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Our response to Work Reintegration Policy
Letter to the Board details what an effective and just Work Reintegration program should include.
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Submission to the Standing Committee regarding Bill 135
Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs regarding Schedule 21 of the Helping Ontario Families and Managing Responsibly Act which amends the WSIA by: adding a requirement for full funding of the workers’ compensation system, removing the requirement to raise employers assessments in the case of insufficient funds, and eliminating Minister of […]
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Securing our retirement future: Consultation with Ontarians
Submission for the Federal-Provincial consultation on retirement income security addresses the need to increase the retirement pension under the Canada Pension Plan, require workers’ compensation boards to maintain contributions to the CPP for lost earnings from work-related disability, exclude all periods of disability from the contributory period.
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Funding Review mandate and process
Letter to the Minister of Labour makes recommendations on inclusion of injured worker and academic community on the Panel and expansion of its scope.
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Letter to the WSIB President re our concerns pertaining to WSIB future direction
The group calls for injured worker involvement in the Funding Review process and an assurance the Review has a proper understanding of the “historic compromise”.
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Letter to the Premier regarding a Funding Review
Letter expresses concerns about critical weaknesses in the Funding Review process.
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Re: WSIB Work Reintegration Program
Network recommends, from its experience and research, benchmarks necessary for a good return to work program.
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Re: new Work Reintegration program
Letter addresses concerns with the KPMG Labour Market R-entry Value for Money Audit tone and content, emphasizing that any focus on cost-cutting measures without attention to actual employment outcomes is meaningless. TIWAG reiterates the need to take into account the needs of vulnerable (non-union) workers, that return to work with the accident employer is not […]
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re the 2009 Auditor General’s Report on the unfunded liability of the WSIB
Submission to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts presents IWC position that the Report contains assumptions and misinformation that artificially inflate concerns about the unfunded liability. The unfunded liability does not present a danger to the WSIB’s finances; fear and panic about the unfunded liability, however, present a significant threat to injured workers’ livelihoods and […]
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Submission re Auditor General’s report on the unfunded liability of the WSIB
Submission to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts outlines injured workers’ concern for threats to their benefits headlined in the Auditor General’s press release of Dec. 2009; includes analysis of his report and history of unfunded liability.
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