WSIB claim rate schedule; point in time employment retention; Injured Worker Stigma Framework; research on work disability and mental health, Institute for Work & Health; proposal to WSIB Research Advisory Council for Injured Workers Tracking Study, 1999.
Correspondence regarding the need for increased legal aid for injured workers with recommendations.
TBDIWSG pamphlets for Occupational Health & Safety Act WHMIS, WSIA, membership, and Day of Mourning.
Information from Injured Worker Groups regarding proposal for peer counselling services; Injured Worker Group Funding Program Guidelines; grievances; Workers Memorial Day Kit; membership list; newsletter; workshop information.
Thunder Bay and District Injured Workers Support Group Minutes October - May 2000
Thunder Bay and District Injured Workers Support Group Minutes December - November 2000
Envelope with conference documents for 2000 funding containing activity log templates for Local Groups; OWA Group Funding Application with Instructions.
IAVGO Reporting Service Newsletter; Critical Times
Quarterly Reports for TBDIWSG Injured Workers' Resource Centre including 1999-2000 and 2001-2002; Office of the Worker Adviser OWA correspondence regarding serving unions, Bill 99 amendments Workers' Compensation reform, and advocacy for injured workers. Faxed information from OWA about the WCB appeal system, Bill 7 and occupational health; partner organizations' advocacy and communications.
This file contains letters and fax correspondence to Steve Mantis from Injured Workers' Consultants related to severely impaired injured workers; independent living allowance issues; claim for Steve Mantis; and advocacy to WCB to address the cost of living. Research information about the jurisdictional analysis of permanent disability awards and escalation benefits; Workplace Safety & Insurance Board guides to living allowance; and correspondence about the Ontario rating schedule for severe impairment with case files are included in the file.
Thunder Bay and District Injured Workers Support Group Minutes February - January 2001.
Research project transcripts from principle researcher, Sharon Dale Stone, Lakehead University.
Community Support Services strategic direction, support services, funding information, meeting minutes, financial statement, partner organization information.
The Integration of Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Disability Benefits in Loss of Earning Cases, Office of the Worker Advisor, 2003; case summary for Villani v. Canada; WSIB CPP Policy Review, Executive Summary, 2002.
Slide printouts of WSIB Experience Rating Review Consultation with Employer Associations, May 2002.
Collection of research articles on return-to-work and reemployment. Executive Summary about the Barriers to the Re-employment of Injured Workers, Manitoba, 2000; Steelworkers Union Best Practices for Joint Workplace Return to Work Programs; Paths of Re-entry, Employment experiences of injured workers; questionnaire; presentation slides, A critical consideration of the "hurt versus harm" approach in early return to work, Ontario Legal Clinics; A deliberation on "hurt versus harm" logic in early-return-to-work policy, Institute for Work & Health, Canada.
Federal Ergonomics Regulation Concepts Proposal Paper, Labour Caucus Submission; 2003-2004 Edition of ergo publication.
Independent Living Allowance Issues Discussion Paper, Injured Workers' Compensation System, Injured Workers' Consultants, September 2002.
Injured Worker Consultation Tour Summer 2002, WSIB & Injured Worker Communications, prepared by Pat Dillon and Chris Green, October 2002.
Information about legal/charter issues regarding discrimination and differential treatment; new releases for injured workers going to the Supreme Court of Canada
Injured Workers Group Guidelines for Applications Reference Manual, 2000-2002.
Agenda, Public Service Announcement, Media Advisory, information sheets, research for International Repetitive Strain, RSI, Awareness Day; Why We Need Ergonomics Regulations by Cathy Walker, CAW Health and Safety Department; RSI in the Y2K.
ONIWG meeting minutes; resolutions from 1993-2000; overviews of plenary sessions 1994, 1999.
Contacts for media, 2003.
Examples of workplace/exposure forms; OFL report Organizing Occupational Disease and Injured Worker Intake Clinics, February 1999.