Below are some of the submissions made in response to the Value for Money Audit Report on the Dispute Resolution, Appeals and Appeals Implementation Process.
1. WCN Commentary
2. CUPE Submission
3. Workers Health & Safety Legal Clinic
4. IAVGO Submission
5. IWC Submission
6. Kendal McKinney Law Submission
7. OWA Submission
8. ONIWG Submission
Each year, Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) must have a Value for Money Audit done to evaluate the cost, efficiency and effectiveness of their various programs.
The latest audit looked at dispute resolutions and the appeals process, which was completed by the KPMG. There has been a large outcry since the Value for Money Audit was released. The proposed recommendations, which the WSIB is endorsing, will create total chaos in the system for both the injured and ill workers due to limited timelines.
The WSIB received numerous requests for a public consultation, and in response, they allowed submissions, based on their own questions. Injured workers, injured workers legal clinics and labour collectively forwarded submissions to the WSIB, Minister McNaughton and Premier Ford and the WSIB has promised to post them this fall.
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is calling on overfunded WCBs in Canada to issue rebates to involved businesses. Meanwhile, many injured and ill workers across Canada are fighting the compensation systems in most provinces for benefits to recover post injury and / or illness.
Work challenges for women and how they are dealt with in the United Kingdom.
https://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/24267-math-for-safety-pros
Register to learn about: Appreciating the important role that sleep plays in the management of pain: Understanding the complex interplay between sleep and pain, and what to do if sleep disturbance becomes problematic.
Details of Presentation: People who live with pain commonly report experiencing issues with sleep and, conversely, poor sleep can make it more difficult to manage pain. This workshop will explore the complex interplay between sleep and pain, with a focus on practical considerations for the management of sleep disturbance among people who live with pain. The goal is to provide insights on how to improve the management of pain by optimizing sleep.
Presenter: Dr. Josh Rash PhD, RPsych is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Psychology at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Director of the Memorial University of Newfoundland – Behavioural Medicine Centre (MUN-BMC), and Senior Research Fellow at the Duke University Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research (CHPIR). He is a Clinical, Health and Rehabilitation Psychologist registered in the province of NL with expertise in behavioural medicine, health behaviour change, chronic disease management, and cardiovascular psychophysiology. Dr. Rash has significant experience conducting multi-site, pragmatic clinical trials that involve pharmacological and behavioural interventions. His expertise is highly sought out in chronic pain management, weight management, stress management, motivating health behaviour change, treatment of insomnia, and cardiovascular psychophysiology.
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Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety explains legislation working conditions federally and provincially / territorially
https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/phys_agents/temp_legislation.html
Canadian Federation of Independent Business advises that compensation boards should return surplus premiums back to the business while injured workers who have been denied benefits say that there isn’t a surplus when injured workers’ benefits are denied consistently.
This is an interesting study looking at how physical activity in your job description affects you.
Are there racial and ethnic inequities in the return-to-work process of workers with a work-related or non-work-related injury or illness?