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2007
Workers’ Compensation - Working Families Vote ’07 Fact Sheet (download PDF)
The Perils of Experience Rating: Exposed! (download PDF)
OFL Report, October 2007
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s Accreditation Paper OFL Comments, May 30, 2007 (download PDF) (read online)
It is our conviction that the people who suffer the consequences of poorly framed health and safety policies and practices have far too little to say in the management of the workplace.
ONTARIO NETWORK OF INJURED WORKERS GROUPS (ONIWG) PETITION (download PDF)
March, 2007
Reinstatement of full cost-of-living for all injured worker benefits.
Return signed petitions to ONIWG.
2006
Fact Sheet – COLA Amendment to the Workplace Safety & Insurance Act (WSIA) (download PDF) (read online)
Injured Workers – Cost of Living
Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups, November 2006
Fact Sheet – Injured Workers Demand New Legislation Now (download PDF) (read online)
Injured Workers – Cost of Living
Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups, November 2006
Fact Sheet - Restoring Full Cost of Living Adjustments – Who Says We Can’t Afford It? (download PDF) (read online)
Injured Workers – Cost of Living
Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups, November 2006
Fact Sheet – The Case for Full Cost of Living Adjustments for Workers’ Compensation (download PDF) (read online)
Injured Workers – Cost of Living
Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups, November 2006
Fact Sheet – Winners and Losers (download PDF)
Injured Workers – Cost of Living
Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups, November 2006
Submission by the Ontario Federation of Labour to the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board - Consultation on Early and Safe Return To Work - (ESRTW) Policies (download PDF) (read online)
The OFL submission focuses on four main issues: “safe” work, employer non-cooperation penalties, role of the union, education and resources.
2003
The People’s Charter Working Group on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation recommendations (download PDF)
2002
SUBMISSION ON THE WSIB CONSULTATION ON COVERAGE BY THE ONTARIO FEDERATION OF LABOUR (download PDF) (read online)
There currently exists in Ontario, a disjointed approach to providing coverage for WSIB benefits to a select group of workers. For the most part there is no justification, either historically or in the present, for segregating certain workers from coverage for injuries or diseases that arise out of and in the course of employment.
