From our friends at IWC.

Greetings,

You may have heard that the Government of Ontario has proposed some significant changes to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act. The specific details of the legislation are not fully available at this point, but the proposed changes include:

Raising loss of earnings benefits from 85% of pre-injury earnings to 90% of pre-injury earnings. Ending the mandatory Age 65 benefit cut-off. Extending mandatory WSIB coverage to healthcare and support workers in privately operated retirement homes, group homes and foster homes, who may not have been covered previously.


These are thinking injured workers have been asking for for years. Any positive changes to Workers’ Compensation are worth celebrating, and we want to invite you to a community conversation about the proposed changes on Wednesday April 29th at 1pm. We will discuss the details that we know so far, how they might apply to injured workers, and what we can do to make sure these changes are implemented properly and fairly.


This is our normal “Know Your Rights / Injured Worker Group” meeting slot, but we will be setting aside our regular agenda to discuss these important developments. We will return to our regularly scheduled programming next month.


The meeting is hybrid, with limited in-person spots at our office (815 Danforth, suite 411).

You’ll need to register whether you are attending in person or online. Please do that here or by visiting tinyurl.com/IWApril29.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/FwOw5oPcS6KadXiLLnh…



Upcoming events:


Wednesday April 29th – Community Meeting On Proposed Changes to Workers’ Comp

In Person at 815 Danforth 4th Floor & Online – Registration Required

Please join us to discuss the details that we know so far, how they might apply to injured workers, and what we can do to make sure these changes are implemented properly and fairly.


Tuesday April 28th – Day Of Mouring
Multiple Locations

The National Day of Mourning is observed in Canada on 28 April. It commemorates workers who have been killed, injured or suffered illness due to workplace related hazards and occupational exposures. Events are taking place in many communities throughout Ontario. You can see a list of times/locations here.

That’s all for now. You can always find the most recent workers’ compensation related news headlines at injuredworkersonline.org.


Stay Safe,

IWC