Employment

ONIWG letter re Temporary Employment Agency rate setting

June 29, 2022

ONIWG states its position that the consultation is unnecessary and that the WSIB should implement the new rate setting framework for Temporary Employment Agencies (TEA) that was to be introduced in 2020……

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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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Submission to the CRPD for a General Comment on Article 27 (work & employment)

March 23, 2021

ONIWG’s comments to the consultation by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities includes the need for follow-up reporting on employment outcomes of work injury compensation claimants with long-term work-acquired disabilities; humane & dignified treatment in the workers’ compensation…

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IWC Submission to Temporary Help Agency Consultation

January 28, 2021

Temp agency workers do the most dangerous work with the least protection and with lower wages and benefits. IWC urges the government to make client companies of temp help agencies rather than the agencies themselves liable for WSIB premiums based on injuries,…

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Conseils rapides: l’indemnisation des accidents du travail en Ontario (CSPAAT)

June 15, 2019

Conseils pratiques sur l’obtention des prestations; autres sources de revenu; collaboration avec le CSPAAT et votre employeur…. et plus…

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Submissions to Parliamentary Committee pre-budget hearings, Dryden

January 21, 2019

Presentation by Steve Mantis to the Standing Committee on Finance & Economic Affairs pre-budget hearings addresses the growing income inequality, its negative impacts on a democratic society, and how austerity cuts have hurt injured workers. The attached supplementary submission discusses the development…

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Injured worker unemployment – the hidden truth

February 23, 2018

Analysis, based on WSIB statistics, of the Board’s performance in recognizing actual wage loss and employment outcomes experienced by seriously injured workers with permanent disabilities.…

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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 – Injured workers are part of the Fight for $15 and Fairness

April 3, 2017

The struggle for decent work and the struggle for decent workers’ compensation are inextricably linked. Workers who are in precarious and low-wage jobs are also at greater risk of being injured at work, less likely to report injury or unsafe working conditions,…

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