Employment

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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Re Better at Work critique

November 7, 2016

Regarding the WSIB response to its July 21st letter, ONIWG remains deeply concerned that the “Better at Work” approach sacrifices the “safe” part of “early and safe return to work” ……

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Submission to the Changing Workplaces Review on the Interim Report

October 14, 2016

In a second submission, IWC calls on the Special Advisors to reject options that will introduce more precarity to Ontario’s labour market and instead recommend legislative changes to protect migrant workers, who are particularly vulnerable to abuse……

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WSIBs principle of Better at Work contravenes Time to Heal and WSI legislation

July 21, 2016

The purpose of this letter is to engage the Government and the WSIB in a conversation about their mistaken and harmful philosophy promoting “immediate” return to work, rather than “early and safe” return to work based on an individual’s situation ….…

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IWC submissions to the Changing Workplaces Review

September 18, 2015

Supplementary to oral presentation made to the Special Advisors, this written submission continues to ask that the experience and perspective of injured workers be taken into account in reforming the employment standards regime. The submission’s recommendations therefore address a focus on health…

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Presentation to Changing Workplaces Review

September 11, 2015

Oral presentation describes how injured workers can fall through the cracks of employment legislation, including the Employment Standards Act, intended to protect them. The deputation before the Special Advisors explains also how other important employment laws such as the Workplace Safety and…

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Bright Lights Presentation to WCB/WSIB Chair and President

November 27, 2008

Questions on how the economic downturn will affect the Board’s financial targets and unfunded liability; is the WCB also looking at policies and practices that recognize the impact recession will have on employment availability, already low, for injured workers?…

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