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Injured workers and the Assembly

March 29, 2018

It’s been a busy week in Ontario’s Legislative Assembly as the province moves towards the June election. MPPs raised several issues facing injured workers: Questions in the House Deeming – on Monday Cindy Forster (Welland) again questioned why “the government continues to…

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The Premier of Ontario was asked about ‘deeming’

March 20, 2018

(ONIWG’s recent letter to the Premier follows up on questions on deeming raised with her during recent Town Halls by providing recent research on how severely injured workers are impacted by the WSIB practice of deeming…) As many are aware, the Premier…

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The hidden truth

March 3, 2018

Injured Worker Unemployment: The Hidden Truth by the ONIWG Research Action Committee highlights telling statistics on wage loss and unemployment among seriously injured workers with permanent disabilities – and the resulting mental health impacts. According to figures provided by the WSIB, only…

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“Dwindling WSIB coverage and underhanded tricks…”

March 1, 2018

Yesterday in the Legislative Assembly, Paul Miller, MPP for Hamilton East-Stoney Creek, called out the government for the state of Ontario’s workers’ compensation system. The Poverty Reduction critic for the NDP addressed cuts to health care benefits, urging the government to urged…

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The problem with deeming

February 25, 2018

More than 90% of workers who lose time from work because of a work injury get back to work at their pre-injury wages in less than a year. But the vast majority of those injuries are temporary. People need time to heal,…

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Chronic Mental Stress Victory!

February 7, 2018

In 2017, the Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Group (ONIWG), Injured Workers’ Consultants Community Legal Clinic (IWC), and one brave injured worker launched a court challenge for mental stress claims. Four years after the bar on chronic stress claims was found to…

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Taking a message to the Premier

February 1, 2018

Injured worker, Anne Marie had an appointment with Kathleen Wayne in her constituency office on Friday January 26, 2018. In the meeting, the injured worker told her injury story, how she injured her back at work. Subsequent to her injury, the WSIB…

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Injured workers: taking an extra hit

January 8, 2018

“Injured workers losing out on Ontario’s wage bump. Here’s why” / Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Hamilton Spectator, Toronto Star Jan. 8, 2018) – with Letters to the editor in response (Jan 13). — While supporting the $15 & Fairness minimum wage campaign, injured workers…

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Where did they go?

January 8, 2018

What happens to Ontario’s injured workers with permanent impairments who are denied workers’ compensation or their benefits are cut off when they are unable to get employment after their injury? A recently published report “Where Did They Go?” is the first step…

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Board’s “pre-existing conditions” policy change and review

December 15, 2017

“WSIB to abolish policy that slashed benefits for thousands.” / Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Toronto Star, Dec. 15, 2017) Responding to widespread criticism that it blames injuries on pre-existing conditions that had no impact on workers before their injury, Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance…

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