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Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

ONIWG letter re Temporary Employment Agency rate setting

June 29, 2022

ONIWG states its position that the consultation is unnecessary and that the WSIB should implement the new rate setting framework for Temporary Employment Agencies (TEA) that was to be introduced in 2020……

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ONIWG: WSIB providing a financial bonanza to employers while injured workers continue to get short-changed

June 14, 2022

On June 6 the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board announced another financial handout to employers while underpaying thousands of injured workers by misapplying the law on cost-of-living adjustments and failing to increase wage-loss benefits to 90%.…

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ONIWG: response to WSIB reply on 2022 Cost-of-living adjustment

May 25, 2022

Response to WSIB’s reply to ONIWG’s April 5, 2022 letter details why the Network disagrees with the Board decision to limit the cost-of-living adjustment to 2.7% for 2022, reiterating that based on the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (s. 49(1) and Policy…

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ONIWG: The WSIB’s annual indexing rate / cost-of-living adjustment rip-off for 2022

May 10, 2022

Annual indexing is supposed to protect injured workers against the effects of inflation over time by gradually increasing injured workers’ wage-loss benefits. Presentation to the Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers’ Tuesday meeting discusses the purpose, the law and impact of WSIB’s…

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ONIWG: WSIB short-changes injured workers with 2022 cost-of-living adjustment

April 12, 2022

Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG) calls on Premier Ford to to meet with ONIWG and to instruct the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) to properly apply the law and WSIB policy in determining the annual cost-of-living adjustment……

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ONIWG letter to WSIB re inflation indexing

April 5, 2022

Letter asks the President of Workplace Safety and Insurance Board to use the Statistics Canada formulation (4.7%) rather than the 2.7% cost of living adjustment the WSIB has given injured workers.…

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ONIWG submission on WSIB Insurance Fund Surplus Distribution Model Consultation

August 8, 2021

In its response to the Ministry of Labour’s consultation on how the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) should distribute “surplus” funds, ONIWG details the legislative obligations to injured workers that must first be fully and properly met. Elimination of the unfunded…

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Injured workers demand immediate change in province wide day of action

June 1, 2021

On the 38th annual Injured Workers Day frustrated injured workers have come together and drafted a message to the Government of Ontario, which will also be posted on MPP office doors across the province on June 1st …..…

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Submission to the CRPD for a General Comment on Article 27 (work & employment)

March 23, 2021

ONIWG’s comments to the consultation by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities includes the need for follow-up reporting on employment outcomes of work injury compensation claimants with long-term work-acquired disabilities; humane & dignified treatment in the workers’ compensation…

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ONIWG oral presentation on Bill 161

June 11, 2020

In oral presentation to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy on changes to the Legal Aid Services Act in Bill 161, Smarter and Stronger Justice Act,  ONIWG speaks to concerns on the Bill’s language on purpose, issues of fee-for-service, loss of community…

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