Selected news of workplace injury, illness and compensation.
Tens of thousands of workplace injury reports filed by doctors are sitting in limbo. Are they a sign of a deeper problem? | Hamilton Spectator (Dec. 26, 2024)
Sudbury MPP West passes bill designating June 1 Injured Workers Day | Sudbury Star (Dec. 14, 2024)
Confusion over closure of Windsor WSIB office, remote services offered | CTV News (Dec. 10, 2024)
The two faces of government “largesse” | The Bullet (Dec. 1, 2024)
Fanshawe announces $20 million investment from the WSIB | Newswire.ca (Nov. 29, 2024)
Province plans to expand cancer coverage for Ontario firefighters | CBC News (Nov. 22, 2024)
Injured workers call WSIB announcement “totally unfair” | TBNewsWatch.com (Nov. 22, 2024)
Ontario businesses will get $2 billion back after Workplace Safety and Insurance Board posts massive surplus | Toronto Star (Nov. 21, 2024)
Ontario returning over $2.5 billion to workers and businesses through fee reductions and WSIB rebates | Ontario. Premier’s Office press release (Nov. 21, 2024)
NS: Former Crown lawyer files Charter challenge over workers’ compensation system | CBC News (Nov. 13, 2024)
Ontario wildland firefighters say new bill offering presumptive coverage care falls short | CBC News (Nov. 6, 2024)
Compensation workers from across Canada meet to discuss crushing workloads | CUPE news & updates (Oct. 21, 2024)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board developing a strategy for foreign agricultural workers | Farmtario (Oct. 18, 2024)
CFIB outlines small business priorities for Ontario’s Fall legislative session (including WSIB ‘surplus funds’) | CFIB media release (Oct. 17, 2024)
Injured workers are sending the WSIB back to school! | GlobeNewswire (Sep. 26, 2024)
Former firefighter says he has PTSD from 401 pileup — and Lakeshore wrongfully terminated him | CBC News (Sep. 25)
Review calls for re-assessment of administrative costs at WCB of Nova Scotia | Canadian Occupational Safety (Sep. 5, 2024)
Nova Scotia: Workers’ compensation in N.S. in drastic need of overhaul, report finds| CBC News (Aug. 29, 2024)
CFIB data suggests excess WCB funds could amount to $4.9B | Link2Build Ontario (Aug. 29, 2024)
New research links cardiovascular disease to McIntyre Powder exposure | CBC News (Aug. 28, 2024)
Manitoba: ‘Pathetic’ number of burnout claims accepted by compensation board shows policy needs change: labour leader | CBC News (Aug. 26, 2024)
Essex County farmers denounce as ‘extreme’ United Nations ‘slavery’ report | Windsor Star (Aug. 15, 2024)
Challenging the perception of fraud: bias and miscommunication in workers’ compensation claims | WorkersCompensation.com (Aug. 13, 2024)
Rally calls for urgent reforms to protect migrant workers | Canadian Occupational Safety (July 23, 2024)
Despite Ontario workers’ compensation reforms, migrant workers are still being left behind | The Conversation (July 10, 2024)
Call for WSIB to end wage cap on compensation benefits | Canadian Occupational Safety (June 27, 2024)
Video: Injured workers raise wage cap issue | TBnewsWatch.com (June 26, 2027)
We’re staying in the workforce longer, but this law isn’t keeping up with the times | Hamilton Spectator (June 24, 2024)
Regulator charged with criminal negligence causing death | Canadian Occupational Safety (June 21, 2024)
Manitoba: Compensation board recognizes firefighter’s suicide as work-related injury | Canadian Occupational Safety (June 18, 2024)
BC court orders new hearing on worker’s mental disorder claim due to expert’s incomplete information | Canadian Lawyer (June 14, 2024)
Ont. Superior Court denies disability benefits due to a lack of causal link to 40-year old accident | Law Times (June 12, 2024)
British Columbia: Fair pay, basic protections coming for gig workers | BC Gov News (June 12, 2024)
BC Federation of Labour welcomes expansion of mental health presumption coverage | Canadian Occupational Safety (June 12, 2024)
Sudbury clinic that helps sick and injured workers celebrates 35 years | CTV News Northern (June 7, 2024)
1 in 4 investigations into serious workplace accidents in N.L. being left unfinished: report | Canadian Occupational Safety (June 6, 2024)
June 1st: A memory of class action | Spring (May 31, 2024)
Sudbury MPP pushing to have Ontario recognize Injured Workers Day |Sudbury News (May 25, 2024)
WSIB compensation changes for migrant workers could still exclude thousands |Muskoka411 (May 19, 2024)
Audio: Interview with IAVGO on WSIB changes for injured migrant workers | CBC Radio: Fresh Air (May 18, 2024)
NB: Province proposes improved benefits for injured workers | Human Resources Director (May 16, 2024)
Ontario’s WSIB changing ‘suitable work’ for injured workers’ claims | Canadian Occupational Safety (May 16, 2024)
New WSIB strategy aims to better protect injured and sick temporary foreign workers | Windsor News Today (May 15, 2024)
Ontario to change how it compensates injured migrant workers | Toronto Star (May 15, 2024)
Forest firefighters to get presumptive WSIB coverage for cancer and PTSD | NWOnewsWatch (Apr. 29, 2024)
Video: Injured workers mark International Day of Mourning | ThunderBay News Watch (Apr. 20, 2024)
Day of Mourning ceremony held at Miners Memorial Park | ElliotLakeToday (Apr. 28, 2024)
Advocate for injured workers honoured with Lifetime Activism Award on National Day of Mourning |CTV News (Apr. 28, 2024)
Mayor shares personal story of workplace death on Day of Mourning | Owen Sound Sun Times (Apr. 28, 2024)
Statement: National Day of Mourning (and Injured Workers Bill of Rights) | OFL News (Apr. 28, 2024)
Today is the national day of mourning for lost workers | The Maple (Apr. 28, 2024)
Mining records ‘significant loss’ in lost-time WSIB injuries | Sudbury.com (Apr. 18, 2024)
Manitoba labour leader ‘disgusted’ as Tories stall bill to extend leave for injured workers | CBC News (Apr. 17, 2024)
WSIB confirms homophobia contributed to Toronto firefighter’s stress injury | Toronto Star (Apr. 6, 2024)
Ontario Superior Court quashes summonses to non-parties in injured workers’ class action | Law Times (Apr. 3, 2024)
Ron Ellis’ dream is now draft legislation for Ontario tribunals | Law360 Canada (Mar. 26, 2024)
Labour community plans to celebrate Day of Mourning on April 28 | Sudbury News (Mar. 23, 2024)
NWT: Firefighter battling city over harassment compensation | Cabin Radio (Mar. 20, 2024)
British Columbia: Long COVID patients say WorkSafeBC is making life worse | OHS Canada (Mar. 12, 2024)
Manitoba: Workers Compensation Board replaces CEO, directors ‘wanted to make a leadership change’ | Winnipeg Free Press (Mar. 5, 2024)
Never lose hope – an obituary for Jeleel Stewart | Niagara-On-the-Lake Local (Feb. 26, 2024)
Focusing on the body as RSI Day approaches | Canadian Occupational Safety (Feb. 22, 2024)
Stigma ‘under-recognized factor’ for injured workers | Chronicle Journal (Feb. 13, 2024)
Rise in workplace injuries indicates trouble for healthcare workers in Ontario, WSIB data finds | Capital Current (Feb. 5, 2024)
WSIB’s shortcomings are ‘costing important programs that people need’ |Canadian Occupational Safety (Feb. 2, 2024)
Injured workers make a pitch at Ontario’s pre-budget consultations | TBnewswatch.com (Jan. 31, 2024)
Remembering a history of industrial hazards | Canadian Occupational Safety (Jan. 18, 2024)
Migrant farmworkers go to court to fight for rights | The Tyee (Jan. 4, 2024)
Keeping injured workers in the fold | Canadian HRReporter (Jan. 3, 2024)
WSIB claims reveal top occupational disease risks in forestry, mining, pulp and paper | Sudbury.com (Jan. 3, 2024)