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Home / Publications / Human rights of injured workers and covert surveillance by WSIB

Human rights of injured workers and covert surveillance by WSIB

June 24, 2015 by ARCH Disability Law Centre Ivana Petricone

Presentation to the Joint OFL/ONIWG Conference, June 2, 2015. Community legal clinics, ONIWG and OWA mount a rights-based legal challenge of the “red flags” used by Ontario’s Workers’ Compensation Board, preparing a statement of facts for the Ontario Human Rights Commissioner. Following the Commissioner’s discussions with the Board, the WSIB agrees to remove from its system all references to a discriminatory Red Flag list and prepare a guidance document for staff (to be shared with the OHRC) which “better reflects” a surveillance process that adheres to the Human Rights Code…

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