This section contains copies of Gary’s monthly WSIB articles where he addresses issues that frequently arise in member WSIB claims. The articles are an important educational tool that Gary uses to assist members in understanding the relationship between work and their health injuries, and how to deal with various adjudicative disputes. In 2011, a catalogue of Gary’s articles were bound together as an training manual, which has become an important resource for the union members, stewards, business representatives, who need a user friendly explanation how the workers compensation system works.
- 10 Rules for Injured Workers
- Ambulance Invoice – Who Pays?
- Asbestos – Understanding Asbestos-Related Lung Disease
- Asbestos – Lung Cancer
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – Work-Related CTS, Dealing with Typical Challenges
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – Discussion Paper Prepared for Appeals Tribunal
- Course of Employment – An Injury Is Not An Accident
- Course of Employment – Injured at Home After Exiting Company Truck to Fetch Drill & Lunch
- Course of Employment – Injured on Unpaid Lunch Breaks or Personal Breaks Mobile Workstations (Company Trucks) – Tribunal Case Law
- Course of Employment – Travelling To & From Work
- Deafness – Occupational Noise Induced Hearing Loss
- Dental Claims – Tooth Injures
- Discipline & Termination of Injured Workers – Legal Implications
- Driving Restrictions – Functional Abilities Form (FAF)
- Employer’s Duty to Accommodate – Supreme Court of Canada Decision
- Fighting, Horseplay & Workplace Assaults
- Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS)
- Head Injuries – Traumatic Brain Injuries & Concussions
- Health Care – Right to Choose Doctor
- Health Care – Scheduling Treatment for Work Injuries
- Heart Attacks & Strokes
- Hernias
- Knee Injuries While Working on Ladders, Squatting & Kneeling
- Knee Replacement Surgery – After Prior Work Injury
- Mental Health – Harassment, Stress, Return to Work Barriers
- Mental Health – Secondary Conditions to Work Injury – Psychotraumatic Disability
- Obligation to Cooperate
- Obligation to Cooperate – WSIB Directed Medical Assessments
- Overtime & Injured Workers
- Pre-Existing Conditions – Improper & Illegal Reductions in Non-Economic Loss Awards (NEL Permanent Impairment Awards)
- Pre-Existing Conditions – Legal Standard
- Pre-Existing Conditions – New WSIB Policies November 1, 2014
- Pre-Existing Conditions – Or Am I Just Old?
- Reporting – Construction Exposure Incident Report
- Reporting – Must be Timely, Not After Layoff
- Reporting – New Injury Claim When an Injured Worker Has a Previous Permanent Impairment Award For a Prior Injury Involving the Same Area of Injury
- Reporting – New Law – Employers Will Face Prosecution & Fines for Dissuading or Suppressing Reporting
- Reporting – Witness Statements
- Reporting – Witnesses – Better Injury Reporting Required
- Reporting – Workers Compensation vs. Private Disability – Avoid Problems
- Retraining – Electrical Estimator
- Retraining – Electrical Estimator – Barriers
- Return to Work – Case Law on Early and Safe Return to Work
- Return to Work – Time to Heal After Surgery & Re-employment Rights
- Right to Sue
- Shoulder Injuries in the Absence of Single Episode Trauma
- Surveillance
- Survey Results – Occupational Health & Membership Discomfort – 2006