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Home / Media / Headlines on workers’ compensation

Headlines on workers’ compensation

Selected news of workplace injury, illness and compensation.

2022 headlines | 2021 headlines | 2020 headlines

2023 headlines

WSIB workers could be going on strike | Canadian Occupational Safety (May 9, 2023)

Chronic stress is a recognized work injury. So why does Ontario’s WSIB reject more than 90% of claims? | Toronto Star (May 6, 2023)

Workplace safety board revisiting decision to withhold benefits from Afghan military interpreters | CBC News (May 5, 2023)

At least 4 workers died on the job in Hamilton last year | CBC News (May 4, 2023)

Jeleel Stewart- injured on the job and living in poverty | Thorold Today (May 4, 2023)

Worker deaths in 2022 ’10 times higher’ than what WSIB reported | Canadian Occupational Safety (May 1, 2023)

NOSM researcher says WSIB claims ‘a difficult journey’ for underground miners with COPD | CBC News (May 1, 2023)

Canada is in the dark about black lung amid a coal mining resurgence (Investigation) | The Globe and Mail (Apr. 28, 2023)

Coal miners with black lung struggle for compensation (video) | The Globe and Mail (Apr. 28, 2023)

National Day of Mourning offers Canada a chance to rethink worker health and safety | OHS Canada (Apr. 28, 2023)

Day of Mourning: Worker’s widow lashes out at police, ministry | Sudbury.com (Apr. 28, 2023)

How Jeannie Howe was severely injured on the job at rental car company (video) – and accompanying article on worker deaths | CBC News (Apr. 27, 2023)

A never-ending battle for former migrant worker Jeleel Stewart | Niagara Now (Apr. 27, 2023)

Workers in BC are being sent to mandatory abstinence programs run by private companies in order to receive disability benefits | Press Progress (Apr. 25, 2023)

True toll of work-related death far exceeds WSIB allowed claims | WHSC News (Apr. 24, 2023)

N.S. workers’ compensation claims for COVID-19 show spike in 2022 | CBC News (Apr. 16, 2023)

NS: Injured Cape Breton miners want (workers comp) benefits extended past 65 | Saltwire Today (Apr. 12, 2023)

Advocates want WSIB to reverse policy on pre-existing conditions | CBC News (Apr. 12, 2023)

Mental health issues at work more recognized, but objective evidence still needed: employment lawyer | Canadian Lawyer (Apr. 11, 2023)

Millions in unclaimed compensation available for McIntyre Powder miners | Timmins News (Apr. 7, 2023)

Day of Mourning event returning to Centennial Park | Sarnia Observer (Apr. 6, 2023)

The C-word: firefighters push for better cancer protection | CBC News (Apr. 5, 2023)

Ontario’s labour ministry reviewing CFLPA’s workers’ compensation concerns | CBC News (Mar. 27, 2023)

Jamaican farmworker says he’s still waiting for proper compensation after 2008 accident in Niagara region | CBC News (Mar. 7, 2023)

Ontario to expand cancer coverage for firefighters | Globe and Mail (Mar. 3, 2023)

More legal options for those experiencing sexual harassment in the workplace | Toronto Sun (Mar. 1, 2023)

B.C. lawyer Craig Paterson was ‘a warrior in workers’ health and safety’ | Globe and Mail (Feb. 28, 2023)

City of Greater Sudbury workers’ injury claims more than tripled in 2022 | CBC News (Feb. 27, 2023)

Radio: Injured workers fighting for compensation and care | Talking Radical (Feb. 21, 2023)

A web of temp agencies. Millions in tax refunds. Inside a ‘murky’ arrangement pitting the CRA against one of the GTA’s most notorious factories | Toronto Star (Feb. 18, 2023)

Amazon Canada’s injury rate may obscure more than it reveals | Passage (Feb. 10, 2023)

WorkSafeBC processed more than 15,000 claims over COVID-19 | Canadian Occupational Safety (Feb. 6, 2023)

Amazon ordered to pay $5 million after over a thousand injuries involving Ontario warehouse workers | PressProgress (Feb. 6, 2023)

Why Toronto’s ‘dancing crossing guard’ can’t get compensation after getting injured in hit and run | CBC News (Feb. 3, 2023)

London, Ont, Building collapse survivor dedicates career to changing site safety | Daily Commercial News (Jan. 31, 2023)

Veteran miners struggle to get workers’ comp for lung diseases | TimminsToday.com (Jan. 25, 2023)

“I was tenacious about going after them” | Sudbury Star (Jan. 13, 2023)

Pro athletes want workers’ compensation for their injuries | The Tyee (Jan. 9, 2023)

Updated May 9, 2023

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