Press Releases

ONIWG: WSIB benefits & age discrimination

June 25, 2025

THUNDER BAY, Ontario, June 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In recognition of Seniors’ Month, the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups and the Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers Support Group will host a hybrid press conference on Age-Discrimination in the WSIB…

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ONIWG: After 40 years, Ontario finally recognizes Injured Workers Day

June 1, 2025

On June 1st 2025 injured and ill workers will come together for the first ever provincially proclaimed Injured Workers’ Day, thanks to the passage of Bill 118 – The Injured Workers’ Day Act.…

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TB&DIWSG media release: Meredith Act

February 8, 2025

Announcement of a media conference on Feb. 10th in Thunder Bay on the release of the injured workers group’s draft Meredith Act, proposed to replace the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act.…

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TBIWSG media release: Premier Ford announces $2.5 billion WSIB rebate to business

November 21, 2024

For those forced into poverty by work-related injury or illness, the government’s announcement that WSIB, instead of restoring decades of cutsto injured workers, are simply handing 2.5 billion dollars to employers is shocking……

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ONIWG: Scrap the age cap on workers’ compensation benefits for older injured workers

June 25, 2024

ONIWG press release calls out age discrimination in Ontario’s workers’ compensation legislation that gives injured or ill workers access to LOE benefits only until age 65 or for a maximum of two years if they experience injury or illness at age 63…

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ONIWG media release: A serious Halloween – 110 years of workers’ compensation law

October 30, 2023

On October 31st, while our children and grandchildren trick or treat, injured and ill workers will be remembering Chief Justice William Meredith’s report to the Ontario Legislature that created our workers’ compensation system. He set up a system that was humanitarian and…

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ONIWG demands openness & fairness in consultation process that proposes sweeping changes

July 21, 2023

ONIWG demands changes to the undemocratic consultation process for gathering feedback on changes recommended by KMPG’s value for money audit of the dispute resolution and appeals system. The Group argues that not only is the timeframe unreasonably short, but thousands of injured…

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Media release: ONIWG seeks fair cost-of-living adjustment for injured workers

December 13, 2022

Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG) is challenging the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s (WSIB) unreasonable calculation of the annual cost-of-living adjustment for 2022……

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Thunder Bay injured workers: Media advisory – International Day of Persons with Disabilities

December 1, 2022

On December 3rd, annual observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers Support Group will be holding a virtual media conference and hosting a gathering to share our stories, update the community of our…

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ONIWG: WSIB providing a financial bonanza to employers while injured workers continue to get short-changed

June 14, 2022

On June 6 the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board announced another financial handout to employers while underpaying thousands of injured workers by misapplying the law on cost-of-living adjustments and failing to increase wage-loss benefits to 90%.…

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