Employment

Researchers looking for digital platform workers in the private household sector

October 21, 2024

In recent decades, law and policy reform has become increasingly based on what “research shows” rather than what seems fair and just. The School of Public Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo has published research on many issues of importance the…

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Training for injured workers on accommodation law

July 11, 2022

The OFL Prevention Link program is offering the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG) free virtual training on The Principles of Accommodation Law. This workshop will increase participants’ understanding of human rights legislation in the area of disability and employment. The…

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Summary of response to the Consultation on Naloxone in the Workplace

January 17, 2022

In its submission to the Naloxone in the Workplace Consultation, Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic (IWC) welcomes and supports efforts to increase workplace safety, including access to naloxone to reduce the risk of deaths caused by opioid overdoses. The Clinic also…

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Presentation to the 2021 Disability and Work National Conference

December 2, 2021

The following presentation was made by long-time disability activist and Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic Board director John Rae. In his career with the Ontario Public Service, John served as a Consultant with the Centre for Disability and Work, an Education Officer…

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Ontario Divisional Court overturns WSIAT, allows injured worker to sue

August 20, 2021

Jan Morningstar was a hotel cleaner in Niagara Falls. She successfully overcame uterine cancer but was left with one of the symptoms, an unusual odour. She was relentlessly teased and harassed by her co-workers and management did little or nothing to assist…

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Ontario injured workers bring concerns again to the UN

March 23, 2021

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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Spotlight on WCB policies and opioids

June 21, 2020

In a Globe and Mail investigation, reporter Kathy Tomlinson has explored how workers’ comp fanned the flames of an opioid crisis that leaves addiction, overdose and death in its wake. Her examination of appeal decisions and the experiences of injured workers reveals…

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COVID-19 updates for injured workers

May 3, 2020

Regularly updated information and selected resources for injured workers on claims and appeals handling, employment rights, government programs and services, and campaigns to ensure injured workers receive their just support. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board COVID-19 updates The WSIB’s offices are now…

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A survey of workers’ experiences during a pandemic

April 26, 2020

Your participation is requested in this OHCOW survey which seeks information on not just your experiences of the physical aspects of working conditions during the pandemic but also the psychological impacts: This survey is designed to learn about your experiences as a…

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Precarious work and RTW project seeks participants

February 18, 2020

As part of Dr Ellen MacEachen‘s Return to Work and Precarious Workers study, a research project at the University of Waterloo and University of Ottawa is looking to understand worker experiences from injury through until they return to work (or don’t…

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