Workers’ compensation headlines

		Selected news of workplace injury, illness and compensation

		‘In almost all outbreaks we encounter agency staff.’ How Peel – and the province – grappled with a quiet crisis: temp work \| Toronto Star (July 2021)
		Many workplace ‘accidents’ are preventable. Stop the killing, and start criminal investigations \| Toronto Star (July 19, 2021)
		BC: Police officer’s widow still fighting WorkSafe to save her house \| Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News (July 17, 2021)
		Police group voices concerns over OACP proposals \| HRReporter (July 16, 2021)
		Uber is going to court to block the release of workers’ compensation records \|Toronto Star (July 13, 2021)
		Multiple people dead following Kelowna B.C. crane collapse \| CBC News (July 12, 2021)
		A teenager burst into ‘a ball of flame’ on the job at a service station. His quest for justice took decades \| Toronto Star (July 11, 2021)
		Why Canada’s low-paid, precariously employed essential workers need a better deal \| CBC News – Sunday Morning (July 10, 2021)
		“It’s really been a struggle”: injured workers in Peel face additional barriers during pandemic \| Brampton Guardian (July 8, 2021)
		WSIB’s latest quarterly rebate payout largest in new program’s history \| OHS Canada (July 8, 2021)
		‘Stop walking on our diseased loved ones’ graves’ \| Peterborough Examiner (July 7, 2021)
		Ex-cop finally paid $630K in lost wages due to PTSD after years of living in poverty \| CBC News (July 5, 2021)
		Canada’s real death toll from COVID-19 may far exceed official tally: report \| CTV News (June 29, 2021)
		A Nickel mining company in Sudbury has seen injuries triple over 5 years \| Press Progress (June 28, 2021)
		Local health-care workers dealing with effects of long-haul COVID \| Beacon Herald (June 24, 2021)
		Fifth migrant worker dies in quarantine. Is ‘jurisdictional football’ over COVID regulations to blame? \| Toronto Star (June 16, 2021)
		Privacy, required COVID-19 vaccines highlighted at employment law webinar \| Lawyer’s Daily (June 15, 2021)
		Ontario has left frontline workers at mercy of COVID-19 \| Jacobin (June 15, 2021)
		Advocates call for stronger migrant workers rights amid deaths on the job in Canada \| Global News (June 13, 2021)
		Fiera Foods ‘partner’ plant convicted over deaths of two temporary workers \| Toronto Star (June 7, 2021)
		What’s driving COVID-19 workplace transmission i n the third wave \| Global News (June 5, 2021)
		Unions still demanding better support for BC’s injured workers \| The Tyee (June 1, 2021)
		Injured workers join forces demanding change to WSIB system, labour laws \| Daily Commercial News (June 1, 2021)
		Labour Council to mark Injured Workers’ Day virtually \| iHeart Radio Windsor (May 31, 2012)
		Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit will investigate farm worker death \| CBC News (May 25, 2021)
		Some Canadian provinces provide paid COVID-19 vaccination leave, others encourage leave through reimbursement programs \| Lexology (May 20, 2010)
		In one of Ontario’s hardest hit regions, COVID-19 takes a toll on essential workers \| CBC News (May 19, 2021)
		Workplace inspections show greater COVID-19 compliance, province says. But experts say requirements are too lax \| Toronto Star (May 18, 2021)
		How a COVID-19 ‘blind spot’ put Ontario’s essential workplaces at risk \| Toronto Star (May 17, 2021)
		PSW temp worker risks her life to help others but barely earns enough to get by \| CityNews (May 10, 2021)
		Pandemic good and bad news for N.S. Workers’ Compensation Board \| CBC News (May 5, 2021)
		‘Like a bomb going off in your family’ \| Toronto Star / Orangeville Banner (May 4, 2021)
		Labour advocates, health-care experts pan Ontario’s COVID-19 paid sick leave plan \| CBC News (Apr. 29, 2021)
		Letter: A mother’s thoughts on national Day of Mourning \| Manitoulin Expositor (Apr. 28, 2021)
		Uber pitches new provincial rules to keep gig workers as contractors – as workers’ resistance ramps up \| Toronto Star (Apr. 28, 2021)
		Former Neelon Casting workers start receiving compensation for workplace illnesses \| CBC Sudbury (Apr. 27, 2021)
		Privacy, rights of workers with disabilities at issue in commercial dispute over alleged negligence \| Law Times (Apr. 19, 2021)
		Study focused on challenges for miners seeking compensation for COPD \| Timmins Daily Press (Apr. 15, 2021)
		When workers comp claims for COVID-19 fall through the cracks, the costs often land on sick employees and taxpayers \| Globe and Mail (Apr. 13, 2021)
		Ontario must shift to essential workers now that millions more COVID-19 vaccine doses have arrived, experts say \| CTV News (Apr. 7, 2021)
		Canadians working from home experiencing burnout, physical discomfort, work-life conflict: survey \| CBC News (Apr. 6, 2021)
		‘The time has certainly come now’: Ontario paid sick days urgently needed among deadly third wave, officials say \| CTV News (Apr. 5, 2021)
		Workers feared for safety at Ontario baby formula plant \| CBC News (Mar. 30, 2021)
		Multiple Amazon facilities face scrutiny from Ontario for COVID-19, other health & safety concerns \| Globe and Mail (Mar. 24, 2021)
		Essential workers need access to mental health services (through WSIB) \| Blackburn News (Mar. 24, 2021)
		More than 600 Amazon workers in Brampton got COVID-19. Why were so few reported to the province? \| Toronto Star (Mar. 21, 2021)
		He disinfected subways, helped disabled adults and worked as a PSW during a COVID-19 outbreak. What one temp worker wants you to know about life on the pandemic front lines \| Toronto Star (Mar. 20, 2021)
		When COVID-19 strikes workplaces, what does real transparency look like? Why disclosure is rare, but revealing \| Globe and Mail (Mar. 18, 2021)
		Ontario let a ‘flood’ of temp agencies into long-term care during COVID-19. How precarious work put residents and caregivers at risk \| Toronto Star (Mar. 18, 2021)
		Amazon’s Brampton warehouse ordered to shutter after COVID-19 outbreak \| Toronto Star (Mar. 12, 2021)
		Quebec: Proposed reforms to on-the-job injuries a flagrant setback for workers: healthcare coalition \| CTV News (Mar. 9, 2021)
		MOL hires 100 new workplace inspectors \| Daily Commercial News (Mar. 5, 2021)
		Workplace Safety and Insurance Board workers vote to strike \| Businesswire (Mar. 1, 2021)
		Toronto names workplaces where a COVID-19 outbreak occurs. Peel Region doesn’t. Who’s right? \| Toronto Star (Feb. 26, 2021)
		BC: Friends and family still wait for criminal trial, 12 years after Sam Fitzpatrick died on the job \| CBC News (Feb. 22, 2021)
		Are unionized construction sites safer? A new study shows they are \| Toronto Star (Feb. 20, 2021)
		Four ways the WSIB is fighting COVID-19 \| Canadian Occupational Safety (Feb. 18, 2021)
		WSIB finances remain strong despite COVID-19: Witmer \| Daily Commercial News (Feb. 16, 2021)
		‘It’s just a flu’: COVID prevention rules are often ignored on Toronto construction sites, workers tell the Star \| Toronto Star (Feb. 16, 2021)
		One in five farms not compliant with COVID rules, early inspections find \| London Free Press (Feb. 16, 2021)
		Where do Ontario’s essential precarious workers – in transportation, food, manufacturing industries – stand in the vaccine rollout? \| Toronto Star (Feb. 15, 2021)
		Ontario nurse who contracted COVID-19 cut off workers’ compensation despite experiencing ‘ongoing symptoms’ \| Press Progress (Feb. 11, 2021)
		Go Public: Injured woman secretly videotaped by insurer (WSIB) then wrongly accused of fraud \| CBC News (Feb. 8, 2021)
		Editorial: A welcome move to shine a light on workplace outbreaks of COVID-19 \| Toronto Star (Feb. 8, 2021)
		Quebec urged to list burnout as ‘occupational disease’ in update to workplace safety laws \| CBC News (Feb. 5, 2021)
		Ontario proposes changes to workplace first aid requirements: would shift responsibility from WSIB to Ministry of Labour \| Canadian HRReporter (Feb. 5, 2021)
		1 in 4 COVID-19 cases found through contact tracing in Peel were those who went to work sick … \| Toronto Star (Feb. 3, 2021)
		Who is an essential worker in the GTA? Millions of us, data shows \| Toronto Star (Feb. 2, 2021)
		Air Canada flight attendant wins fight over COVID-19 workers’ compensation \| CBC News (Jan. 30, 2021)
		Sick pay and WSIB for workers who need them most \| Niagara Falls Review (Jan. 30, 2021)
		Experts push for more COVID-19 rapid tests at work \| Globe and Mail (Jan. 29, 2021)
		Ont. teenager’s death sign of pandemic ‘human rights catastrophe’ , newcomer advocates say \| CTV News (Jan. 26, 2021)
		Waterloo region paramedics denied WSIB claims for COVID-19: Union \| CBC News (Jan. 22, 2021)
		Québec: La réforme Boulet torpillée de toutes parts cette semaine \| Le Devoir (jan. 21, 2021)
		Ontario expands workplace inspections as 121 Canada Post workers test positive for COVID-19 in Mississauga \| Toronto Star (Jan. 20, 2021)
		Bittersweet victory for daughter who lobbied for dad’s health benefits \| Sudbury Star (Jan. 19, 2020)
		Quebec: Morneau Shepell submits recommendations on Bill 59 \| Businesswire (January 13, 2021)
		‘Union safety effect’ continues on Ontario’s ICI construction sites: IWH study finds \| Daily Commercial News (Jan. 13, 2021)
		What’s an essential workplace and who’s an essential worker? \| Toronto Star (Jan. 12, 2021)
		RCMP launch criminal investigation into COVID-19 death tied to massive Alberta meat plant outbreak \| CBC News (Jan. 11, 2021)
		Toronto is now publicizing workplace outbreaks. What does the data tell us… \| Toronto Star (Jan. 11, 2021)
		COVID-19 outbreaks in the workplace \| TV Ontario (Jan. 8, 2021)
		Toronto is now publicizing work outbreaks – what does the data tell us \| Toronto Star (Jan. 6, 2020)
		Eight orders issued to company after worker’s injury \|Belleville Intelligencer (Jan. 2, 2021)
		2020
		Stronger worker safety measures and transparency around workplace outbreaks on the way as Toronto reports record COVID-19 cases \| Toronto Star (Dec. 30, 2020)
		Temp workers, the unsung pandemic heroes who make and deliver our goods, should not be losing sleep – or their lives – over $14 an hour \| Toronto Star (Dec. 28, 2020)
		Ontario shutdown won’t stop COVID-19 spread in workplaces, health experts say \| Globe and Mail (Dec. 22, 2020)
		Ontario lockdown doesn’t do anything to help warehouse workers, says advocate \| CBC Radio (Dec. 22, 2020)
		Five Ontario construction deaths in one week \| Daily Commercial News (Dec. 21, 2020)
		Thousands of workers got COVID-19 on the job. But the Ministry of Labour has fined just one employer \| Toronto Star (Dec. 19, 2020
		The paid sick days conundrum: pandemic revives debate over who should foot the bill \| Globe and Mail (Dec. 17, 2020)
		Amazon’s speed shouldn’t come at the expense of workers \| Toronto Star (Dec. 16, 2020)
		COVID long-haulers and the plight of unproductive bodies \| Canadian Dimension (Dec. 15, 2020)
		Proposed workplace safety legislation will stabilize WSIB premiums, avg industrial wage: province \| Law Times (Dec. 14, 2020)
		Can employers make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory? The law isn’t clear \| CBC News (Dec. 11, 2020)
		Amazon warehouse workers in Canada saw injury rates double. Then COVID hit. Inside a hidden safety crisis \| Toronto Star (Dec. 10, 2020)
		Stakeholders relieved MOL to protect employers from WSIB premium spike \| Daily Commercial News (Dec. 10, 2020)
		CLAC: Open letter to Doug Ford: WSIB coverage is desperately needed for all healthcare heroes \| GlobeNewswire (Dec. 9, 2020)
		Spread of COVID-19 in Brampton linked to systemic factors, experts say \| St Catharines Standard (Nov. 29, 2020)
		Bitter harvest: the pandemic has created serious risks for the migrant workers … \| CBC (Nov. 29, 2020)
		Our essential workers are burning out. Advocates say a lack of basic job protections is to blame \| Toronto Star (Nov. 28)
		UWindsor study reveals toll of COVID-19 on Ontario health-care workers \| CBC News (Nov. 24, 2020)
		Workplace compensation claims reflect toll COVID-19 has taken on Canada’s workers \| CBC News (Nov. 23, 2020)
		California’s gig worker battle reveals the abuses of precarious work in Canada too \| The Conversation (Nov. 22, 2020)
		Newfoundland & Labrador: A bureaucratic system forgot I was the human being on the other side. I want change \| CBC News (Nov. 22, 2020)
		Alberta: Bill 47 Pt. 2 – Less compensation for work-related injuries \| Parkland Institute (Nov. 12, 2020)
		Ontario increasing services to workers and small businesses (WSIB In Transition operational review report) \| Ontario News Release (Nov. 6, 2020
		British Columbia: New NDP government challenged by damning report on mistreatment of injured workers \| The Tyee (Nov. 6, 2020)
		Adequacy of COVID infection control and PPE linked to workers’ mental health: study \| At Work (Nov. 4, 2020)
		Advocate and art lover Judy Kondrat always saw those who’d been overlooked by others \| Globe and Mail (Nov. 3, 2020)
		Quebec tables long-awaited bill to reform workplace safety law \| Montreal Gazette (October 28, 2020)
		This cancer survivor was harassed, taunted and sprayed with Lysol by colleagues. But a tribunal says she can’t sue her workplace \| Toronto Star (Oct. 25, 2020)
		WSIB claims from LTC workers could be tip of the iceberg, union says \| CBC News (Oct. 24, 2020)
		What new Ontario-led research says about mesothelioma \| TVOntario (Oct. 22, 2020)
		A spin class became a superspreader event. Why are fitness instructors excluded from workers’ compensation if they fall ill on the job? \| Toronto Star (Oct. 16, 2020)
		Safety statistics reveal ‘disappointing’ trends of workplace fatalities, injuries \| OHS Canada (Oct. 13, 2020)
		Public health won’t tell us which employers have COVID-19 outbreaks. But we obtained WSIB data to help paint a picture \| Toronto Star (Oct. 11, 2020)
		WSIB holds premium rates for Ontario businesses \| Canada Newswire (Oct. 1, 2020)
		Industrial bakery facing prosecution over death of temp agency worker Enrico Miranda \| Toronto Star (Sep. 25, 2020)
		COVID-19 rates higher among racialized and low wage workers \| WHSC News (Sep. 24, 2020)
		Ontario to hire nearly 100 new health and safety inspectors to tackle workplace COVID-19 risks \| Toronto Star (Sep. 23, 2020)
		COVID-19 infections among Canadian health-care workers are above global average \| Huffington Post (Sep. 20, 2020)
		Workplace linked to 1 in 5 COVID-19 infections in Ontario \| HRReporter (Sep. 3, 2020)
		Slapping down farmers’ objections, court restores public health order protecting ‘exceptionally vulnerable’ migrant workers \| Toronto Star (Aug. 27, 2020)
		British Columbia: New government-commissioned report recommends cultural shift at WCB to better support workers \| CBC News (Aug. 26, 2020)
		What research can do: estimating the role of workplaces in COVID-19 transmissions \| At Work (Aug. 25, 2020)
		British Columbia: Harry Bains: Improvements to Workers’ Compensation Act long overdue \| The Province (Aug. 24, 2020)
		Under-reporting of injuries related to awareness of hazards, IWH report finds \| Daily Commercial News (Aug. 24, 2020)
		Workplace safety claims now being approved for miners who got sick from inhaling McIntyre Powder \| CBC News (Aug. 14, 2020)
		More than 180 workers at this Toronto bakery got COVID-19 — but the public wasn’t informed. Why aren’t we being told about workplace outbreaks? \| Toronto Star (Aug. 10, 2020)
		Better recognition of occupational cancers can aid prevention too, report \| WHSC News (Aug. 6, 2020)
		Report urges WSIB to improve evidence-based decision-making in workplace cancer claim \| Law Times (Aug. 5, 2020)
		The PBO report on universal basic income and the taxation of WSIB benefits (Part 1) \| Workersomplaw.ca (Jul. 28, 2020
		A Jamaican migrant worker suffered catastrophic injuries on the job, then was told he could work as a ‘shoe shiner’ and had his workers’ compensation cut off \| Toronto Star (Jul. 25, 2020)
		WSIB and government must act now on occupational cancer claims: Steelworkers \| Businesswire (Jul. 24, 2000)
		Explainer: Implementing paid sick days and paid sick leave \| Broadbent Institute (Jul. 20, 2020)
		Roughly 13,000 health care workers file workplace injury claims tied to COVID-19 \| Globe & Mail (Jul. 15, 2020)
		British Columbia: Proposed changes to labour laws would increase workers’ compensation limits, make COVID-19 claims easier \| CBC News (Jul. 14, 2020)
		Proposed Bill presuming WSIB coverage for COVID-19 claims quietly passed first reading \| Mondaq (Jul. 13, 2020)
		Claims system for workers with cancer outdated: study \| Globe and Mail (Jul. 10, 2020)
		Ontario’s ability to identify workplace cancer risk is ‘grossly inadequate,’ study finds \| Toronto Star (Jul. 9, 2020)
		The Ontario government says migrant workers have equal rights and access to benefits, but do they? \| Toronto Star (Jun. 27, 2020)
		New program will address opioid addiction, Ontario says \| Globe & Mail (Jun. 19, 2020)
		How workers’ comp fanned the flames of the opioid crisis \| Globe & Mail (Jun. 18, 2020)
		Compensation system hides the real toll of industrial disease: This series examines where Canada falls short protecting workers from job-related illnesses \| Waterloo Region Record (Jun. 13, 2020)
		Laws have little impact if companies aren’t afraid of the consequences: occupational disease kills more Canadians than any other work-related injury, accident or disorder \| Waterloo Region Record (Jun. 6, 2020)
		‘It took the pandemic to shake us up’: What COVID-19 has taught us about the nature of the way we work, and what we must do to fix it for the safety and betterment of us all \| Toronto Star (Jun. 3, 2020)
		Care providers are not asking, what caused the disease? \| Waterloo Region Record (May 30, 2020)
		COVID-19 and proposed amendments to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 \| Employment and Human Rights Law in Canada (May 27, 2020)
		ONIWG: UN highlights the unique challenges faced by Disabled Injured Workers during COVID-19 \| GlobeNewswire (May 19, 2020)
		The WSIB COVID-19 adjudicative approach and statistics to date-July 2020 update \| Workerscomplaw.ca (May 12, 2020)
		Ontario urged to follow B.C. with presumptive workers’ compensation for COVID-19 \| OurWindsor.ca (May 11, 2020)
		The Uncounted: Occupational disease is killing Canadians \| Toronto Star/Waterloo Region Record (May 8, 2000)
		WSIB study finds link between use of McIntyre Powder in Ontario mines and risk of Parkinson’s \| CBC News (May 7, 2020)
		Gates: Give heroic frontline workers the WSIB coverage they deserve \| Toronto Sun (Apr. 27, 2020)
		Open letter to Workplace Safety Insurance Board regarding COVID19, workers compensation and migrant farm workers (Ontario) \| Harvesting Freedom (Apr. 17, 2020)
		Coronavirus: The risks to essential workers with hidden health conditions \| The Conversation (Apr. 15, 2020)
		Canada: cross country survey of changes to workers’ compensation system in response to COVID-19 \| Littler Insight (Apr. 14, 2020)
		WSIB expands options during COVID-19 pandemic \| OHS Canada (Apr. 7, 2020)
		‘Them plants are killing us’: Inside a cross-border battle against cancer and pollution \| Environmental Health News (Apr. 7, 2020)
		Province urged to make workers’ compensation automatic for essential employees diagnosed with COVID-19 \| Toronto Star (Apr. 6, 2020)
		Why the ‘invisible workers’ cleaning up COVID-19 need better labour protection \| CBC Radio (Apr. 3)
		Strains, sprains leading cause of workplace injury in Ontario \| OHS Canada (Feb. 28, 2020)
		Ontario to reward safe employers \| Canadian Metalworking (Jan. 22, 2020)

		Selected news of workplace injury, illness and compensation

		‘In almost all outbreaks we encounter agency staff.’ How Peel – and the province – grappled with a quiet crisis: temp work \| Toronto Star (July 2021)
		Many workplace ‘accidents’ are preventable. Stop the killing, and start criminal investigations \| Toronto Star (July 19, 2021)
		BC: Police officer’s widow still fighting WorkSafe to save her house \| Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News (July 17, 2021)
		Police group voices concerns over OACP proposals \| HRReporter (July 16, 2021)
		Uber is going to court to block the release of workers’ compensation records \|Toronto Star (July 13, 2021)
		Multiple people dead following Kelowna B.C. crane collapse \| CBC News (July 12, 2021)
		A teenager burst into ‘a ball of flame’ on the job at a service station. His quest for justice took decades \| Toronto Star (July 11, 2021)
		Why Canada’s low-paid, precariously employed essential workers need a better deal \| CBC News – Sunday Morning (July 10, 2021)
		“It’s really been a struggle”: injured workers in Peel face additional barriers during pandemic \| Brampton Guardian (July 8, 2021)
		WSIB’s latest quarterly rebate payout largest in new program’s history \| OHS Canada (July 8, 2021)
		‘Stop walking on our diseased loved ones’ graves’ \| Peterborough Examiner (July 7, 2021)
		Ex-cop finally paid $630K in lost wages due to PTSD after years of living in poverty \| CBC News (July 5, 2021)
		Canada’s real death toll from COVID-19 may far exceed official tally: report \| CTV News (June 29, 2021)
		A Nickel mining company in Sudbury has seen injuries triple over 5 years \| Press Progress (June 28, 2021)
		Local health-care workers dealing with effects of long-haul COVID \| Beacon Herald (June 24, 2021)
		Fifth migrant worker dies in quarantine. Is ‘jurisdictional football’ over COVID regulations to blame? \| Toronto Star (June 16, 2021)
		Privacy, required COVID-19 vaccines highlighted at employment law webinar \| Lawyer’s Daily (June 15, 2021)
		Ontario has left frontline workers at mercy of COVID-19 \| Jacobin (June 15, 2021)
		Advocates call for stronger migrant workers rights amid deaths on the job in Canada \| Global News (June 13, 2021)
		Fiera Foods ‘partner’ plant convicted over deaths of two temporary workers \| Toronto Star (June 7, 2021)
		What’s driving COVID-19 workplace transmission i n the third wave \| Global News (June 5, 2021)
		Unions still demanding better support for BC’s injured workers \| The Tyee (June 1, 2021)
		Injured workers join forces demanding change to WSIB system, labour laws \| Daily Commercial News (June 1, 2021)
		Labour Council to mark Injured Workers’ Day virtually \| iHeart Radio Windsor (May 31, 2012)
		Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit will investigate farm worker death \| CBC News (May 25, 2021)
		Some Canadian provinces provide paid COVID-19 vaccination leave, others encourage leave through reimbursement programs \| Lexology (May 20, 2010)
		In one of Ontario’s hardest hit regions, COVID-19 takes a toll on essential workers \| CBC News (May 19, 2021)
		Workplace inspections show greater COVID-19 compliance, province says. But experts say requirements are too lax \| Toronto Star (May 18, 2021)
		How a COVID-19 ‘blind spot’ put Ontario’s essential workplaces at risk \| Toronto Star (May 17, 2021)
		PSW temp worker risks her life to help others but barely earns enough to get by \| CityNews (May 10, 2021)
		Pandemic good and bad news for N.S. Workers’ Compensation Board \| CBC News (May 5, 2021)
		‘Like a bomb going off in your family’ \| Toronto Star / Orangeville Banner (May 4, 2021)
		Labour advocates, health-care experts pan Ontario’s COVID-19 paid sick leave plan \| CBC News (Apr. 29, 2021)
		Letter: A mother’s thoughts on national Day of Mourning \| Manitoulin Expositor (Apr. 28, 2021)
		Uber pitches new provincial rules to keep gig workers as contractors – as workers’ resistance ramps up \| Toronto Star (Apr. 28, 2021)
		Former Neelon Casting workers start receiving compensation for workplace illnesses \| CBC Sudbury (Apr. 27, 2021)
		Privacy, rights of workers with disabilities at issue in commercial dispute over alleged negligence \| Law Times (Apr. 19, 2021)
		Study focused on challenges for miners seeking compensation for COPD \| Timmins Daily Press (Apr. 15, 2021)
		When workers comp claims for COVID-19 fall through the cracks, the costs often land on sick employees and taxpayers \| Globe and Mail (Apr. 13, 2021)
		Ontario must shift to essential workers now that millions more COVID-19 vaccine doses have arrived, experts say \| CTV News (Apr. 7, 2021)
		Canadians working from home experiencing burnout, physical discomfort, work-life conflict: survey \| CBC News (Apr. 6, 2021)
		‘The time has certainly come now’: Ontario paid sick days urgently needed among deadly third wave, officials say \| CTV News (Apr. 5, 2021)
		Workers feared for safety at Ontario baby formula plant \| CBC News (Mar. 30, 2021)
		Multiple Amazon facilities face scrutiny from Ontario for COVID-19, other health & safety concerns \| Globe and Mail (Mar. 24, 2021)
		Essential workers need access to mental health services (through WSIB) \| Blackburn News (Mar. 24, 2021)
		More than 600 Amazon workers in Brampton got COVID-19. Why were so few reported to the province? \| Toronto Star (Mar. 21, 2021)
		He disinfected subways, helped disabled adults and worked as a PSW during a COVID-19 outbreak. What one temp worker wants you to know about life on the pandemic front lines \| Toronto Star (Mar. 20, 2021)
		When COVID-19 strikes workplaces, what does real transparency look like? Why disclosure is rare, but revealing \| Globe and Mail (Mar. 18, 2021)
		Ontario let a ‘flood’ of temp agencies into long-term care during COVID-19. How precarious work put residents and caregivers at risk \| Toronto Star (Mar. 18, 2021)
		Amazon’s Brampton warehouse ordered to shutter after COVID-19 outbreak \| Toronto Star (Mar. 12, 2021)
		Quebec: Proposed reforms to on-the-job injuries a flagrant setback for workers: healthcare coalition \| CTV News (Mar. 9, 2021)
		MOL hires 100 new workplace inspectors \| Daily Commercial News (Mar. 5, 2021)
		Workplace Safety and Insurance Board workers vote to strike \| Businesswire (Mar. 1, 2021)
		Toronto names workplaces where a COVID-19 outbreak occurs. Peel Region doesn’t. Who’s right? \| Toronto Star (Feb. 26, 2021)
		BC: Friends and family still wait for criminal trial, 12 years after Sam Fitzpatrick died on the job \| CBC News (Feb. 22, 2021)
		Are unionized construction sites safer? A new study shows they are \| Toronto Star (Feb. 20, 2021)
		Four ways the WSIB is fighting COVID-19 \| Canadian Occupational Safety (Feb. 18, 2021)
		WSIB finances remain strong despite COVID-19: Witmer \| Daily Commercial News (Feb. 16, 2021)
		‘It’s just a flu’: COVID prevention rules are often ignored on Toronto construction sites, workers tell the Star \| Toronto Star (Feb. 16, 2021)
		One in five farms not compliant with COVID rules, early inspections find \| London Free Press (Feb. 16, 2021)
		Where do Ontario’s essential precarious workers – in transportation, food, manufacturing industries – stand in the vaccine rollout? \| Toronto Star (Feb. 15, 2021)
		Ontario nurse who contracted COVID-19 cut off workers’ compensation despite experiencing ‘ongoing symptoms’ \| Press Progress (Feb. 11, 2021)
		Go Public: Injured woman secretly videotaped by insurer (WSIB) then wrongly accused of fraud \| CBC News (Feb. 8, 2021)
		Editorial: A welcome move to shine a light on workplace outbreaks of COVID-19 \| Toronto Star (Feb. 8, 2021)
		Quebec urged to list burnout as ‘occupational disease’ in update to workplace safety laws \| CBC News (Feb. 5, 2021)
		Ontario proposes changes to workplace first aid requirements: would shift responsibility from WSIB to Ministry of Labour \| Canadian HRReporter (Feb. 5, 2021)
		1 in 4 COVID-19 cases found through contact tracing in Peel were those who went to work sick … \| Toronto Star (Feb. 3, 2021)
		Who is an essential worker in the GTA? Millions of us, data shows \| Toronto Star (Feb. 2, 2021)
		Air Canada flight attendant wins fight over COVID-19 workers’ compensation \| CBC News (Jan. 30, 2021)
		Sick pay and WSIB for workers who need them most \| Niagara Falls Review (Jan. 30, 2021)
		Experts push for more COVID-19 rapid tests at work \| Globe and Mail (Jan. 29, 2021)
		Ont. teenager’s death sign of pandemic ‘human rights catastrophe’ , newcomer advocates say \| CTV News (Jan. 26, 2021)
		Waterloo region paramedics denied WSIB claims for COVID-19: Union \| CBC News (Jan. 22, 2021)
		Québec: La réforme Boulet torpillée de toutes parts cette semaine \| Le Devoir (jan. 21, 2021)
		Ontario expands workplace inspections as 121 Canada Post workers test positive for COVID-19 in Mississauga \| Toronto Star (Jan. 20, 2021)
		Bittersweet victory for daughter who lobbied for dad’s health benefits \| Sudbury Star (Jan. 19, 2020)
		Quebec: Morneau Shepell submits recommendations on Bill 59 \| Businesswire (January 13, 2021)
		‘Union safety effect’ continues on Ontario’s ICI construction sites: IWH study finds \| Daily Commercial News (Jan. 13, 2021)
		What’s an essential workplace and who’s an essential worker? \| Toronto Star (Jan. 12, 2021)
		RCMP launch criminal investigation into COVID-19 death tied to massive Alberta meat plant outbreak \| CBC News (Jan. 11, 2021)
		Toronto is now publicizing workplace outbreaks. What does the data tell us… \| Toronto Star (Jan. 11, 2021)
		COVID-19 outbreaks in the workplace \| TV Ontario (Jan. 8, 2021)
		Toronto is now publicizing work outbreaks – what does the data tell us \| Toronto Star (Jan. 6, 2020)
		Eight orders issued to company after worker’s injury \|Belleville Intelligencer (Jan. 2, 2021)
		2020
		Stronger worker safety measures and transparency around workplace outbreaks on the way as Toronto reports record COVID-19 cases \| Toronto Star (Dec. 30, 2020)
		Temp workers, the unsung pandemic heroes who make and deliver our goods, should not be losing sleep – or their lives – over $14 an hour \| Toronto Star (Dec. 28, 2020)
		Ontario shutdown won’t stop COVID-19 spread in workplaces, health experts say \| Globe and Mail (Dec. 22, 2020)
		Ontario lockdown doesn’t do anything to help warehouse workers, says advocate \| CBC Radio (Dec. 22, 2020)
		Five Ontario construction deaths in one week \| Daily Commercial News (Dec. 21, 2020)
		Thousands of workers got COVID-19 on the job. But the Ministry of Labour has fined just one employer \| Toronto Star (Dec. 19, 2020
		The paid sick days conundrum: pandemic revives debate over who should foot the bill \| Globe and Mail (Dec. 17, 2020)
		Amazon’s speed shouldn’t come at the expense of workers \| Toronto Star (Dec. 16, 2020)
		COVID long-haulers and the plight of unproductive bodies \| Canadian Dimension (Dec. 15, 2020)
		Proposed workplace safety legislation will stabilize WSIB premiums, avg industrial wage: province \| Law Times (Dec. 14, 2020)
		Can employers make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory? The law isn’t clear \| CBC News (Dec. 11, 2020)
		Amazon warehouse workers in Canada saw injury rates double. Then COVID hit. Inside a hidden safety crisis \| Toronto Star (Dec. 10, 2020)
		Stakeholders relieved MOL to protect employers from WSIB premium spike \| Daily Commercial News (Dec. 10, 2020)
		CLAC: Open letter to Doug Ford: WSIB coverage is desperately needed for all healthcare heroes \| GlobeNewswire (Dec. 9, 2020)
		Spread of COVID-19 in Brampton linked to systemic factors, experts say \| St Catharines Standard (Nov. 29, 2020)
		Bitter harvest: the pandemic has created serious risks for the migrant workers … \| CBC (Nov. 29, 2020)
		Our essential workers are burning out. Advocates say a lack of basic job protections is to blame \| Toronto Star (Nov. 28)
		UWindsor study reveals toll of COVID-19 on Ontario health-care workers \| CBC News (Nov. 24, 2020)
		Workplace compensation claims reflect toll COVID-19 has taken on Canada’s workers \| CBC News (Nov. 23, 2020)
		California’s gig worker battle reveals the abuses of precarious work in Canada too \| The Conversation (Nov. 22, 2020)
		Newfoundland & Labrador: A bureaucratic system forgot I was the human being on the other side. I want change \| CBC News (Nov. 22, 2020)
		Alberta: Bill 47 Pt. 2 – Less compensation for work-related injuries \| Parkland Institute (Nov. 12, 2020)
		Ontario increasing services to workers and small businesses (WSIB In Transition operational review report) \| Ontario News Release (Nov. 6, 2020
		British Columbia: New NDP government challenged by damning report on mistreatment of injured workers \| The Tyee (Nov. 6, 2020)
		Adequacy of COVID infection control and PPE linked to workers’ mental health: study \| At Work (Nov. 4, 2020)
		Advocate and art lover Judy Kondrat always saw those who’d been overlooked by others \| Globe and Mail (Nov. 3, 2020)
		Quebec tables long-awaited bill to reform workplace safety law \| Montreal Gazette (October 28, 2020)
		This cancer survivor was harassed, taunted and sprayed with Lysol by colleagues. But a tribunal says she can’t sue her workplace \| Toronto Star (Oct. 25, 2020)
		WSIB claims from LTC workers could be tip of the iceberg, union says \| CBC News (Oct. 24, 2020)
		What new Ontario-led research says about mesothelioma \| TVOntario (Oct. 22, 2020)
		A spin class became a superspreader event. Why are fitness instructors excluded from workers’ compensation if they fall ill on the job? \| Toronto Star (Oct. 16, 2020)
		Safety statistics reveal ‘disappointing’ trends of workplace fatalities, injuries \| OHS Canada (Oct. 13, 2020)
		Public health won’t tell us which employers have COVID-19 outbreaks. But we obtained WSIB data to help paint a picture \| Toronto Star (Oct. 11, 2020)
		WSIB holds premium rates for Ontario businesses \| Canada Newswire (Oct. 1, 2020)
		Industrial bakery facing prosecution over death of temp agency worker Enrico Miranda \| Toronto Star (Sep. 25, 2020)
		COVID-19 rates higher among racialized and low wage workers \| WHSC News (Sep. 24, 2020)
		Ontario to hire nearly 100 new health and safety inspectors to tackle workplace COVID-19 risks \| Toronto Star (Sep. 23, 2020)
		COVID-19 infections among Canadian health-care workers are above global average \| Huffington Post (Sep. 20, 2020)
		Workplace linked to 1 in 5 COVID-19 infections in Ontario \| HRReporter (Sep. 3, 2020)
		Slapping down farmers’ objections, court restores public health order protecting ‘exceptionally vulnerable’ migrant workers \| Toronto Star (Aug. 27, 2020)
		British Columbia: New government-commissioned report recommends cultural shift at WCB to better support workers \| CBC News (Aug. 26, 2020)
		What research can do: estimating the role of workplaces in COVID-19 transmissions \| At Work (Aug. 25, 2020)
		British Columbia: Harry Bains: Improvements to Workers’ Compensation Act long overdue \| The Province (Aug. 24, 2020)
		Under-reporting of injuries related to awareness of hazards, IWH report finds \| Daily Commercial News (Aug. 24, 2020)
		Workplace safety claims now being approved for miners who got sick from inhaling McIntyre Powder \| CBC News (Aug. 14, 2020)
		More than 180 workers at this Toronto bakery got COVID-19 — but the public wasn’t informed. Why aren’t we being told about workplace outbreaks? \| Toronto Star (Aug. 10, 2020)
		Better recognition of occupational cancers can aid prevention too, report \| WHSC News (Aug. 6, 2020)
		Report urges WSIB to improve evidence-based decision-making in workplace cancer claim \| Law Times (Aug. 5, 2020)
		The PBO report on universal basic income and the taxation of WSIB benefits (Part 1) \| Workersomplaw.ca (Jul. 28, 2020
		A Jamaican migrant worker suffered catastrophic injuries on the job, then was told he could work as a ‘shoe shiner’ and had his workers’ compensation cut off \| Toronto Star (Jul. 25, 2020)
		WSIB and government must act now on occupational cancer claims: Steelworkers \| Businesswire (Jul. 24, 2000)
		Explainer: Implementing paid sick days and paid sick leave \| Broadbent Institute (Jul. 20, 2020)
		Roughly 13,000 health care workers file workplace injury claims tied to COVID-19 \| Globe & Mail (Jul. 15, 2020)
		British Columbia: Proposed changes to labour laws would increase workers’ compensation limits, make COVID-19 claims easier \| CBC News (Jul. 14, 2020)
		Proposed Bill presuming WSIB coverage for COVID-19 claims quietly passed first reading \| Mondaq (Jul. 13, 2020)
		Claims system for workers with cancer outdated: study \| Globe and Mail (Jul. 10, 2020)
		Ontario’s ability to identify workplace cancer risk is ‘grossly inadequate,’ study finds \| Toronto Star (Jul. 9, 2020)
		The Ontario government says migrant workers have equal rights and access to benefits, but do they? \| Toronto Star (Jun. 27, 2020)
		New program will address opioid addiction, Ontario says \| Globe & Mail (Jun. 19, 2020)
		How workers’ comp fanned the flames of the opioid crisis \| Globe & Mail (Jun. 18, 2020)
		Compensation system hides the real toll of industrial disease: This series examines where Canada falls short protecting workers from job-related illnesses \| Waterloo Region Record (Jun. 13, 2020)
		Laws have little impact if companies aren’t afraid of the consequences: occupational disease kills more Canadians than any other work-related injury, accident or disorder \| Waterloo Region Record (Jun. 6, 2020)
		‘It took the pandemic to shake us up’: What COVID-19 has taught us about the nature of the way we work, and what we must do to fix it for the safety and betterment of us all \| Toronto Star (Jun. 3, 2020)
		Care providers are not asking, what caused the disease? \| Waterloo Region Record (May 30, 2020)
		COVID-19 and proposed amendments to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 \| Employment and Human Rights Law in Canada (May 27, 2020)
		ONIWG: UN highlights the unique challenges faced by Disabled Injured Workers during COVID-19 \| GlobeNewswire (May 19, 2020)
		The WSIB COVID-19 adjudicative approach and statistics to date-July 2020 update \| Workerscomplaw.ca (May 12, 2020)
		Ontario urged to follow B.C. with presumptive workers’ compensation for COVID-19 \| OurWindsor.ca (May 11, 2020)
		The Uncounted: Occupational disease is killing Canadians \| Toronto Star/Waterloo Region Record (May 8, 2000)
		WSIB study finds link between use of McIntyre Powder in Ontario mines and risk of Parkinson’s \| CBC News (May 7, 2020)
		Gates: Give heroic frontline workers the WSIB coverage they deserve \| Toronto Sun (Apr. 27, 2020)
		Open letter to Workplace Safety Insurance Board regarding COVID19, workers compensation and migrant farm workers (Ontario) \| Harvesting Freedom (Apr. 17, 2020)
		Coronavirus: The risks to essential workers with hidden health conditions \| The Conversation (Apr. 15, 2020)
		Canada: cross country survey of changes to workers’ compensation system in response to COVID-19 \| Littler Insight (Apr. 14, 2020)
		WSIB expands options during COVID-19 pandemic \| OHS Canada (Apr. 7, 2020)
		‘Them plants are killing us’: Inside a cross-border battle against cancer and pollution \| Environmental Health News (Apr. 7, 2020)
		Province urged to make workers’ compensation automatic for essential employees diagnosed with COVID-19 \| Toronto Star (Apr. 6, 2020)
		Why the ‘invisible workers’ cleaning up COVID-19 need better labour protection \| CBC Radio (Apr. 3)
		Strains, sprains leading cause of workplace injury in Ontario \| OHS Canada (Feb. 28, 2020)
		Ontario to reward safe employers \| Canadian Metalworking (Jan. 22, 2020)

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