Feb 28th, 2014: 15th Annual RSI Day – RSI injuries, the latest casualties of the WSIB policy-grab
Workers compensation benefits for repetitive strain injuries are under attack even while no specific ergonomic regulations compel employers to prevent musculoskeletal injuries.
Platform for Change – draft revision
Draft revision prepared for discussion Meredith ‘No Half Measures Conference’ 2013, also presented at Joint OFL/ONIWG Conference, June 2, 2015. Revision of 2004 April 2004 Statement outlining what injured workers want in a just and fair compensation system, originally prepared for the Platform for Change Conference by its organizing committee: IWC, IAVGO, ONIWG, Thunder Bay IWSG.
Injured worker’s speech on Day of Mourning
Former teacher speaks on how a work injury affects the whole family in many ways and calls for universal coverage.
Presentation to the People’s Budget conversations
How costs are being offloaded from a system funded through employer payroll costs to the individual and the public purse; cost shifting must stop as must the move to a more private, corporate model.
Workers’ compensation: justice not poverty for injured workers
Declaration on an all-out assault on the fundamental right to workers’ compensation, a system being designed to fail with a private-insurance approach that hurts injured workers.
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Workers’ Compensation News
The WSIB has already started implementing the KPMG Value for Money Audit cost-cutting recommendations on adjudication and claims administration, with cuts to long-term benefits and NEL awards, job retraining and Board staff.
WSIB by the numbers
Recent statistics from WSIB publications show the Oct. 2011 recommendations in the KPMG report have already been implemented. These include 27.6% lower average long-term benefit, 31% fewer permanent (NEL) awards; retraining cut from 19 to 5 months; 200 Board staff cut …..
Injured workers and poverty survey 2010: full report
Study, led by Bonnie Heath, surveys Ontario injured workers 2010-2011 on the economic, social and health impacts of work injury.
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A delicate dance with many partners: immigrant workers’ experiences of injury reporting and claim filing
Presentation to RAACWI Community Forum by Agnieszka Kosny and fellow researchers on their study into newcomers’ experiences with Ontario’s workers’ compensation system, what helps and what hinders; also includes survey of Canadian resources for immigrant workers.
WSIB: the big ship
A report on the experiences of six injured workers, recently graduated from the Injured Workers Speakers School, on trying to get fair compensation.