Recent documents are in both PDF and html formats but all may be available in alternate formats on request.
Letter to the Minister of Labour on the 72 month lock-in
Injured workers’ group thanks the Minister for his decision to not remove the lock-in, and for listening to what injured workers had to say. They urge him to continue to take a strong stand on this issue (and turn his attention to the elimination of deeming).
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Eliminating the 72-month lock is bad for injured workers
Follow-up letter to the Premier speaks to concerns about the added financial fears and stress on injured workers if the government goes ahead with plans to do away with the 72-month lock in of benefits for permanent disability.
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Submission on the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan
ONIWG suggests ways for the ORPP to avoid design flaws of the Canada Pension Plan that might unfairly reduce an injured worker’s retirement benefit
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Letter re Re-appointment of I. David Marshall
Letter to Premier on the betrayal injured workers feel at the extended appointment of WSIB President who has made the Board an institution that is hostile and contemptuous towards injured workers. ONIWG asks why the secrecy and lack of transparency about the decision and the bonus?
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Why are injured workers under attack?
Letter to Premier Wynne asks two questions : Why she is calling for removal of the 72-month lock-in, which will mean workers with permanent injuries will live under constant fear of being put under surveillance and having their benefits cut off? Will she be paying CEO President a bonus after he has cut costs on […]
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Letter to Premier Wynne re Restoring fairness to the WSIB
ONIWG targets the lack of justice in the Board’s treatment of injured workers and its own employees under its current leadership.
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Submissions on WSIB draft benefits policies
IWC calls on Board to withdraw these policies which largely disregard Jim Thomas consultation recommendations and will limit benefit entitlement in a manner that is inconsistent with the Act and the fundamental principles of workers compensation. Submission discusses origins of these policies, calls for a cost analysis and independent legal opinion, and details concerns with […]
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Brief to the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) 2013/2014 Legislative Review
The purpose of the AODA is to is to remove existing barriers, and prevent the introduction of new ones. For injured workers, however, even with both the Ontario Human Rights Code and AODA in place, new barriers are being introduced by the WSIB that further hurt injured workers: Deeming is a barrier to employment for […]
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Re Stopping the WSIB benefits policies scandals
Open letter calls on Premier Wynne to not allow the WSIB to change the law governing workers’ compensation in Ontario by way of internal policy change. A massive attack on the rights of injured workers, the proposed policies change the very foundation of the system established by Sir William Meredith and are already being implemented. […]
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Letter re WSIB draft benefits policies
Lawyers’ letter to Premier Wynne protests the explicit attack on the rights of injured workers, calling for the withdrawal of draft policies which codify a massive cutback on benefits and are tantamount to a re-writing of the legislation.
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