This page has been designed to inform our visitors of current and topical items.
Workers' Compensation: A Manaual for Workers' Advocates
The Manual is now available and can be ordered through CLEO at www.cleo.on.ca.
IAVGO, in conjunction with Community Legal Education Ontario, is the publisher of this manual. Caseworkers from the legal clinic system, the private bar, and unions contributed their expertise to this “hands on” practice manual.
Latin American Network Group (LANG) Summary Advice Clinic
Once a month, representatives are available to give summary advice to the Spanish-speaking people in the areas of workers' compensation, employment and immigration law. The clinic is held at the Centre for Spanish-Speaking Peoples, 2141 Jane St., 2nd Floor; from 4:00 - 7:00 pm. For an appointment,
call 416-533-8545.
IAVGO Photo Project - Injured Workers: Portraits of Life and Loss
This is a travelling photo exhibit comprised of 26 black and white portraits of injured workers and survivors from all regions of the province. Each person’s story is unique and shows a different way a workplace accident or disease has affected their life.
To view some of the pictures visit CLEOnet at:
www.cleonet.ca
Click Resources & Tools; click Injured Workers; scroll down to http://www.cleonet.ca/workerphotos.
Would you like to host Injured Workers: Portraits of Life and Loss in your community?
We created this photo exhibit in the hope that it would be seen by people in communities across Ontario. If you would like to host the photo exhibit in your area, please call Mary DiNucci 1-877-230-6311 or 416-924-6477.
Fair Practices Commission at the WSIB
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has created an organization called the Fair Practices Commission. The role of this Commission is to offer all the parties involved in a claim (injured workers, employers and service providers), a place which they can complain about the treatment they receive from the Board.
The Commission is independent from the Board and it will treat every complaint in a neutral and confidential way. It will have the power to investigate and to make recommendations in order to change or improve services at the Board. It will also publish reports on the Board’s activities.
The Commission started receiving complaints as of April 5, 2004. For more information visit the Commission’s web site at: www.fairpractices.on.ca.
You can call 416-603-3010 or toll free 1-866-258-4383.
The IAVGO Reporting Service
We publish The IAVGO Reporting Service, a publication consisting of 5 newsletters covering topics related to workers’ compensation law and policy and 3 issues of a comprehensive journal. The current subscription fee is $40 annually. If you are interested in subscribing, call Lucy at
416-924-6477.
Table of Contents for latest issue of the IAVGO Reporting Service Newsletter
[Vol. 20 No. 2 - May 29, 2007]
1. Bill 187, Shedule 41
2. Amendments to WSIA Create Presumptions
for Firefighters
3. WSIAT's Quarterly Production and Activity
Report for October 1st to December 31st, 2006
Now Available
4. Problems with WSIAT Fax Machine in March
5. WSIAT Decision No. 305/04ER - Time Extension
Granted Due to Egregious Conduct of Worker's
Former Representative
6. WSIAT Decision No. 1305/O6 - ILA Granted to
Worker with 65% Pension
7. WSIAT Decision 292/982 - NEL for Recruitment
Correctly Calculated Using an Emotional Rating;
Entitlement to Bipolar Disorder and Manic
Psychosis Granted: NEL forTinnius Increased to
5%
8. WSIAT Decision No. 1878/04 - LRI Should be
Calculated on full 100% FEL, Not on 100% FEL;
Not on Offset by CPP-D
9. WSIAT Decision No. 1256/04 - Entitlement for
Schizophrenia Allowed
10.Regulation on Paralegals Has Begun
11.Ontario Federation of Labour's New Campaign
12.WHO Adopts Action Plan for Workers' Health
Table of Contents for latest issue of The IAVGO Reporting Service
[Vol. 20 No.1 - June 2006]
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? From "Comepensation" to "Charity" in Ontario's Workers' Compensation System [Judy Kondrat]
Compensation for Mental Stress: Is Current Law and Policy in Ontario's Workers' Compensation System Too Restrictive? [Maryth Yachnin]
How Persistence Finally Paid off: The Campagin to Restore the Clothing Allowance
[Orlando Buonastella and Marion Endicott]
Page updated June 4, 2007