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Recent submissions, reports, guides and other documents developed by Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic, the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups, and other groups and advocates from the injured worker community. Additional materials can be accessed through the IWC Library.

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

by IWC Community Legal Clinic Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

In this report, we explain the WSIB’s age limit on benefits, why it’s outdated and unfair, and what the numbers tell us about older Ontarians’ participation in the workforce.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

by IWC Community Legal Clinic Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

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 media advisory: WSIB benefits & age discrimination

by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

THUNDER BAY, Ontario, June 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In recognition of Seniors’ Month, the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups and the Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers Support Group will host a hybrid press conference on Age-Discrimination in the WSIB…

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ONIWG media release: After 40 years, Ontario finally recognizes Injured Workers Day

by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

On June 1st 2025 injured and ill workers will come together for the first ever provincially proclaimed Injured Workers’ Day, thanks to the passage of Bill 118 – The Injured Workers’ Day Act.…

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

by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

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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ONIWG media release: A serious Halloween – 110 years of workers’ compensation law

by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

On October 31st, while our children and grandchildren trick or treat, injured and ill workers will be remembering Chief Justice William Meredith’s report to the Ontario Legislature that created our workers’ compensation system. He set up a system that was humanitarian and…

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ONIWG letter to Minister re Cost of Living Adjustments

by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

A recent Toronto Star article described how a WSIB coding error in calculating the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), went unnoticed for 20 years,  shortchanging more than 100,000 injured workers of $42 million. ONIWG’s letter to Minister Monte McNaughton details another situation where the…

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

by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

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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Media release: ONIWG seeks fair cost-of-living adjustment for injured workers

by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG) is challenging the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s (WSIB) unreasonable calculation of the annual cost-of-living adjustment for 2022……

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