Reports, Articles & Papers

A delicate dance with many partners: immigrant workers’ experiences of injury reporting and claim filing

May 1, 2011

Presentation to RAACWI Community Forum by Agnieszka Kosny and fellow researchers on their study into newcomers’ experiences with Ontario’s workers’ compensation system, what helps and what hinders; also includes survey of Canadian resources for immigrant workers.…

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Presentation at the Health & Safety and WCB Conference

November 25, 2010

Address to the Joint OFL/ONIWG Conference focuses on major problems in Ontario’s system: experience rating; OH&S inspection; role of doctors, objective medical evidence and statistics in legal decisionmaking; actuaries; claims procedures – and whether judicial review, Charter are effective legal remedies.…

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Who cares about injured workers today?

November 10, 2010

While employers are still protected from lawsuits, injured workers are increasingly without compensation or employment. Open letter outlines their key needs, at a time when the Board seems to be focusing on benefit reductions to attend to its finances.…

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Age-based discrimination in Ontario’s workers’ compensation laws

October 29, 2010

Presentation by John McKinnon to the Canadian Conference on Elder Law on age-based limitations to Ontario compensation benefits, introduced with the 1990 change to a wage-loss system; mandatory retirement and exclusion from the Human Rights Code.…

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Backgrounder: Why are injured workers expecting cuts?

June 3, 2010

Statements on the public record explain why injured workers see benefit cuts coming.…

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Commentary on the new WSIB “narcotics strategy”

March 18, 2010

In response to the new policy on restricting long acting narcotic pain killers, why the Board is not proposing alternative treatment but instead is leaving injured workers to fend for themselves…

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Restoring full cost of living adjustment: facts and figures

June 1, 2009

Paper challenges Board’s contention it is not in a financial position to commit to paying full COLA to benefits permanently – using WSIB’s own statistics on reduced average injured workers’ benefits (due to inflation); net refunds to employers and reduced premiums.…

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