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Age discrimination in Ontario’s workers’ compensation

June 24, 2024

In an op-ed in Hamilton Spectator (June 24) Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic caseworkers Tebasum Durrani and Chris Grawey note that while the province celebrates June as Seniors Month, older injured workers continue to be at increased risk of poverty. Under the…

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Watch public hearings on Bill 149 changes to workers’ compensation

February 8, 2024

The Ontario Government has recently introduced Bill 149, which it calls the Working for Workers Four Act, 2023. It is proposing changes to a number of labour laws, including the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, which makes the rules for how…

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Migrant worker deeming case celebration

November 13, 2023

In a landmark decision Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) recently ruled that the WSIB’s practice of ending compensation to migrant farm workers after 12 weeks, sometimes less, without regard for their individual circumstances was inappropriate. The Tribunal reinstated loss…

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ONIWG court challenge to WSIB Cost of Living Adjustment

July 25, 2023

When the rate of inflation rose sharply in the late 1960’s and 70’s permanently injured workers on fixed pensions saw the value of their pension drop sharply due to the increased cost of living. In 1985 injured workers won a long fought…

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Watch ONIWG vs the WSIB in court Monday

June 23, 2023

ONIWG is taking the WSIB to court on Monday at 10:00 am over the cost of living adjustments. To observe the court hearing, go to the zoom website: https://zoom.us/join * enter the Meeting ID: 692 8645 7863 * enter the Passcode: 477865…

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ONIWG turns to the courts for fair cost-of-living adjustment for injured workers

December 14, 2022

Inflation was not an issue when the workers’ compensation system was introduced back in 1915. But by the 70’s and 80’s injured workers saw their benefits being swallowed up by rising prices and increased cost-of-living. Annual indexing is supposed to protect injured…

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University of Waterloo seeks injured workers for study on retirement & poverty

October 17, 2022

A University of Waterloo-based study focused on injured worker poverty in retirement years would like to hear from injured workers who have engaged with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s Loss of Retirement Income (LRI) benefits. As a part of their investigation,…

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ONIWG continues to speak out on key issues facing injured workers

June 15, 2022

In two recent communications, the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG) continues to raise its voice on issues of long-standing concern to the injured worker community. Claims suppression, non-reporting and abandoned claims A letter to the President and CEO of the…

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The WSIB’s practice of deeming considered “racist”

April 1, 2022

Injured migrant workers and their allies wrote a letter to the Prime Minister, Ontario’s Premier, Ontario’s Labour Minister and the WSIB President and CEO on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, demanding an end to the Workplace Safety and…

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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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