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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.

Phantom jobs, Empty Pockets

by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups - Research Action Committee

What really happens to workers with work-acquired permanent injuries unable to get back to their jobs? Using WSIB’s own documents, the ONIWG report explores the poverty-creating effects of the Board’s practice of deeming and proposes solutions.…

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Submissions to Parliamentary Committee pre-budget hearings, Dryden

by Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers' Support Group

Presentation by Steve Mantis to the Standing Committee on Finance & Economic Affairs pre-budget hearings addresses the growing income inequality, its negative impacts on a democratic society, and how austerity cuts have hurt injured workers. The attached supplementary submission discusses the development…

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What every injured worker needs to know: a guide for navigating the WSIB process

by Ontario Legal Clinics' Workers' Compensation Network

Practical 24-page guide for the Ontario injured worker provides an overview of the workers’ compensation claims process and WSIB benefits, plus what you should do while you wait (how to replace income, cooperation with the Board, medical treatment, return to work) and…

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Ce que chaque travailleuse blessée et chaque travailleur blessé devait savoir

by Ontario Legal Clinics' Workers' Compensation Network

Guide pratique sur le fonctionnement de la CSPAAT: processus de demande; prestations dela CSPAAT; que devrez-vous faire en attendant? Où obtenir de l’aide.…

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Workers’ compensation: morality versus the business case

by Dana Howse Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups - Research Action Committee

Plain language summary by Dana Howse of her doctoral thesis ‘Injured Workers’ Moral Engagement in the Compensation System: The Social Production of Problematic Claiming Experience’  with commentary by ONIWG RAC.…

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