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The Changing Workplaces Review & the injured worker

September 28, 2015

The Injured Workers’ Consultants Community Legal Clinic has, in its submissions to the ongoing Changing Workplaces Review, asked for the experience and perspective of injured workers to be taken into account in reforming the employment standards regime. The Sep. 18 IWC …

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Revived Meredith Commission reports

July 28, 2015

“My Compensation Will End on My 65th Birthday When My Brain Injury Goes Away”: The Revived Sir William Meredith Royal Commission Final Report has been delivered! Presented to the Joint OFL/ONIWG Workers’ Compensation Conference in June by Robert Storey, the report marks…

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Worker rights in the changing workplace

June 24, 2015

With three public consultations already held in the GTA and Ottawa, the Ministry of Labour’s Changing Workplaces Review moves to Guelph tomorrow. The Review, led by special advisors, C. Michael Mitchell, and the Honourable John C. Murray, is looking at how the…

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Government proposes WSIA amendments

May 28, 2015

[Update: Bill 109 passes Dec. 10, 2015] Minister of Labour, Kevin Flynn, introduced Bill 109, Employment and Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015 today in the House. Schedule 3 of the bill proposes changes to the Workplace Safety and Amendment Act…

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Protecting victims of occupational disease

May 12, 2015

Oshawa MPP Jennifer French (NDP) introduced a private member’s bill last Thursday aimed at closing loopholes in the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act “that penalize victims and their families”. The Protecting Victims of Occupational Disease Act, 2015 (Bill 98) amends s. 43…

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It’s time to act on mental health

May 5, 2015

“Paramedics support bill that would give mental health support” / Jonathan Migneault (Sudbury Northern Life, May 5, 2015) CUPE first responders gathered at Queen’s Park to urge passage of Bill 2, an amendment to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act which…

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New reports on destructive trends – a look south of the border

March 10, 2015

“Insult to Injury”, a 4-part joint investigative series by ProPublica and NPR (National Public Radio) takes an in-depth look at the decimation of workers’ comp in the United States. Using statistical and official documentary evidence, it also lays bare through injured workers’…

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All parties recognize RSI Awareness Day

February 26, 2015

In the midst of contentious debate in the Legislative Assembly, there was one issue all parties could agree on – the toll taken by repetitive strain injury and why we need RSI Awareness Day. Minister of Labour Kevin Flynn’s statement also addressed…

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Bill 56 and injured workers’ retirement income

February 19, 2015

Currently two-thirds of Ontarians do not have a workplace pension. Tuesday when the House started sitting again, MPPs jumped into second reading debate on Bill 56, The Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act, 2014. Given that only 39% put away money for…

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Labour law review to cover precarious workers

February 17, 2015

The Ministry of Labour will launch a public consultation this Spring that looks at how Ontario’s current Labour Relations Act and Employment Standards Act meet the new realities of the workplace. This includes a labour market where, as reported in the 2013 …

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