Pre-existing conditions

Letter to WSIB Chair re Benefits Policy Review

February 11, 2014

Proposed policy changes would effectively remove the “thin skull” common law principle that Ontario’s workers’ compensation act specifically incorporated – based on Meredith’s recommendations – as a fair protection for injured workers. ONIWG calls on the Chair to abandon these draft policies.…

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Letter to the WSIB Chair re Draft benefits policies

February 6, 2014

Letter protests both the consultation process and the draft policies which will solidify a major shift in WSIB decision-making; to cut costs workplace injuries will be systematically blamed on pre-existing conditions.…

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Letter re Workers’ compensation platforms

August 31, 2011

Letter (Nov. 2, 2010) to leaders of Ontario’s provincial parties, outlining changes and problems with funding and benefit levels in the workers’ compensation system and requesting publication of their policies; addresses deeming, inflation, Serious Injuries Program. Follow-up letter (Aug. 31, 2011) alerts…

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