Law & Policy Submissions

Letter to the Premier – Make workers compensation fair again

December 12, 2016

Letter asks the Premier to reconsider the austerity agenda that is impacting injured workers and calls for action on 4 major concerns: continued violation by WSIB of the Charter of Rights in its handling of chronic mental health claims; systemic disregard of…

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Complaint to the Ombudsman of Ontario: WSIB Refusal to Compensate for Chronic Occupational Stress

November 9, 2016

A request for the Ombudsman to investigate the WSIB’s continued application of legislative provisions and policy that have been found unconstitutional and discriminate against workers suffering chronic occupational mental health disabilities.…

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Re Better at Work critique

November 7, 2016

Regarding the WSIB response to its July 21st letter, ONIWG remains deeply concerned that the “Better at Work” approach sacrifices the “safe” part of “early and safe return to work” ……

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Submission to the Changing Workplaces Review on the Interim Report

October 14, 2016

In a second submission, IWC calls on the Special Advisors to reject options that will introduce more precarity to Ontario’s labour market and instead recommend legislative changes to protect migrant workers, who are particularly vulnerable to abuse……

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

October 6, 2016

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

July 21, 2016

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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Re Appeal time limits – Workplace Safety and Insurance Act

June 16, 2016

Time limits on appeals, first introduced into the system with Bill 99, have added unnecessary complexity that adversely affects injured workers’ access to justice – especially those with modest education or for whom English is a second language – and proves a…

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

May 12, 2016

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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Workers concerns downplayed and misrepresented by Rate Framework Consultation

March 16, 2016

Letter to the WSIB Chair protests the Consultation’s virtual dismissal of worker-side concerns submitted, with considerable time and effort, by injured worker groups, labour and advocates.…

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Commentary on Bill 163 supporting Ontario’s First Responders’ Act

March 8, 2016

Clinic’s submission to the Standing Committee on Social Policy welcomes the assistance the presumptive amendment provides to first responders suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but also makes recommendations on addressing more broadly the under-compensation of work-related mental health disabilities.…

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