Benefits

Maintaining employment after workplace injury or disease

October 23, 2016

The Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG) recently presented its submission to the committee reviewing Canada’s performance under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Approximately 50,000 of the Canadian workers injured or made sick each…

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The state of benefit adequacy

October 10, 2016

The U.S. Dept of Labor’s recent report asks the key question: “Does the Workers’ Compensation System Fulfill its Obligations to Injured Workers?” Although there are notable differences between the American and Canadian systems, the report sounds the alarm on concerns relevant also…

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Clothing Allowance decisions reconsidered

October 10, 2016

THE WSIB is sending out letters in early October to injured workers who wore a WSIB-approved back support or back corset and did not receive the full Clothing Allowance amount payable during the period from November 1, 1996 to January 3, 2006.…

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“A farcical decision”: lawyer

October 10, 2016

“Injured farm worker struggles to survive after support cut off” / Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Toronto Star, Oct 7, 2016) Former migrant farmer Anthony Brown, seriously injured in a workplace accident while working on a Niagara-area fruit-picking operation, is in a no-win situation. Permanently…

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Calling for transparency

August 30, 2016

“Secretive drug policies putting injured workers at risk, critics say” / Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Toronto Star, Aug. 29, 2016) Will the medication I’m prescribed by my doctor for my work injury (or illness) be covered by the WSIB? It seems a simple enough…

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Board’s use of pre-existing conditions under scrutiny

July 18, 2016

“Injured workers routinely cut off WSIB by improper rulings: critics say decisions citing pre-existing conditions unlawfully force vulnerable workers to battle for compensation they’re entitled to.” / Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Toronto Star, Jul. 21, 2016) (updates Jul. 18 article: “WSIB slashes benefits and…

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Caring for the seriously injured?

July 4, 2016

“Fewer workers getting help for ‘serious injuries,’ statistics show” / Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Toronto Star, Jul. 3, 2016) “The number of workers accepted into [the WSIB’s] serious injury program that dramatically improves their access to medical care has been cut by more than…

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This shameful agenda must be exposed and reversed…

May 31, 2016

“WSIB’s Reforms: Smoke, mirrors and broken workers” / Orlando Buonastella & Kathrin Furniss (Rankandfile.ca, May 31, 2016) While there has been recent widespread media coverage of the way in which the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board systematically ignores the opinion of injured…

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A Miracle on Front St

May 30, 2016

Ontario’s Workplace and Safety Insurance Board presents … A Miracle on Front St. The WSIB’s annual benefits payment to workers have been reduced by over $800 million a year since 2009, from $3.2 billion to $2.4 billion in 2014. They expect to…

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CFIB legislative proposals – no reason for WSIB to cheer

May 30, 2016

A statement released May 27 by CEO Elizabeth Witmer and President Tom Teahen declares the WSIB is pleased by recognition of its service improvements by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). This is detailed in , the first in a series…

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