Older workers

ONIWG: Scrap the age cap on workers’ compensation benefits for older injured workers

June 25, 2024

ONIWG press release calls out age discrimination in Ontario’s workers’ compensation legislation that gives injured or ill workers access to LOE benefits only until age 65 or for a maximum of two years if they experience injury or illness at age 63…

Download ONIWG: Scrap the age cap on workers’ compensation benefits for older injured workers Continue reading ONIWG: Scrap the age cap on workers’ compensation benefits for older injured workers

IWC submission to the Standing Committee on Bill 149

February 9, 2024

Submission prepared for IWC’s presentation to the Standing Committee on Social Policy (Feb. 12) comments on proposed changes (benefit indexation, occupational disease reform) to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act in Schedule 4 of Bill 149, the Working for Workers Four Act.…

Download IWC submission to the Standing Committee on Bill 149 Continue reading IWC submission to the Standing Committee on Bill 149

ONIWG-RAC submission to the Standing Committee on Bill 149

February 2, 2024

While supporting the Bill’s introduction of an additional indexing factor for workers’ compensation benefits, the submission proposes additional measures to address injured worker poverty: adjusting the WSIB Loss of Retirement Income so it equals the losses in contributions to the Canada Pension…

Download ONIWG-RAC submission to the Standing Committee on Bill 149 Continue reading ONIWG-RAC submission to the Standing Committee on Bill 149

ONIWG-RAC letter to Minister of Labour re Bill 149

January 8, 2024

Followup to letter of Nov. 23, 2023. ONIWG encourages the Minister to amend the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act provisions in Bill 149, Working for Workers Act Four, by increasing the percentage of of the Loss of Retirement so it…

Download ONIWG-RAC letter to Minister of Labour re Bill 149 Continue reading ONIWG-RAC letter to Minister of Labour re Bill 149

OLCWCN letter to the Minister of Labour re Bill 149

November 27, 2023

The Network proposes amendments to schedule 4 of the Working for Workers Four Act that would decrease the poverty of injured workers: restore the Loss of Earnings benefit rate to 90% of net pre-injury earnings; restore the WSIB’s contribution to the Loss…

Download OLCWCN letter to the Minister of Labour re Bill 149 Continue reading OLCWCN letter to the Minister of Labour re Bill 149

Please make CPP fair for Ontario’s workers

December 17, 2015

Letter to the Prime Minister asks the federal government to address a gap in the Canada Pension Plan by requiring workers’ compensation boards to make CPP contributions on behalf of those unable to because of workplace injury. As it currently stands, many…

Download Please make CPP fair for Ontario’s workers Continue reading Please make CPP fair for Ontario’s workers

Submission on the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan

February 6, 2015

ONIWG suggests ways for the ORPP to avoid design flaws of the Canada Pension Plan that might unfairly reduce an injured worker’s retirement benefit…

Download Submission on the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Continue reading Submission on the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan

Law Commission reports workers’ compensation age limits undermine the worth and dignity of older adults

July 19, 2012

Report notes The Workplace Safety and Insurance Act was amended to protect the age distinctions from discrimination complaints under the Ontario Human Rights Code; discusses two provisions terminating benefits for older workers.…

Download Law Commission reports workers’ compensation age limits undermine the worth and dignity of older adults Continue reading Law Commission reports workers’ compensation age limits undermine the worth and dignity of older adults

Securing our retirement future: Consultation with Ontarians

November 30, 2010

Submission for the Federal-Provincial consultation on retirement income security addresses the need to increase the retirement pension under the Canada Pension Plan, require workers’ compensation boards to maintain contributions to the CPP for lost earnings from work-related disability, exclude all periods of…

Download Securing our retirement future: Consultation with Ontarians Continue reading Securing our retirement future: Consultation with Ontarians

Age-based discrimination in Ontario’s workers’ compensation laws

October 29, 2010

Presentation by John McKinnon to the Canadian Conference on Elder Law on age-based limitations to Ontario compensation benefits, introduced with the 1990 change to a wage-loss system; mandatory retirement and exclusion from the Human Rights Code.…

Download Age-based discrimination in Ontario’s workers’ compensation laws Continue reading Age-based discrimination in Ontario’s workers’ compensation laws