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 Standing Committee regarding Bill 135

December 2, 2010 by IWC Community Legal Clinic

Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs regarding Schedule 21 of the Helping Ontario Families and Managing Responsibly Act which amends the WSIA by: adding a requirement for full funding of the workers’ compensation system, removing the requirement to…

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Securing our retirement future: Consultation with Ontarians

November 30, 2010 by IWC Community Legal Clinic

Submission for the Federal-Provincial consultation on retirement income security addresses the need to increase the retirement pension under the Canada Pension Plan, require workers’ compensation boards to maintain contributions to the CPP for lost earnings from work-related disability, exclude all periods of…

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Presentation at the Health & Safety and WCB Conference

November 25, 2010 by Terence Ison

Address to the Joint OFL/ONIWG Conference focuses on major problems in Ontario’s system: experience rating; OH&S inspection; role of doctors, objective medical evidence and statistics in legal decisionmaking; actuaries; claims procedures – and whether judicial review, Charter are effective legal remedies.…

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Who cares about injured workers today?

November 10, 2010 by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

While employers are still protected from lawsuits, injured workers are increasingly without compensation or employment. Open letter outlines their key needs, at a time when the Board seems to be focusing on benefit reductions to attend to its finances.…

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Age-based discrimination in Ontario’s workers’ compensation laws

October 29, 2010 by IWC Community Legal Clinic

Presentation by John McKinnon to the Canadian Conference on Elder Law on age-based limitations to Ontario compensation benefits, introduced with the 1990 change to a wage-loss system; mandatory retirement and exclusion from the Human Rights Code.…

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Funding Review mandate and process

October 19, 2010 by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

Letter to the Minister of Labour makes recommendations on inclusion of injured worker and academic community on the Panel and expansion of its scope.…

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Letter to the WSIB President re our concerns pertaining to WSIB future direction

October 15, 2010 by Women of Inspiration

The group calls for injured worker involvement in the Funding Review process and an assurance the Review has a proper understanding of the “historic compromise”.…

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