Finance

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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Funding Review mandate and process

October 19, 2010

Letter to the Minister of Labour makes recommendations on inclusion of injured worker and academic community on the Panel and expansion of its scope.…

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Letter to the WSIB President re our concerns pertaining to WSIB future direction

October 15, 2010

The group calls for injured worker involvement in the Funding Review process and an assurance the Review has a proper understanding of the “historic compromise”.…

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Letter to the Premier regarding a Funding Review

October 14, 2010

Letter expresses concerns about critical weaknesses in the Funding Review process.…

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New WSIB Funding Review – are Ontario’s injured workers on the chopping block again?

October 4, 2010

Does the new Funding Review mean injured workers will once again face benefit cuts as a result of a false financial crisis?…

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re the 2009 Auditor General’s Report on the unfunded liability of the WSIB

June 1, 2010

Submission to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts presents IWC position that the Report contains assumptions and misinformation that artificially inflate concerns about the unfunded liability. The unfunded liability does not present a danger to the WSIB’s finances; fear and panic about…

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Submission re Auditor General’s report on the unfunded liability of the WSIB

May 28, 2010

Submission to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts outlines injured workers’ concern for threats to their benefits headlined in the Auditor General’s press release of Dec. 2009; includes analysis of his report and history of unfunded liability.…

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re consideration of the 2009 Report of the Auditor General on the WSIB Unfunded Liability

April 20, 2010

Submission notes the study cited by the A-G in referencing concerns about rising benefit costs is in fact a WSIB report, not one prepared by the independent Institute for Work & Health. Contrary to the report’s claims, data shows a dramatic decrease…

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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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Winners and losers

November 26, 2006

Only injured workers have been expected to tighten their belts. Winners: employers (average premiums & rebates); Board (salaries & assets); Losers: injured workers (benefit losses to inflation)…

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