Older workers

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…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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.…

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