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Labour Pains podcast #9: WSIB staff cuts

September 10, 2026

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board has announced major staff reductions (17-20% of its workforce), cutting hundreds of jobs across Ontario and closing nine regional offices. The Board calls this “a difficult business decision, aimed at consolidating work (claims and accounts management…

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IWC submission on Fortifying Ontario’s Economy (Critical Minerals Strategy)

June 10, 2026

IWC’s response to the consultation on the Ontario’s proposed Critical Minerals Strategy addresses the high workplace injury rate of workers in the mining and quarrying industries and their need to have the same health and safety protections as all workers in Ontario.…

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Labour Pains podcast #8 : Occupational disease and WSIB coverage

May 21, 2026

In this latest episode of Labour Pains, IWC lawyer Tebasum Durani speaks with Janice Martell, one of Canada’s leading advocates for workers suffering from occupational disease. Through her groundbreaking work documenting the harms of McIntyre Powder exposure in miners, and now her…

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IWC submissions to the Minister … re Bill 105 – Schedule 9

May 14, 2026

IWC supports sections of the Bill that expand coverage to uncovered workers, increase the Loss of Earnings (LOE) benefits rate, and allow for LOE benefits to continue after the age 65 cut-off. However the Clinic finds that these changes are incomplete and…

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Labour Pains podcast #7 : Bill 105 & injured workers

April 28, 2026

There are some very big changes proposed to Ontario’s workers’ compensation in schedule 9 of the Government’s Bill 105 Protecting Ontario’s Workers and Economic Resilience Act. Some of these changes are being welcomed by injured & ill workers and advocates, and some…

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Rights don’t retire: working together to end age discrimination at the WSIB

November 25, 2025

In this report, we explain the WSIB’s age limit on benefits, why it’s outdated and unfair, and what the numbers tell us about older Ontarians’ participation in the workforce. We also outline why this law is discriminatory, as it denies support to…

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ONIWG / IWC media advisory: Injured workers call for end to discriminatory age-based cut-offs at WSIB

November 21, 2025

TORONTO, Nov. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On November 25th, Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic and the Ontario Network of Injured Worker Groups will be releasing a report entitled Rights Don’t Retire: Working Together to End Age Discrimination at the WSIB and…

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Labour Pains podcast #6 : Expanding drug benefits in Ontario

November 19, 2025

This episode of the Labour Pains: an injured worker podcast series is a discussion of how (and what) prescription medication is covered in Ontario, and whether it is time to expand that coverage for injured workers. IWC lawyer host Tebasum Durrani explores …

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Labour Pains podcast #5 : WSIB’s age discrimination

October 9, 2025

In this new episode, titled “WSIB’s Age Discrimination”, IWC staff lawyer Tebasum Durani interviews legal experts (and co-workers) John McKinnon and Chris Grawey about one of the ways WSIB policies and practices create poverty, focusing specifically on what happens when workers turn…

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Labour Pains podcast #4 : Who killed Sir William?

July 2, 2025

In the latest episode of IWC’s podcast (formerly InjuredWorkerCast) staff lawyer Tebasum Durrani holds a discussion with Steve Mantis, co-author with Marion Endicott of Who Killed Sir William? “a reflective and analytical look at what happened to the original vision behind Ontario’s…

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