Benefits

Re [Harry Arthurs’ recommendations on the unfunded liability]

July 17, 2013

Despite recommendations of the Funding Review report, the government has not implemented rate increases or full cost-of living adjustments of benefits.…

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Brief commentary on occupational disease benefits issues and Bill 76

June 11, 2013

Bill 76 contains half-measures; it fails to address the injustice of workers dying of compensible illnesses, often with long latency periods, who receive no entitlement to lost earnings if not diagnosed before they have retired or left the workforce. Submission also proposes…

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A review of WSIB case scenarios

November 15, 2012

Presentation to the WSIB Benefits Policy Consultation discusses fallacies in the Board’s scenarios of “aggravation basis” and overcompensation, recurrences, permanent impairments; treatment of workers with degenerative conditions that is creating a windfall for employers; KPMG influence on proposed policies.…

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Submission to WSIB Benefits Policy Review

November 14, 2012

Injured workers with real experience in dealing with the Board respond angrily to the case scenarios issued by the Board, stories carefully drafted to garner support for additional erosion of benefits rather than assist policy review. In the proposals, Group urges no…

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Submission to the WSIB 2012 Benefits Policy Review

November 9, 2012

IWC calls for legal discipline in Board policy and decisionmaking (i.e. adjudication in adherence with the law and legal principles rather than the current aggressive and “cost-effective” approach), and for consideration of institutional memory and historical perspective in adjudication (Meredith and Weiler…

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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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