RTW Research study seeks injured worker participants
A team of respected researchers from across Ontario are conducting a study about Injured Worker experience with the return to work process. The researchers, including Sonja Senthanar (University of...
View ArticleSafety in return to work
Joan Eakin, professor emerita with the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, was a recent guest on Thunder Bay’s Community Conversations. The cable channel show is hosted by Steve...
View ArticleKeeping healthcare workers safe
“Health-care workers face ‘epidemic of violence'” / Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Toronto Star, Mar. 13, 2017) & Editorial The hazards faced by Ontario’s nurses and personal support workers, including...
View ArticleInjured workers heading to the Supreme Court
This Thursday (Mar. 30) injured workers will be in the gallery for the Supreme Court hearing on the appeal case Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (formerly...
View ArticleA Toxic Workplace—Not a “Careful” Workplace
By Terri Aversa, Health and Safety Officer, Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Sometimes the best way to define a toxic workplace is to define what’s not. A “careful” workplace is not a...
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Injured Workers—A Voice for Justice for All
(The following account of last week’s hearing at the Supreme Court of the Quebec workers’ compensation appeal case and its personal significance is written by injured worker Sang Hun Mun with B. Lim)...
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Injured workers: what deeming means to us
Despite government promises to eliminate deeming, injured workers remain victims of the WSIB practice under a new name (“determining”). Phantom job, phantom wages : “Deeming” refers to the practice...
View ArticleSupport for families of the injured worker?
A work-related injury or illness affects not only the worker but also the family on whom they rely for support. The social, emotional, financial and health toll on households is frequently substantial:...
View ArticleWorking towards safety
With the start of the summer job season, the Ministry of Labour’s annual inspection and enforcement blitz got underway, aimed at ensuring workers are safe at work and know their rights. Although...
View ArticleLet’s ensure no injured worker is left behind
While injured workers welcome the minimum wage increase (to $15 by 2019) introduced with Bill 148 Fair Workplaces, Better jobs Act, they remind the government that unless the WSIB’s practice of deeming...
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Update on Bill 148 and injured workers
Two weeks of public hearings around the province by the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs considering Bill 148 , the”Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act 2017″, wrapped up last Friday....
View ArticleLow income among Canadians with a disability
A new Statistics Canada study underscores that having a disability is an important factor that increases the risk of being in low income. Although persons with a disability accounted for approximately...
View ArticleThe state of Ontario’s temporary agency work
“Undercover in temp nation” / Sara Mojtehedzadeh, Brendan Kennedy (Toronto Star, Sep. 9, 2017) “In workplaces around the province, the use of temp agencies limits companies’ liability for accidents on...
View ArticleUp for debate…
A busy first week as the Legislative Assembly resumed sitting .. On Monday September 11, Bill 148, Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 was reported (with amendments) from the Standing Committee on...
View ArticlePrecarious employment & the fissured workplace
A packed audience participated in Monday’s Bancroft Session, with Katherine Lippel, Canada Research Chair on Occupational Health and Safety Law, and Ellen MacEachen, Associate Professor University of...
View ArticleWhere did they go?
What happens to Ontario’s injured workers with permanent impairments who are denied workers’ compensation or their benefits are cut off when they are unable to get employment after their injury? A...
View ArticleInjured workers: taking an extra hit
“Injured workers losing out on Ontario’s wage bump. Here’s why” / Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Hamilton Spectator, Toronto Star Jan. 8, 2018) – with Letters to the editor in response (Jan 13). — While...
View ArticleThe hidden truth
Injured Worker Unemployment: The Hidden Truth by the ONIWG Research Action Committee highlights telling statistics on wage loss and unemployment among seriously injured workers with permanent...
View Article“Monumental legislation” will help keep temp workers safe – but there’s a...
On March 8th, the Minister of Labour announced to the Toronto Star that the province would make a small but significant change to the way employers are punished when a worker gets injured. The change –...
View ArticleEmployment addressed in federal accessibility bill
Before the House of Commons adjourned for the summer, the government introduced Bill C-81, the Accessible Canada Act, intended to help create a barrier-free Canada. The proposed legislation aims to...
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