Benefits

Backgrounder – The problem with deeming

February 25, 2018

The WSIB’s practice of ‘deeming’ presumes full employment. However the Board’s statistics show that about 40% of workers with permanent injuries whom the Board is assisting with placement outside their pre-injury employer cannot get the job they were trained for – yet…

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Letter to Minister on deeming and minimum wage (post Bill 148)

November 20, 2017

Given their many discussions with the Minister’s Office, ONIWG expresses disappointment at rejection of a proposed amendment to Bill 148……

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Injured workers launch province-wide campaign to stand up to WSIB cutbacks

September 12, 2017

ONIWG’s Workers’ Comp Is A Right (WCIAR) campaign calls for legislative changes with 3 clear demands on injustices that send injured workers into poverty……

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Workers’ Comp is a Right report

September 10, 2017

Report lays out why ONIWG is launching its campaign to address the WSIB’s cost-cutting agenda, the 3 key demands, lived experiences and proposed solutions……

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We demand: Stop cutting benefits based on ‘pre-existing conditions’

September 10, 2017

Workers’ Comp Is A Right Campaign key demand calls for the WSIB to stop penalizing injured workers for “pre-existing conditions” that are asymptomatic or part of normal aging, and return to the fairer system that only affects benefits in cases where there…

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We demand: No cuts based on phantom jobs

September 10, 2017

Workers’ Comp Is A Right campaign key demand of an end to deeming with its pretence that the injured worker has a job they do not actually have, with phantom wages an excuse to cut benefit payments. Injured workers’ loss of earning…

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Submission re Bill 148 “Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017”

July 21, 2017

IWC supports Bill 148 as an important first step for vulnerable workers struggling with the effects of precarious and unstable work. The brief proposes solutions to addressing WSIB practice of deeming so injured workers with a permanent work-related disability will not be…

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Presentation on Bill 148 to the Standing Committee on Finance & Economic Affairs

July 19, 2017

In his July 19 presentation to the Niagara public hearing on “Bill 148, Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017”, ONIWG president Will Noiles addresses the issue of why the WSIB policy of deeming must be changed if the increase in minimum wage…

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Re: Our support in Bill 148, Better Jobs Act, 2017

July 15, 2017

Group fully supports the progressive changes in Bill 148, Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, which provide protections for many new immigrants entering the labour force who, because of employment barriers, are often placed in jobs at minimum wage, physically demanding and involve…

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Fact sheet – Chart: Effects of WSIB’s deeming policy

June 30, 2017

The actual economic impact of injury on workers “deemed” by the WSIB, showing pre-injury income, net average earnings, loss of earning (LOE) benefit (85%), impact of deductions due to minimum wage increases, consequences for social support systems and the injured worker.…

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