Law & Policy Submissions

IWC submission to the pre-budget consultation

January 25, 2022

Submission draws the Committee’s attention to the significant revenue leakage from the provincial coffers caused by Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) claim suppression. In particular this revenue leakage impacts health care and social assistance, budget areas already stressed by the COVID-19…

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IWC Submission re Naloxone in the Workplace Consultation

January 14, 2022

IWC welcomes and supports efforts to increase workplace safety, including access to naloxone to reduce the risk of deaths caused by opioid overdoses. The Clinic also urges that people who use opioids are not demonized in this review – many workers have…

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Thunder Bay DIWSG / ONIWG-RAC presentation to the pre-budget hearings

January 10, 2022

Virtual presentation to the Parliamentary Committee by Steve Mantis focuses on 3 issues: the growing gap of income inequality in Ontario (and Canada); the negative impact that is having on our democratic society that includes the reduction in public services; to alert…

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IWC Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance & Economic Affairs re Schedule 9, Bill 43 (deeming)

November 30, 2021

Submission focuses on the unintended consequences that the proposed minimum wage increase included in Schedule 9 in Bill 43 will have on injured workers as a result of the WSIB’s practice of “deeming“/”determining”. Three proposals for amendments to the Bill…

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IWC submission to Standing Committee on Bill 27

November 17, 2021

The submission proposes legislative amendments to Schedule 6 of Bill 27, Working for Workers Act, 2021, on the WSIB’s distribution of ‘surplus’ funds. Recommendations focus on the need to 1) incorporate in the formula for determining a surplus position an assessment…

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Letter to WSIB: Impact of minimum wage increase on injured workers’ benefits

November 10, 2021

Letter to WSIB President urges a fair approach to the review of LOE benefits so that minimum wage increases are not used to reduce the benefits of unemployed injured workers who have been “deemed“.…

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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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IWC Submission re PSW/DSW Coverage Consultation

April 28, 2021

The submission urges mandatory WSIB coverage for all employers of Persons Support Workers (PSWs) and Developmental Support Workers (DSWs) who, as the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted, care for some the most vulnerable Ontarians. IWC has long advocated for the expansion of the…

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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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