Video, created by Operation Maple, tells
the story of injured worker Wes Mahoney's battles against the Board's deeming policy in his struggle to get fair compensation for his workplace construction accident.
We also provide insight through
stories of injured worker experience with the system.
Not exact matches
The presumably unexpected benefits
of WBC coverage enumerated by Mr. Jacobson in Mr. Wood's
story include immunity from litigation by
injured employees and former employees and payment from a general fund for the physical - rehabilitation costs
of injured workers.
Injured workers with real experience in dealing with the Board respond angrily to the case scenarios issued by the Board,
stories carefully drafted to garner support for additional erosion
of benefits rather than assist policy review.
However what the Board has provided are not case examples representative
of a WSIB adjudicator's caseload but fictional scenarios typical
of the
stories that are being told to set the public stage for cutbacks in
injured worker benefits.
«I suspect that behind every one
of the courageous
injured workers who came forward to share their
story, there are a hundred others with exactly the same experience.»
Read some
of the
stories that
injured workers share in the article, «The Fallout of Workers» Comp «Reforms»: 5 Tales of Harm» published on March 2
workers share in the article, «The Fallout
of Workers» Comp «Reforms»: 5 Tales of Harm» published on March 2
Workers» Comp «Reforms»: 5 Tales
of Harm» published on March 25, 2015
We are grateful to ONIWG, the lawyers
of Goldblatt Partners LLP, and to
injured worker Margery Wardle, who bravely agreed to tell her
story for the cause.