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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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Minister questioned in the House on injured workers

December 10, 2014

Taras Natyshak (MPP-Essex) rose in the House yesterday to question the Minister of Labour Kevin Flynn on issues raised by injured workers in their demonstration Monday outside the Ministry buildings. Referring also to safety rebates for dangerous employers, the NDP Critic for…

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In the Legislative Assembly, Nov. 24

November 24, 2014

Today in the House Michael Mantha (NDP – Algoma-Manitoulin) paid tribute to the Manitoulin injured workers’ group and spoke on the need to address “reckless” WSIB internal policy changes. Bill 18 (Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014) received royal assent.…

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Major changes to Bill 18 in Committee

November 19, 2014

Bill 18, Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, introduced a number of measures to protect the more vulnerable employees. These included minimum wage increases, extending occupational safety coverage to unpaid interns and trainees, addressing wage recovery for unpaid workers and…

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Mining safety questioned in the Assembly

July 16, 2014

Following the recent mining death at North American Palladium (the seventh miner killed on the job in Ontario this year) questions were raised on what action the government is taking and if, like Nova Scotia, it will appoint a special prosecutor to…

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Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act re-introduced

July 16, 2014

Bill 18 [read text] was given first reading in the Assembly today. The bill reintroduces Bill 146 from the previous session, extending workplace protection to vulnerable workers, including migrant workers. Schedule 5 of the bill amends the Workplace Safety and…

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Bill re-introduced to help first responders suffering from PTSD

July 7, 2014

Bill 2, Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), 2014 , introduced by Cheri di Novo (NDP- Parkdale-High Park), passed first reading in the Legislative Assembly today. The bill adds a clause that that if an emergency response worker…

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What action will the Premier take?

July 3, 2014

“Letter: Will Wynne walk the walk?” (response to Odoardo di Santo’s “Workers’ compensation under attack”) / Michael Blythe (Toronto Star, Jul. 3, 2014). Former WSIB employee and current worker representative shares di Santo’s opinion on the decline of Ontario’s workers’ compensation system…

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Where do the parties stand on workers’ compensation?

June 6, 2014

This May the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) sent the province’s Liberal, Green, New Democratic and Progressive Conservative parties a list of questions for their positions on social policy issues. Included in the questions were ones on disability and the WSIB. Find…

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