Submission focuses on the Temporary Employment Agencies policy which does nothing to further the workplace health and safety of  temporary workers. Proposed measures means the use of temporary workers is still a way employers can avoid premium increases from their injuries, and…

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Letter to the WSIB Chair protests the Consultation’s virtual dismissal of worker-side concerns submitted, with considerable time and effort, by injured worker groups, labour and advocates.…

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Ignoring the recommendations of the Expert Panel on Occupational Health & Safety and the Arthurs Report, the Proposed Rate Framework would make claims experience the main driver of premium rates for all Schedule I employers. Inconsistent with the Act, the framework proposes…

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Submission to the WSIB/WCB Funding Review details why the Working Group finds that experience rating prompts negative claims management behaviour by employers, produces harmful results for injured workers. and fundamentally works against improving occupational health and safety.…

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