Benefits

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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Urgent action by Minister needed now on deeming

November 21, 2017

On November 17, the Legislative Assembly adopted the report of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs on Bill 148 Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (see amended version) and have ordered it for third reading. The proposed NDP amendment,…

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Wynne forced to respect injured worker voices

November 6, 2017

(contributed by Christine Nugent, ONIWG) On Saturday November 5, a determined group of injured workers of the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG), organized to present, the Workers’ Comp is a Right Campaign, to the Ontario Liberal Party, outside their…

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The delusion of deeming

November 2, 2017

“The phantom jobs of injured workers: The WSIB’s horrific practice of deeming.” / Zaid Noorsumar (Rank and File, 2 Nov. 2017) “Deeming” is hard to explain – and harder still for injured workers, such as Mark Winegarden, to experience. Having damaged his…

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104th anniversary of Meredith report: what would the Judge think today?

October 30, 2017

On October 31 in 1913 Justice Sir William Meredith’s three-year Royal Commission delivered the report that would form the basis of Ontario’s workers’ compensation system – and those across Canada. Following extensive public consultation around the province and travels to see how…

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Alberta injured workers put forward their proposals

October 20, 2017

As the Workers’ Comp is a Right Campaign moves forward, it’s a good time to look again at priorities identified by injured worker groups across Canada and how in many cases they mirror the concerns of Ontario’s injured workers. In a recent …

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New WSIB policy discriminates against chronic mental stress

October 16, 2017

A coalition of injured workers, community legal clinics, private bar lawyers, and doctors with decades of direct experience in Ontario’s workers’ compensation system has sent a clear and urgent message to Premier Wynne on the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s (WSIB) new…

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Progress on accessing hearing devices?

October 11, 2017

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s (WSIB) policy on hearing devices was raised again in the House last Thursday by Sarnia-Lambton MPP (PC), Robert Bailey. Referring to patients’ difficulties accessing the hearing aid that works best for them, he noted …Just one…

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Deeming and the migrant worker

October 5, 2017

“Tribunal slams WSIB practice that cuts benefits to injured migrant workers” / Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Toronto Star, Oct. 5, 2017) In what is being called a landmark decision, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) has ruled that Ontario’s workers’ compensation board’s…

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Taking action on Board’s pre-existing conditions policy

October 4, 2017

In May 2017 Ontario’s Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) with Decision 468/17 again challenged the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s use of “pre-existing conditions” to reduce the Non-Economic Loss (NEL) benefit in its adjudication of claims for a work-related permanent disability. Administrative law expert…

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