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A magical glimpse of how a fair, just and effective workers’ compensation system could be……
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.
Bright Lights Presentation to WCB/WSIB Chair and President
Questions on how the economic downturn will affect the Board’s financial targets and unfunded liability; is the WCB also looking at policies and practices that recognize the impact recession will have on employment availability, already low, for injured workers?…
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Re Committee hearings on Bill 119, Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008
Written submission to Standing Committee on Social Policy applauds Bill 119 as an important but small first step towards full coverage of all Ontario workers. Brief traces history of coverage review, addresses concerns of those opposed, including the myth of cheaper private…
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RAACWI Challenges workshop
Overview of the RAACWI project presented to ONIWG Plenary.…
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Does permanent impairment from a workplace accident increase the risk of marital breakup?
ONIWG Research presentation on Canadian study conducted by the Research Action Alliance on the Consequences of Work Injury into the impact of stress on the family.…
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2007 – 2008 Injured workers annual report
Report to share news of injured workers’ events, action and research (sponsored by the Research Action Alliance on the Consequences of Work Injury).…
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Experience? Rating?
Origins of Ontario’s experience rating system, a financial incentive for employers to improve occupational health & safety but that in practice can lead to claims suppression.…
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Poverty in Motion
Study, co-written by Karli Brotchie and Becky Casey, aimed to to identify the impact of injury on workers, the extent to which it affects their income, the unique challenges of impoverished injured workers in Thunder Bay and characteristics of those particularly vulnerable…
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Back to the future
Workers’ compensation legislative changes in Bill 187 not only fail to eliminate deeming as promised but entrench it further. Bulletin looks at government policies on wage loss/dual award systems and deeming.…
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Submission on Bill 187 interim policies – deeming adds insult to injury
Paper addresses the legislative history of Bill 187 with its original stated intent (to eliminate deeming); expansion of deeming in the subsequent draft policies by introducing the concept of “under-employment”; recommendations for a policy that complies with past practice, founding principles and…
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