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Home / Publications / Backgrounder – Clothing allowance

Backgrounder – Clothing allowance

October 30, 2016 by IWC Community Legal Clinic

A clothing allowance is a yearly sum injured workers receive if they wear a brace or other device needed for their injury that causes clothing damage. After successful lobbying to restore full funding after the allowance was halved by the WSIB during the years 1996-2006, a further 10-year campaign was needed to ensure injured workers could apply for retroactive benefits…

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