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.

Re: new Work Reintegration program

September 20, 2010 by Toronto Injured Workers' Advocacy Group

Letter addresses concerns with the KPMG Labour Market R-entry Value for Money Audit tone and content, emphasizing that any focus on cost-cutting measures without attention to actual employment outcomes is meaningless. TIWAG reiterates the need to take into account the needs of…

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Backgrounder: Why are injured workers expecting cuts?

June 3, 2010 by

Statements on the public record explain why injured workers see benefit cuts coming.…

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re the 2009 Auditor General’s Report on the unfunded liability of the WSIB

June 1, 2010 by IWC Community Legal Clinic

Submission to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts presents IWC position that the Report contains assumptions and misinformation that artificially inflate concerns about the unfunded liability. The unfunded liability does not present a danger to the WSIB’s finances; fear and panic about…

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The politics of workers’ compensation

June 1, 2010 by Injured Workers' History Project

Recent developments mark a renewed assault on injured workers. Bulletin looks at historical political pressures and mobilization.…

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June 1st rally : the elephant in Queen’s Park

May 30, 2010 by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

Since the release of last year’s survey of injured workers revealing they experience nearly 4 times the poverty rate in Ontario, it appears more cuts to benefits are coming following an invented financial crisis – with all roads leading back to the…

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Submission re Auditor General’s report on the unfunded liability of the WSIB

May 28, 2010 by Injured Workers' Speakers School

Submission to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts outlines injured workers’ concern for threats to their benefits headlined in the Auditor General’s press release of Dec. 2009; includes analysis of his report and history of unfunded liability.…

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re consideration of the 2009 Report of the Auditor General on the WSIB Unfunded Liability

April 20, 2010 by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

Submission notes the study cited by the A-G in referencing concerns about rising benefit costs is in fact a WSIB report, not one prepared by the independent Institute for Work & Health. Contrary to the report’s claims, data shows a dramatic decrease…

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Commentary on the new WSIB “narcotics strategy”

March 18, 2010 by IWC Community Legal Clinic

In response to the new policy on restricting long acting narcotic pain killers, why the Board is not proposing alternative treatment but instead is leaving injured workers to fend for themselves…

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Letter to Board President on the narcotics strategy

March 16, 2010 by Bright Lights Injured Workers' Group

Letter to the WSIB President asks why the Board is refusing to respect the pain treatment their doctors prescribe and provides for no alternative therapy?…

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Are oral hearings further threatened by the KPMG Value for Money Audit?

June 26, 2009 by IWC Community Legal Clinic

Letter strongly disagrees with KPMG Audit of the Appeal System Practice and Procedures suggestion that oral hearings, already undervalued, should be further restricted. The right to be heard by the decision maker is the most highly valued principle of natural justice; an…

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