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ONIWG: Injured Workers’ Day arrives amid new attacks on compensation system

June 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Today, injured & ill workers and their allies will gather in five cities across Ontario as they have done every June 1st for 44 summers. This year, unfortunately, the events are taking place while Ontario’s Bill 105…

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ONIWG Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs re Bill 105 – Schedule 9

ONIWG Submission on amendments to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act makes recommendations on benefits issues including restoring and backdating the Loss of Retirement Income 10% rate; providing universal coverage; and deleting that section of the bill that would eliminate the 72-month…

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ONIWG-RAC Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs re: Bill 105 – Schedule 9

Submission addresses the Bill 105 amendments to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (including age 65 cutoff, extended coverage and elimination of 72-month lock-in). It also details in depth, with recommendations, the further changes needed to ensure a fair workers’ compensation system…

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OLCWCN letter re need for committee hearings on proposed WSIA amendments in Bill 105

Letter addresses issues of concern regarding the proposed changes to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act in schedule 9 of omnibus Bill 105, Protecting Ontario’s Workers and Economic Resilience Act. In particular, the proposed elimination of the 72-month limit on the WSIB…

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