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Fact sheet – Injured workers are part of the Fight for $15 and Fairness

The struggle for decent work and the struggle for decent workers’ compensation are inextricably linked. Workers who are in precarious and low-wage jobs are also at greater risk of being injured at work, less likely to report injury or unsafe working conditions,…

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UN Convention on the Rights of People with a Disability (CRPD): ONIWG Submission

Submission focuses on systemic barriers (including WSIB practices of deeming and experience rating) encountered by injured workers and workers with disabilities when trying to maintain employment following workplace injury or illness. Referencing Articles 27 and 28 of the CRPD, ONIWG recommends a…

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WSIBs principle of Better at Work contravenes Time to Heal and WSI legislation

The purpose of this letter is to engage the Government and the WSIB in a conversation about their mistaken and harmful philosophy promoting “immediate” return to work, rather than “early and safe” return to work based on an individual’s situation ….…

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WSIB misuse of IWH update on “Adequacy of Workers’ Compensation Benefits in Ontario”

Letter to the Premier regrets that the Board is ignoring the real message: why do only 48% of injured workers return to work after injury and replace over time their pre-injury earnings? The study data goes only to 2008 – before the…

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Intervener factum, Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal, et al. v. Fraser Health Authority, et al.

In their submission to Supreme Court case addressing issues of causation and Workers Compensation Appeals Tribunal jurisdiction, IAVGO and ONIWG argue that scientific certainty is not required (and in fact definitive scientific evidence on work-related causation rarely exists). Decisions should be based…

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Prescription Over-ruled – Report on how Ontario’s WSIB systematically ignores the advice of medical professionals

Joint ONIWG/OFL report details problems with WSIB practices identified by a growing number of health professionals who see the Board ignoring their opinions on recommended treatment for their patients – with adverse emotional and financial consequences (as illustrated by accounts of injured…

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