Publications Collection

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.

Submission to the Ontario Ombuds Office

January 29, 2016 by Ontario Federation of Labour Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

Following up on the overwhelming response to the report “Prescription Over-ruled”, health professionals, workers, legal advocates and labour groups call for a full investigation by the Ontario Ombuds Office of the WSIB for systematic disregard of the medical advice provided by doctors…

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Open letter to the Minister of Labour

January 4, 2016 by Peter Page

A forthright message to the Minister on just why injured workers feel so betrayed after government promises that the unfunded liability would not be solved on the backs of injured workers.…

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Intervener factum, Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal, et al. v. Fraser Health Authority, et al.

January 4, 2016 by IAVGO Community Legal Clinic Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

In their submission to Supreme Court case addressing issues of causation and Workers Compensation Appeals Tribunal jurisdiction, IAVGO and ONIWG argue that scientific certainty is not required (and in fact definitive scientific evidence on work-related causation rarely exists). Decisions should be based…

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Please make CPP fair for Ontario’s workers

December 17, 2015 by Women of Inspiration

Letter to the Prime Minister asks the federal government to address a gap in the Canada Pension Plan by requiring workers’ compensation boards to make CPP contributions on behalf of those unable to because of workplace injury. As it currently stands, many…

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Re New WSIB President

December 3, 2015 by Women of Inspiration

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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Submission re Bill 109, Employment and Labour Statute Amendment Act 2015

November 25, 2015 by IWC Community Legal Clinic

Many of the injured workers IWC assists are women, immigrants, and work in non-union or precarious employment situations. The Clinic supports the bill’s proposed amendment to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (s.22) which would target direct and indirect claims suppression but…

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Prescription Over-ruled – Report on how Ontario’s WSIB systematically ignores the advice of medical professionals

November 5, 2015 by Ontario Federation of Labour Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

Joint ONIWG/OFL report details problems with WSIB practices identified by a growing number of health professionals who see the Board ignoring their opinions on recommended treatment for their patients – with adverse emotional and financial consequences (as illustrated by accounts of injured…

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Submissions to the WSIB Rate Framework Reform Consultation

October 2, 2015 by Experience Rating Working Group

Ignoring the recommendations of the Expert Panel on Occupational Health & Safety and the Arthurs Report, the Proposed Rate Framework would make claims experience the main driver of premium rates for all Schedule I employers. Inconsistent with the Act, the framework proposes…

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From Experience Rating to Rating Experience

October 1, 2015 by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

ONIWG Submission to the WSIB Rate Framework Consultation expresses disappointment, given the impact of experience rating on injured workers, that the proposal is to move from a one type of experience rating to another – in a way that entrenches employer incentives…

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Bright Lights submission on Rate Framework

October 1, 2015 by Bright Lights Injured Workers' Group

Bright Lights believes that the proposed rate framework is still an experience rating system, and does nothing to address the concerns outlined in ONIWG’s submission. Includes a collection of stories about how experience rating has affected some of the group’s members, and…

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