First Responders Act (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder), 2016, the Liberal Government introduced its promised PTSD legislation. Amending subsection 13(4) of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, the bill aims to give first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder faster …

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Is the WSIB ignoring medical advice? Listen to the podcast

February 18, 2016

The WSIB is being accused of cutting off benefits to injured workers against the advice of medical professionals. Listeners tuning in to the CBC’s Ontario Today phone-in show yesterday [listen to the podcast] heard from a number of voices on the concern …

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CBC Radio Ontario Today call-in show Feb 17 to focus on injured workers

February 13, 2016

If you are an injured worker, doctor, health care provider or advocate who has first-hand experience with the WSIB rejecting advice from treating medical professionals, NOW is your chance to phone in and share your experiences LIVE on CBC Radio’s Ontario Today…

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Fifth Estate follows up the Powder Keg

February 2, 2016

“The deadly dust that’s killing old miners” / Lindsay Kelly (Northern Ontario Business, Jan. 22, 2016) Before starting his daily shift at the Quirke II uranium mine in Elliot Lake, Jim Hobbs was required to inhale a fine aluminum dust, known as…

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