IWC Community Legal Clinic

Submissions to the WSIB Funding Review

April 11, 2011

Compilation of four submissions (April 11, June 15, Aug 31, Nov. 18) to the review led by Harry Arthurs. While applauding the choice, IWC expresses concerns at the process, “brokerage politics”, and a manufactured financial crisis. Papers provide detailed commentary on unfunded…

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Submissions to WSIB Interim Work Reintegration Policy consultation

February 15, 2011

While the new policies take some steps in the right direction, legal clinic details concerns that others are a giant step backwards – particularly in regard to the expansion of deeming and experience rating, stricter time limits and expenses.…

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Submission to the Standing Committee regarding Bill 135

December 2, 2010

Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs regarding Schedule 21 of the Helping Ontario Families and Managing Responsibly Act which amends the WSIA by: adding a requirement for full funding of the workers’ compensation system, removing the requirement to…

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Securing our retirement future: Consultation with Ontarians

November 30, 2010

Submission for the Federal-Provincial consultation on retirement income security addresses the need to increase the retirement pension under the Canada Pension Plan, require workers’ compensation boards to maintain contributions to the CPP for lost earnings from work-related disability, exclude all periods of…

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Age-based discrimination in Ontario’s workers’ compensation laws

October 29, 2010

Presentation by John McKinnon to the Canadian Conference on Elder Law on age-based limitations to Ontario compensation benefits, introduced with the 1990 change to a wage-loss system; mandatory retirement and exclusion from the Human Rights Code.…

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re the 2009 Auditor General’s Report on the unfunded liability of the WSIB

June 1, 2010

Submission to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts presents IWC position that the Report contains assumptions and misinformation that artificially inflate concerns about the unfunded liability. The unfunded liability does not present a danger to the WSIB’s finances; fear and panic about…

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Commentary on the new WSIB “narcotics strategy”

March 18, 2010

In response to the new policy on restricting long acting narcotic pain killers, why the Board is not proposing alternative treatment but instead is leaving injured workers to fend for themselves…

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Are oral hearings further threatened by the KPMG Value for Money Audit?

June 26, 2009

Letter strongly disagrees with KPMG Audit of the Appeal System Practice and Procedures suggestion that oral hearings, already undervalued, should be further restricted. The right to be heard by the decision maker is the most highly valued principle of natural justice; an…

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Restoring full cost of living adjustment: facts and figures

June 1, 2009

Paper challenges Board’s contention it is not in a financial position to commit to paying full COLA to benefits permanently – using WSIB’s own statistics on reduced average injured workers’ benefits (due to inflation); net refunds to employers and reduced premiums.…

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