WSIB compensation changes for migrant workers could still exclude thousands
16. Mai 2024 11:06 ET
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IAVGO Community Legal Clinic
TORONTO, May 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Wednesday the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) announced changes to the way it provides compensation to injured migrant workers. IAVGO...
On This National Day of Mourning, Coroner’s Review of Migrant Deaths Does Not Go Far Enough, Says IAVGO Legal Clinic
28. April 2021 13:46 ET
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IAVGO Community Legal Clinic
TORONTO, April 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Office of the Ontario Coroner released its report and recommendations following the deaths of three migrant farm workers who died from COVID-19. On...
Income Security Advocacy Centre and Parkdale Community Legal Services welcome the Supreme Court’s landmark decision for gig workers
26. Juni 2020 16:51 ET
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IAVGO Community Legal Clinic
TORONTO, June 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a ground-breaking decision released this morning, the Supreme Court of Canada made it easier for workers to challenge unfair contractual terms imposed...
Industrial Accident Victims Group of Ontario budget cut by 22%: Direct attack on poor and disabled Ontarians
14. Juni 2019 14:04 ET
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IAVGO Community Legal Clinic
TORONTO, June 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IAVGO learned Wednesday that Legal Aid Ontario cut 22% from our budget retroactively to April 1 2019. The cuts will have an immediate and devastating...
Landmark decision rules WSIB practice that limits compensation for injured migrant workers breaches the law
05. Oktober 2017 06:25 ET
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IAVGO Community Legal Clinic; Justicia for Migrant Workers
TORONTO, Oct. 05, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a historic decision, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal ruled that WSIB policy breached the rights of Michael Campbell, an injured...
Troubling report shows WSIB’s decisions not based on evidence
28. Juni 2017 07:00 ET
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IAVGO Community Legal Clinic
TORONTO, June 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On June 28, 2017, IAVGO Community Legal Clinic will be releasing their report No evidence: The decisions of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. The...