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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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Rights don’t retire: working together to end age discrimination at the WSIB

In this report, we explain the WSIB’s age limit on benefits, why it’s outdated and unfair, and what the numbers tell us about older Ontarians’ participation in the workforce. We also outline why this law is discriminatory, as it denies support to…

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ONIWG / IWC media advisory: Injured workers call for end to discriminatory age-based cut-offs at WSIB

TORONTO, Nov. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On November 25th, Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic and the Ontario Network of Injured Worker Groups will be releasing a report entitled Rights Don’t Retire: Working Together to End Age Discrimination at the WSIB and…

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

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…

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