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Presentations to Agency review: Workplace Safety and Insurance Board

Transcript of presentations by legal advocates and injured workers to the Standing Committee on Government Agencies which address changes to workers’ compensation policies and practices that attack fairness. These include increased claims denial, appeals process, cost-cutting on the backs of workers, deeming,…

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Re Ignoring Professor Arthurs’ quest for fairness for the injured

In open letter to the premier, ONIWG responds to the recently announced 2013/2014 cost of living adjustments of 0.5% which, being below the expected inflation rate, means a real reduction in benefits. This runs counter to Arthurs’ recommendation of full COLA.…

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McGuinty’s choice of WSIB Chair called a betrayal of injured workers

Response to the appointment of Elizabeth Witmer, former Minister of Labour under the Harris Government, whose reforms (including the draconian Bill 99) introduced private insurance practices into Ontario’s workers’ compensation and saw a resulting rise in poverty levels among injured workers…

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Additional submission to Professor Harry Arthurs regarding indexation of benefits

In applauding the provisional report’s statement that the restoration of full indexing is a matter of urgency and fundamental fairness, the organizations call for ongoing improvements to catch-up indexing and restitution of past losses through a corrective Friedland formula for annual adjustments.…

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Ontario’s injured worker community stands in solidarity with the movement against “austerity” measures proposed by KPMG

ONIWG reminds the government of the Historic Compromise in calling for it to reject Value-for-Money Audit report that would see cost-cutting on the backs of injured workers – while assessments paid by employers are about 22% lower than they were 15 years…

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