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Home / Blog / Finance

Finance

ONIWG continues to speak out on key issues facing injured workers

June 15, 2022

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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Filed Under: Benefits, Employer premiums, Injured workers

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

November 17, 2021

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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Filed Under: Finance, Law Reform

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

November 9, 2021

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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Filed Under: Benefits, Employer premiums, Law Reform

ONIWG responds to consultation on ‘surplus funds’

August 8, 2021

In response to the Ministry of Labour’s consultation on how the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) should distribute “surplus” funds, ONIWG calls on the Board to restore the cuts to injured workers’ benefits and services. “Elimination of the unfunded liability should…

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Filed Under: Benefits, Employer premiums

MOL is asking what to do with WSIB ‘surplus’ funds? Let them know

August 3, 2021

The Ministry of Labour is currently holding a short consultation on how the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) should distribute “surplus” funds. The Ministry’s discussion paper follows up on a key recommendation of the WSIB Operational Review report (2020) that the…

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Filed Under: Benefits, Employer premiums

WSIB President Stepping Down. What’s Next?

October 27, 2020

Recently, Tom Teahen, president of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (“WSIB”) announced his resignation, with little fanfare. So far, the only public mention of this has been via his Twitter account. While his departure has yet to make waves, his time…

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Filed Under: Finance, Injured workers, Workers compensation

Injured workers denounce premium rate reduction & death at Fiera Foods

September 26, 2019

(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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Filed Under: Employer premiums, Experience Rating, In the News, Safety, Temp workers

Why the funding cuts should be reversed

July 25, 2019

Two recent letters speak powerfully on the impact of the legal aid funding cuts on injured workers and ordinary people in Ontario. The first, a group letter (July 23) from six private bar lawyers specializing in workers’ compensation law to newly appointed…

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Filed Under: Finance, Legal services

“Privatization of the WSIB is on the horizon”

July 9, 2019

“The WSIB of Ontario is one of the most profitable corporations in Canada, regarding any business activity, while its injured workers are the most destitute.”  In its recent Workers’ Compensation Newsletter (July 2019), Fink & Bornstein point to the Workplace Safety and…

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Filed Under: Finance, Law Reform, Workers compensation

“What will happen to them when we can’t help?”

June 27, 2019

“It’s just gut-wrenching to think about how we’re going to continue to serve the injured workers’ community….” Layoffs at Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic (IWC) give the lie to the Ford government’s often-repeated promise that not a single front-line worker will lose…

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Filed Under: Finance, In the News, Injured workers, Legal services

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