WSIB

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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Workers to air the WSIB’s dirty laundry outside Ministry of Labour

December 8, 2014

Annual demo will highlight all that’s toxic at the Board – and why injured workers shouldn’t pay the price for WSIB austerity measures…

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Letter to Premier Wynne re Restoring fairness to the WSIB

July 22, 2014

ONIWG targets the lack of justice in the Board’s treatment of injured workers and its own employees under its current leadership.…

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WSIB President earns bonus cutting injured workers’ benefits

December 15, 2012

FOI request reveals Board President is to receive, in addition to $400,000 annual salary, a bonus of up to $400,000 (payable at the end of five years) for achieving certain financial goals and objectives.…

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Letters on the Benefits policy consultation process

September 18, 2012

IWC letter to the Minister of Labour points to the steamroller of change driven by the WSIB management and the need for adequate timeframe to prepare submissions for genuine consultation; attached to letter from ONIWG to chair Jim Thomas on tight timelines,…

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Presentations to Agency review: Workplace Safety and Insurance Board

July 4, 2012

Transcript of presentations by legal advocates and injured workers to the Standing Committee on Government Agencies which address changes to workers’ compensation policies and practices that attack fairness. These include increased claims denial, appeals process, cost-cutting on the backs of workers, deeming,…

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McGuinty’s choice of WSIB Chair called a betrayal of injured workers

April 30, 2012

Response to the appointment of Elizabeth Witmer, former Minister of Labour under the Harris Government, whose reforms (including the draconian Bill 99) introduced private insurance practices into Ontario’s workers’ compensation and saw a resulting rise in poverty levels among injured workers…

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Commentary on the WSIB Framework for Policy Development and Renewal

September 19, 2011

IWC urges the Board to shape its policy also on the concept from the original purpose of Meredith’s workers’ compensation legislation: that it is remedial legislation. Legal clinic expresses concern at the process for policy development, evaluation and approval, and the emphasis…

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ONIWG 1999 Injured workers’ report

June 1, 1999

How Ontario’s workers’ compensation system has become a political football; myths behind the major changes made under Bill 99 and their impact on injured workers.…

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