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Submission to the WSIB 2012 Benefits Policy Review
IWC calls for legal discipline in Board policy and decisionmaking (i.e. adjudication in adherence with the law and legal principles rather than the current aggressive and “cost-effective” approach), and for consideration of institutional memory and historical perspective in adjudication (Meredith and Weiler principles).
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Comments on WSIB case scenarios – 2012 Benefits Policy Review
Clinic hoped that looking at some real life scenarios would enlighten about the difficulty that WSIB adjudicators are having applying policy. However what the Board has provided are not case examples representative of a WSIB adjudicator’s caseload but fictional scenarios typical of the stories that are being told to set the public stage for cutbacks […]
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Submission to Jim Thomas WSIB Policy Consultation
ONIWG submission details injured workers concerns: full coverage is excluded from scope of Benefits Policy review; role of KPMG report; need for proper understanding of Meredith principles and legal framework of workers’ compensation; use or misuse of scientific evidence; treatment of age and pre-existing conditions.
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Letter to David Marshall on issues of concern
Letter to WSIB President follows up an earlier meeting and correspondence on problems experienced with the system
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Submission re the proposed changes in the Appeals System
Group questions why speeding up the system requires limiting their rights to oral hearings, why modernization requires complicating the current process, and why has the downside risk form been added? Submission includes their recommendations to make the appeals system more efficient.
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Submission to the Appeals consultation
Submission, in Tamil and English, addresses the need to able to access the WSIB’s interpreters in communication with the Board; the need to have appeals heard more quickly but not in the way proposed which adds more stress to the process.
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What will your office tell an injured worker wanting to launch an appeal?
Open letter to all Ontario MPPs alerting them to the requirement in WSIB’s “modernisation” of the appeals system that makes injured workers sign a formal ‘acknowledgment of risk’ – the (downside) risk that if they go ahead with the appeal, the WSIB may deny other benefits not under appeal!
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Submissions on WSIB consultation paper: Modernization of WSIB appeals program
Noting the backlog can be addressed without such dramatic means, IWC brief provides detailed analysis of the deeply flawed proposed changes which encroach on the right to appeal and the right to a fair hearing by injured workers. IWC calls for their withdrawal.
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Submission to the proposed changes to the Appeal System
Paper finds the case for change is not made, details why the Board proposals jeopardize access to justice and propose their own suggestions for improvement of the appeal system.
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ONIWG response to WSIB appeals “modernization”
In detailed critique, ONIWG charges that proposed changes, including increased bureaucratic complexity, “downside risk” threat and restrictions on oral hearings, actively discourage injured workers from filing appeals.
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