Benefits

Comments on WSIB case scenarios – 2012 Benefits Policy Review

November 8, 2012

Clinic hoped that looking at some real life scenarios would enlighten about the difficulty that WSIB adjudicators are having applying policy. However what the Board has provided are not case examples representative of a WSIB adjudicator’s caseload but fictional scenarios typical of…

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Submission to Jim Thomas WSIB Policy Consultation

October 29, 2012

ONIWG submission details injured workers concerns: full coverage is excluded from scope of Benefits Policy review; role of KPMG report; need for proper understanding of Meredith principles and legal framework of workers’ compensation; use or misuse of scientific evidence; treatment of age…

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Letter to David Marshall on issues of concern

October 19, 2012

Letter to WSIB President follows up an earlier meeting and correspondence on problems experienced with the system…

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Re Ignoring Professor Arthurs’ quest for fairness for the injured

June 7, 2012

In open letter to the premier, ONIWG responds to the recently announced 2013/2014 cost of living adjustments of 0.5% which, being below the expected inflation rate, means a real reduction in benefits. This runs counter to Arthurs’ recommendation of full COLA.…

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Additional submission to Professor Harry Arthurs regarding indexation of benefits

November 18, 2011

In applauding the provisional report’s statement that the restoration of full indexing is a matter of urgency and fundamental fairness, the organizations call for ongoing improvements to catch-up indexing and restitution of past losses through a corrective Friedland formula for annual adjustments.…

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Letter re Workers’ compensation platforms

August 31, 2011

Letter (Nov. 2, 2010) to leaders of Ontario’s provincial parties, outlining changes and problems with funding and benefit levels in the workers’ compensation system and requesting publication of their policies; addresses deeming, inflation, Serious Injuries Program. Follow-up letter (Aug. 31, 2011) alerts…

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It’s raining cutbacks at Queen’s Park

May 30, 2011

On eve of annual vigil and Injured Workers’ Day rally, although the economy is recovering, injured workers are facing cuts to their benefits (with only 0.5% cost of living adjustment) , cuts to their pain medication, cuts to their retraining courses, and…

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Submissions to WSIB Interim Work Reintegration Policy consultation

February 15, 2011

While the new policies take some steps in the right direction, legal clinic details concerns that others are a giant step backwards – particularly in regard to the expansion of deeming and experience rating, stricter time limits and expenses.…

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Securing our retirement future: Consultation with Ontarians

November 30, 2010

Submission for the Federal-Provincial consultation on retirement income security addresses the need to increase the retirement pension under the Canada Pension Plan, require workers’ compensation boards to maintain contributions to the CPP for lost earnings from work-related disability, exclude all periods of…

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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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