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Benefits
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…
University of Waterloo seeks injured workers for study on retirement & poverty
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
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”
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)
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.…
ONIWG responds to consultation on ‘surplus funds’
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
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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Survey to help shape federal Disability Inclusion Action Plan
According to the most recent Canadian Income Survey 13.5% of persons with a disability lived below the poverty line in 2019. On June 22, shortly before Parliament rose for the summer, the Minister of of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion introduced…
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Ontario injured workers bring concerns again to the UN
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is holding a general discussion on the Convention’s Article 27, which addresses the right of persons with disabilities to work and employment. The aim of the discussion is to…
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Bancroft videos now available
The Bancroft Institute for Studies on Workers’ Compensation and Work Injury, like everyone, is adapting to the new realities of COVID-19. We are hard at work putting together a set of high quality events online, and we will have information about…