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- Sarnia Observer: Sarnia woman has waited three decades for resolution to husband’s WSIB claim
“Jean Simpson says she’s already lost 30 years of her life to an occupational disease. That’s how long the Sarnia woman has been battling Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board over a claim the cancer that killed her husband Bud Simpson in late 1997 was the result of his job at the former Fi … Read more »
- Canadian HR Reporter: A stressful liability
“The way stress is approached can vary in different jurisdictions, but in Ontario, for example, the province’s Workplace Safety and Appeals Tribunal found back in 2014 that it was unconstitutional to require work-related stress to be traumatic to be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits – this … Read more »
- Stratford Beacon Herald: ‘Alarming’ increase in assaults against health-care workers: CUPE
“New evidence suggests lingering pandemic-related tension and ongoing staffing shortages are fuelling physical violence, sexual assaults and racially motivated attacks against the province’s predominantly female health-care workforce, union leaders say.” Article: ‘Alarming’ increase in assaults agai … Read more »
- CTV News: Ontario’s construction industry uniquely vulnerable to opioid-related deaths, new study reveals
“The reasons why construction workers in particular are vulnerable to dying of opioid-related causes are complex, Gomes said. One aspect is construction work can be inconsistent — a worker may have a lot of work in one month and be pulling double shifts, only to see that dry up a few weeks later. … … Read more »
- HPCDC Journal: Experiences, impacts and service needs of injured and ill workers in the WSIB process: evidence from Thunder Bay and District
“Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is intended to mitigate these effects, yet the WSIB process can be difficult. Supports for injured workers can be fragmented and scarce, especially in underserved areas. We describe the experiences and mental health needs of injured and ill Nort … Read more »