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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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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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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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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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Submissions – WSIB Appeals Modernization Consultation
Brief disputes the Consultation paper’s analysis of the reason for the appeals backlog, attributing it rather to a change in Operations-level decision-making that arises from upper management’s decision to control benefits without policy change. Details concerns with limiting oral hearings and downside risk.
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Letters on the Benefits policy consultation process
IWC letter to the Minister of Labour points to the steamroller of change driven by the WSIB management and the need for adequate timeframe to prepare submissions for genuine consultation; attached to letter from ONIWG to chair Jim Thomas on tight timelines, noting that this consultation is concurrent with proposed changes to Appeals and review […]
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Submission on the proposed changes to the appeal system
Letter to the Minister of Labour, with submission to the Board, highlights concerns over the downside risk waiver, complexity of forms, and proposal to limit oral hearings. Group calls for the Board to keep the process simple and address backlog in better ways.
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