Benefits

ONIWG letter to WSIB re inflation indexing

April 5, 2022

Letter asks the President of Workplace Safety and Insurance Board to use the Statistics Canada formulation (4.7%) rather than the 2.7% cost of living adjustment the WSIB has given injured workers.…

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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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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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Deputation regarding Bill 238 (WSIB COVID relief)

March 9, 2021

Presentation to the Standing Committee on General Government by Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic on behalf of the OLCWCN addresses Bill 238 which caps WSIB premiums for large employers. Deputation proposes three better uses of a WSIB COVID relief bill that would…

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ONIWG Submission to UN CRPD

September 4, 2019

In “Deeming laws and practices as violations of the rights of people work-acquired disabilities in Canada”, its submission to the 22nd session of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ONIWG encourages the Committee to focus attention on Canadian…

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Ontario injured workers bring concerns to the United Nations

September 4, 2019

On September 4th and 5th the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will be reviewing Canada, including allegations that Canadian workers’ compensation systems are committing a human rights violation. ONIWG says the practice of “deeming” violates Canada’s…

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Phantom jobs, Empty Pockets

May 22, 2019

What really happens to workers with work-acquired permanent injuries unable to get back to their jobs? Using WSIB’s own documents, the ONIWG report explores the poverty-creating effects of the Board’s practice of deeming and proposes solutions.…

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Deeming – a fair Ontario for injured workers?

March 19, 2018

ONIWG’s letter to the Premier follows up on questions on deeming raised with her during recent Town Halls by providing recent research on how severely injured workers are impacted by the WSIB practice of deeming.…

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