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ONIWG: Injured Workers’ Day arrives amid new attacks on compensation system

June 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Today, injured & ill workers and their allies will gather in five cities across Ontario as they have done every June 1st for 44 summers. This year, unfortunately, the events are taking place while Ontario’s Bill 105…

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ONIWG Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs re Bill 105 – Schedule 9

ONIWG Submission on amendments to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act makes recommendations on benefits issues including restoring and backdating the Loss of Retirement Income 10% rate; providing universal coverage; and deleting that section of the bill that would eliminate the 72-month…

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OLCWCN letter re need for committee hearings on proposed WSIA amendments in Bill 105

Letter addresses issues of concern regarding the proposed changes to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act in schedule 9 of omnibus Bill 105, Protecting Ontario’s Workers and Economic Resilience Act. In particular, the proposed elimination of the 72-month limit on the WSIB…

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Rights don’t retire: working together to end age discrimination at the WSIB

In this report, we explain the WSIB’s age limit on benefits, why it’s outdated and unfair, and what the numbers tell us about older Ontarians’ participation in the workforce. We also outline why this law is discriminatory, as it denies support to…

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ONIWG / IWC media advisory: Injured workers call for end to discriminatory age-based cut-offs at WSIB

TORONTO, Nov. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On November 25th, Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic and the Ontario Network of Injured Worker Groups will be releasing a report entitled Rights Don’t Retire: Working Together to End Age Discrimination at the WSIB and…

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