“That really means they’re going to cut more injured workers’ benefits.”Article Continued BelowWSIB president Tom Teahen said the board’s improved financial situation would translate into better services. Ontario employers are legally required to pay WSIB insurance premiums in exchange for immunity from lawsuits from injured workers. Aidan MacDonald of the Toronto-based Injured Workers’ Clinic called the eight-year drive to reduce the board’s unfunded liability a “manufactured crisis” paid for by significant reductions to injured workers’ entitlements. “Since 2010, compensation benefits paid to injured workers have been cut in half,” MacDonald told the Star. According to board statistics, 92 per cent of injured workers return to the job with no lost wages within a year.

Source: thestar September 26, 2018 21:56 UTC