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ONIWG continues to speak out on key issues facing injured workers

In two recent communications, the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG) continues to raise its voice on issues of long-standing concern to the injured worker community. Claims suppression, non-reporting and abandoned claims A letter to the President and CEO of the…

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IWC makes recommendations to Standing Committee on changes to Bill 27 (surplus funds distribution)

Orlando Buonastella and Kathrin Furniss from Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic were among those making presentations today at public  hearings before the Standing Committee on Social Policy on Bill 27 (Working for Workers Act, 2021) . Specifically, they spoke to the Committee…

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Registration deadline Wed. Nov 10 for public hearings on Bill 27 (WSIB surplus distribution)

Schedule 6 of Bill 27, Working for Workers Act, 2021 amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act to allow distribution of “surplus” funds. The Bill has now been referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy for public (virtual) hearings Nov. 15-18.…

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Injured workers denounce premium rate reduction & death at Fiera Foods

(Press Release, Sep. 26 2019)  The Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Groups (ONIWG) is appalled that the Ford government and WSIB are giving yet another massive gift to employers in the form of a 17% premium rate reduction, especially with…

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