Finance

On the backs of injured workers

September 28, 2018

The 30% cut to employers’ premiums recently announced by the Ontario government and WSIB continues to draw strong condemnation for the negative and continuing impact it will have for those with work-related injury or illness: The Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Groups…

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A bonanza for employers at injured workers’ expense

September 27, 2018

While the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) was holding its Annual General Meeting yesterday, injured workers and their advocates were protesting outside the building. They were there to #BlowTheWhistle on the Board’s strong financial position being built on the backs of…

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Construction industry anxious for handout from Doug Ford’s WSIB

June 28, 2018

A recent article in the Daily Commercial News reports that construction industry leaders are anxious for details from the new Ford government. David Frame, director of government relations for the Ontario General Contractors Association, said this year the Workplace Safety and Insurance…

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Free workshop on financial supports

November 17, 2017

Is there financial support you could be receiving? The Toronto Public Library, in partnership with the WoodGreen Community Services Financial Empowerment Program, is holding another free workshop November 29th on Benefits, Supports and Tax Credits available to persons living with a disability…

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Lower premiums for employers – who pays?

September 25, 2016

“WSIB premium cuts hurts injured workers says OPSEU, Injured Workers Group” / Tom Sasvari (Manitoulin Expositor, Sep. 23, 2016) At its recent Annual general meeting, the WSIB announced cuts to the premiums employers pay in 2017, averaging 5% but decreasing by up…

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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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A healthy relationship?

April 14, 2016

A recent U.S. study published by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (“Do Higher Fee Schedules Increase the Number of Workers’ Compensation Cases?” ) raises some interesting research questions for Canadian workers’ compensation systems, particularly in light of the austerity measures implemented…

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Community support with income tax preparation

March 28, 2016

The deadline for most who are reporting 2015 personal income is fast approaching – April 30, 2106. Injured workers who need free help to file their income tax returns might wish to contact one of the many Volunteer Tax Preparation Clinics available…

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Time to change the austerity agenda?

March 28, 2016

For at least the last five years, the Ontario Government and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) have been operating the province’s workers compensation system with a clear cost-saving mandate. In large part, this has been in line with a…

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