Law & Policy Submissions

IWC submission re WSIB Insurance Fund Surplus Distribution Model Consultation

August 10, 2021

Submission questions consultation objective of redistributing surplus funds to employers when it is injured workers and their benefits that were sacrificed to eliminate the unfunded liability in the first place and achieve the resulting surplus funding. While the Speer-Dykeman report refused to…

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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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ONIWG’s 2021 Injured Workers’ Day message to MPPs

June 1, 2021

No more back to business as usual! On the anniversary of Injured Workers Day, ONIWG calls on the Ontario government to finally take action and stand up for injured workers across this province. The COVID–19 pandemic has highlighted and exacerbated existing systemic…

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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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Deputation regarding Bill 238 (WSIB COVID relief)

March 9, 2021

Presentation to the Standing Committee on General Government by Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic on behalf of the OLCWCN addresses Bill 238 which caps WSIB premiums for large employers. Deputation proposes three better uses of a WSIB COVID relief bill that would…

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IWC Submission to Temporary Help Agency Consultation

January 28, 2021

Temp agency workers do the most dangerous work with the least protection and with lower wages and benefits. IWC urges the government to make client companies of temp help agencies rather than the agencies themselves liable for WSIB premiums based on injuries,…

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IWC Submission to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy re Bill 161

June 12, 2020

IWC submission on proposed changes to legal aid in the omnibus Smarter and Stronger Justice Act addresses access to justice issues, decision-making authority, the role of community boards in determining pressing local needs, clinic funding ……

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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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Letter to the WSIB President re: Black mental health and COVID-19

April 23, 2020

Letter to the WSIB President on the group’s support of the government’s Bill 178 which recognizes black mental health awareness specifically and that provision of health care service should be culturally appropriate. As such, WOI requests the WSIB to put together a…

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Universal workers compensation coverage and the COVID pandemic

April 22, 2020

Many vulnerable essential service workers, not covered by workers’ compensation, are putting themselves at risk during the current pandemic. WOI endorses Maryam Nazemi’s Apr. 7 letter (attached) to the Premier calling for universal coverage.…

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