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Questioning the state of administrative justice in Ontario’s workers’ compensation

October 15, 2015

A new series of articles by Ron Ellis Q.C., noted administrative law practitioner, academic and former Appeals Tribunal Chair, focuses on justice issues and disrespect for the rule of law in Ontario’s workers’ compensation administrative justice system. In the first, “Tribunal …

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“You don’t know what it’s like…”

October 12, 2015

The UK effort to get the disabled off benefits has had a horrific impact on people deemed fit to work. Decisions to cut benefits by authorities like the WSIB can have much more than a financial impact. As many injured workers will…

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Minister’s on air lock-in update

May 31, 2015

CBC Radio Up North contacted Minister of Labour Kevin Flynn for his response, broadcast May 29, to their recent interview with advocate Marion Endicott (of Injured Workers’ Consultants). In the May 21st radio show, Marion spoke on current concerns with Ontario’s workers’…

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Government proposes WSIA amendments

May 28, 2015

[Update: Bill 109 passes Dec. 10, 2015] Minister of Labour, Kevin Flynn, introduced Bill 109, Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 today in the House. Schedule 3 of the bill proposes changes to the Workplace Safety and Amendment Act…

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Northern discussions on workers’ comp

May 27, 2015

Injured Workers’ Consultants’ advocate Marion Endicott was in Thunder Bay recently to speak at several events about the current workers’ compensation system and proposed changes. In discussion with host Steve Mantis on the TV program “Community Conversation” (view the 3-part series…

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A tale of two provinces…

May 18, 2015

Valuable new research on how the distinct workers’ compensation systems in Quebec and Ontario affect doctors in their various roles was presented to a packed room at the Spring 2015 session of the Bancroft Institute Discussion and Policy series held last week…

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Protecting victims of occupational disease

May 12, 2015

Oshawa MPP Jennifer French (NDP) introduced a private member’s bill last Thursday aimed at closing loopholes in the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act “that penalize victims and their families”. The Protecting Victims of Occupational Disease Act, 2015 (Bill 98) amends s. 43…

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Medical decisionmaking – who is in control?

March 1, 2015

When a clinical neurologist went public last year over dealings with the Nova Scotia WCB (CBC News Oct. 10, 2014) that she termed “appallingly disturbing”, she raised an issue that often confronts injured workers, leaving them “between a rock and a hard…

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Bill 56 and injured workers’ retirement income

February 19, 2015

Currently two-thirds of Ontarians do not have a workplace pension. Tuesday when the House started sitting again, MPPs jumped into second reading debate on Bill 56, The Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2014. Given that only 39% put away money for…

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Judicial review of WSIAT decision on age discrimination

December 21, 2014

Ontario’s Divisional Court [Gouthro v Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal et al, 2014 ONSC 7289] has upheld the WSIAT decision 512/06 that the age limits on recovery for LOE benefits do not violate the Charter of Rights, arguing that as…

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