The Ontario Deputy Coroner released his review yesterday following the deaths of three migrant farmworkers in Southern Ontario. The review calls for an inquest: an important first step, but the recommendations do not go far enough. Migrant workers need full and unconditional status on arrival to Canada. Download our press release for more information. The

April 28th is the National Day of Mourning for workers who were killed or injured at work. Injured Workers Action for Justice (IWA4J) is demanding both the Canadian and Ontario governments do more to protect all workers during this devastating pandemic. You can read their letter here.

For Immediate Release August 28, 2020 / Toronto ADVOCATES HAIL SIGNIFICANT VICTORY FOR MIGRANT FARM WORKERS: Divisional Court restores rule to protect the spread of COVID-19 amongst migrant workers during quarantine period Advocates for migrant workers welcome the unanimous decision of the Superior Court of Justice in Schuyler Farms Limited v. Dr. Nesathurai, 2020 ONSC

The WSIB has an important role to play in containing and preventing the wide spread of the virus and protecting disabled workers who are particularly vulnerable during this crisis. It is imperative that it takes meaningful and large-scale measures immediately. Download IAVGO’s letter to WSIB regarding COVID-19 for more details.

A series of seven weekly seminars for workers and advocates  – starting January 22, 2019 – Workers in precarious employment suffer most harshly the consequences of workplace injury: poverty, social isolation, and deteriorating physical and mental health. Workers’ compensation systems are supposed to protect workers from the negative consequences of injuries, but our current system

The WSIB recently released a number of documents to IAVGO through a Freedom of Information request. Among the most alarming was a recent audit the WSIB conducted of its adjudication into chronic mental stress entitlement claims. This audit was covered by The Toronto Star,with a focus on how the WSIB’s policy may have pushed it

As a result of relentless pressure from migrant workers and their advocates, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has changed the way it provides health care to injured migrant workers in Ontario and in their home countries. More work needs to be done, but as of January 15, 2018, the following changes are in

On February 1, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada held that the Quebec’s workers’ compensation board and tribunal must apply the Quebec Charter of human rights and freedoms when determining whether a return to work is possible under Quebec’s workers’ compensation scheme. The case,  Quebec (Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la

The Board’s draft mental stress policy continues to discriminate against and stigmatize some of the most vulnerable injured workers in Ontario: those who suffer mental injury because of exposures and risks at work.  The Supreme Court of Canada, and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal, have rejected the wrongheaded notion that mental injuries are

Date: Wednesday, June 28, 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm. Location: 55 University Avenue, Toronto, 14th Floor, Room H1 RSVP: By Monday, June 26th , 2017 to b_berroc@lao.on.ca or 416-924-6477. Summary: The WSIB claims that drastic reductions in benefits costs are the result of improved “return to work and recovery” programs. The 2016 decisions of the