Recent documents are in both PDF and html formats but all may be available in alternate formats on request.
Letter to the WSIB President re: Black mental health and COVID-19
Letter to the WSIB President on the group’s support of the government’s Bill 178 which recognizes black mental health awareness specifically and that provision of health care service should be culturally appropriate. As such, WOI requests the WSIB to put together a task force mandated to take the necessary steps and begin the process of […]
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Universal workers compensation coverage and the COVID pandemic
Many vulnerable essential service workers, not covered by workers’ compensation, are putting themselves at risk during the current pandemic. WOI endorses Maryam Nazemi’s Apr. 7 letter (attached) to the Premier calling for universal coverage.
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IWC letter re WSIB response to COVID-19 pandemic
IWC calls on the WSIB to take a proactive role to ensure the well-being of injured and ill workers during this critical time. This includes applying the precautionary principle by extending compensation to all workers who must be removed from the workplace and isolated due to work exposure to COVID-19, whether they become symptomatic or […]
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Letter to WSIB President on COVID-19 impacts
ONIWG calls on WSIB to challenges injured workers face from social distancing & reduced access to treatment facilities, COVID-19 claims adjudication policy, financial stresses and deeming. (See also Mar. 25 letter to Premier on applying presumption of work-relatedness )
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Letter to Attorney General re concerns about changes to legal clinics in Bill 161
Letter outlines concerns on the new Legal Aid Services Act, including whether it will limit access to justice for the low income, see fees introduced, remove community control over legal needs …
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Submission to CPSO consultation on Third Party Reports and Medical Expert: Reports & Testimony
IWC submission draws attention of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) to confidentiality concerns regarding clinical notes and medical reports provided by physicians to the WSIB.
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ONIWG Submission to UN CRPD
In “Deeming laws and practices as violations of the rights of people work-acquired disabilities in Canada”, its submission to the 22nd session of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ONIWG encourages the Committee to focus attention on Canadian workers’ compensation and the employment injury benefit systems which stigmatize and fail to […]
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IWC Submission to the WSIB Operational Review
While addressing the Review focus on financial oversight, administration and efficiency, the IWC Submission asks the Reviewers also to consider the implications these high level issues have on the frontline experience of injured workers.
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ONIWG letter of response to LAO Board on legal aid cuts
While appreciating the time and thought that went into LAO Chair Charles Harnick’s letter to ONIWG of July 5th, the ONIWG President responds to correct some inaccuracies. In particular, she notes that it underestimates the services provided by worker clinics to injured workers in both their local community and across the province who need legal […]
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Letter re WSIB draft policy 17-01-10 on marijuana for medical purposes
IWC’s letter regrets the Board’s lack of consultation in the development of the cannabis policy and identifies key concerns on its restrictions that should be further considered.
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