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IWC makes recommendations to Standing Committee on changes to Bill 27 (surplus funds distribution)

November 17, 2021

Orlando Buonastella and Kathrin Furniss from Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic were among those making presentations today at public hearings before the Standing Committee on Social Policy on Bill 27 (Working for Workers Act, 2021) . Specifically, they spoke to the Committee…

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Registration deadline Wed. Nov 10 for public hearings on Bill 27 (WSIB surplus distribution)

November 9, 2021

Schedule 6 of Bill 27, Working for Workers Act, 2021 amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act to allow distribution of “surplus” funds. The Bill has now been referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy for public (virtual) hearings Nov. 15-18.…

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Remembering Katherine Lippel

October 5, 2021

Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic was saddened to learn of the death of Dr Katherine Lippel, Distinguished Research Chair in Occupational Health & Safety Law at the University of Ottawa, widely respected for her commitment to employment law that advanced workers’…

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WSIAT survey on service, accessibility & barriers

October 3, 2021

The Workplace Safety and Appeals Tribunal’s (WSIAT) Access to Justice Working Group aims to remove barriers so everyone can fully participate in proceedings. WSIAT is seeking feedback in a short survey on customer service and the accessibility of its adjudicative processes and…

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Class action about opioid addiction

October 1, 2021

OxyContin has fueled the opioid crisis in Canada for many years. Purdue Pharma created OxyContin and made billons off of it while falsely promoting it as a less addictive opioid. In 2007, Purdue pled guilty in the U.S. to misleading regulators and…

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Calling for occupational disease reform

September 9, 2021

A recent National Observer investigation detailed how an Ontario paper mill poisoned nearby First Nations and their decades-long fight for environmental justice. The toxic chemicals and contaminants also had long-term and grave impacts for construction workers at the Dryden Mill. A report…

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Ontario Divisional Court overturns WSIAT, allows injured worker to sue

August 20, 2021

Jan Morningstar was a hotel cleaner in Niagara Falls. She successfully overcame uterine cancer but was left with one of the symptoms, an unusual odour. She was relentlessly teased and harassed by her co-workers and management did little or nothing to assist…

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ONIWG responds to consultation on ‘surplus funds’

August 8, 2021

In response to the Ministry of Labour’s consultation on how the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) should distribute “surplus” funds, ONIWG calls on the Board to restore the cuts to injured workers’ benefits and services. “Elimination of the unfunded liability should…

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MOL is asking what to do with WSIB ‘surplus’ funds? Let them know

August 3, 2021

The Ministry of Labour is currently holding a short consultation on how the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) should distribute “surplus” funds. The Ministry’s discussion paper follows up on a key recommendation of the WSIB Operational Review report (2020) that the…

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Support groups like Peel Injured Workers Group offer a lifeline

July 8, 2021

As injured worker activist Catherine Fenech notes in the Brampton Guardian this week, work injury and illness can severely affect mental health in addition to the physical impacts. For workers with permanent injuries in particular, depression, social isolation and loneliness are all…

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