Claims

What every injured worker needs to know: a guide for navigating the WSIB process

January 15, 2019

Practical 24-page guide for the Ontario injured worker provides an overview of the workers’ compensation claims process and WSIB benefits, plus what you should do while you wait (how to replace income, cooperation with the Board, medical treatment, return to work) and…

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Quick tips: workers’ compensation in Ontario (WSIB)

January 15, 2019

Practical information for injured workers on getting benefits and dealing with the WSIB, your employer and doctor.…

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Ce que chaque travailleuse blessée et chaque travailleur blessé devait savoir

January 15, 2019

Guide pratique sur le fonctionnement de la CSPAAT: processus de demande; prestations dela CSPAAT; que devrez-vous faire en attendant? Où obtenir de l’aide.…

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What every injured worker needs to know

January 15, 2019

A 24-page guide for navigating the WSIB process. What you need to know about the claims process, WSIB benefits available, what you should do while you wait, how to find legal help.…

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Quick tips: Workers’ compensation in Ontario (WSIB)

January 15, 2019

Advice for injured workers applying for workers’ compensation.…

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Workers’ compensation: morality versus the business case

November 23, 2018

Plain language summary by Dana Howse of her doctoral thesis ‘Injured Workers’ Moral Engagement in the Compensation System: The Social Production of Problematic Claiming Experience’ with commentary by ONIWG RAC.…

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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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Commentary on Bill 163 supporting Ontario’s First Responders’ Act

March 8, 2016

Clinic’s submission to the Standing Committee on Social Policy welcomes the assistance the presumptive amendment provides to first responders suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but also makes recommendations on addressing more broadly the under-compensation of work-related mental health disabilities.…

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Intervener factum, Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal, et al. v. Fraser Health Authority, et al.

January 4, 2016

In their submission to Supreme Court case addressing issues of causation and Workers Compensation Appeals Tribunal jurisdiction, IAVGO and ONIWG argue that scientific certainty is not required (and in fact definitive scientific evidence on work-related causation rarely exists). Decisions should be based…

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