“A community response to WSIB’s $2.5 billion gift to employers” . There is no surplus until there is full compensation: the recent round of reckless payouts to employers must be cancelled until every injured worker’s basic needs are met. 
The demands in this dossier are meant to serve as a starting point for that conversation:
- end deeming
- pass Bill 118 (Injured Workers Day Act)
- listen to our doctors
- increase LOE (loss of earnings) benefit rate
- address mental health
- include migrant workers in deeming review
- occupational cancer and disease recognition
- address older injured workers’ rights
- protect precarious workers
- stop WSIB premium rate reductions and rebates
- ensure real healthcare for injured workers
- provide universal coverage
Community-sourced document prepared in Dec. 2024 by:
Disability Without Poverty
IAVGO Legal Clinic
Injured Workers Action for Justice
Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic
Occupational Disease Reform Alliance
Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Groups
South Asian Women’s and Immigrants’ Services
Thunder Bay and District Injured Workers Support Group
Windsor/Essex Injured Workers Group
Workers Comp Is A Right
Workers’ Health and Safety Legal Clinic
and others