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Fact Sheet: Age Discrimination and the WSIB

June 19, 2025

Section 43(1)(c) of the WSIA allows the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) to end LOE benefits when an injured worker reaches 65 years of age, or two years after the injury if the injury occurs after age 63. In effect, this…

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IWC submission on changes to WSIB Appeals Practices & Procedures document

August 26, 2023

IWC makes recommendations to the Consultation on Changes to the ASD (Appeals Services Division) Practice and Procedures document, a consultation contemporaneous with the ongoing appeals consultation on the KPMG value for money report and the WSIAT consultation on its appeals process…. The…

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ONIWG demands openness & fairness in consultation process that proposes sweeping changes

July 21, 2023

ONIWG demands changes to the undemocratic consultation process for gathering feedback on changes recommended by KMPG’s value for money audit of the dispute resolution and appeals system. The Group argues that not only is the timeframe unreasonably short, but thousands of injured…

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IWC submission re WSIB consultation process on changes to the appeals system

July 21, 2023

Submission addresses the lack of true consultation with those most affected – injured workers – on the major changes proposed and erosion of the right to appeal, based on recommendations of the KPMG Value for Money Audit of the dispute resolution and…

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Complaint to the Ombudsman regarding WSIB drastically reducing time to appeal

April 25, 2023

Following a community consultation, Thunder Bay injured workers group and IWC call for a meeting with the Ombudsman to address WSIB response to key recommendations made by the KPMG Value for Money Audit of the appeal system, in particular the proposed drastic…

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UN highlights the unique challenges faced by disabled injured workers during COVID-19

May 19, 2020

UN High Commissioner on Human Rights recently sounded the alarm that Canadians living with disabilities – including permanently injured workers – face disproportionate challenges during the pandemic… In the six weeks that have followed the WSIB’s bailout for employers, no measures have…

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IWC Submission to the WSIB Operational Review

August 15, 2019

While addressing the Review focus on financial oversight, administration and efficiency, the IWC Submission asks the Reviewers also to consider the implications these high level issues have on the frontline experience of injured workers.…

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Re New WSIB President

December 3, 2015

Letter asks the Premier to include injured workers in the selection process for a new President of the WSIB, and proposes the ideal qualities that would make a candidate a “good fit”.…

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Injured workers denounce $400,000 bonus to WSIB President and CEO

January 19, 2015

Despite widespread opposition, I. David Marshall has been re-appointed for 2 years and is in line to receive a bonus while injured workers’ benefits are being cut in real terms by the meagre cost of living adjustments they will receive.…

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Letter re Re-appointment of I. David Marshall

January 16, 2015

Letter to Premier on the betrayal injured workers feel at the extended appointment of WSIB President who has made the Board an institution that is hostile and contemptuous towards injured workers. ONIWG asks why the secrecy and lack of transparency about the…

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