The reform campaign of IWC and the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups to end the WSIB’s age discrimination of older workers took another step yesterday with a media conference at Queen’s Park and release of the joint report: Rights Don’t Retire: Working Together to end Age Discrimination
The report explains the WSIB’s age limit on benefits (the ’65 cut-off’,) why it doesn’t reflect today’s reality and older Ontarians’ participation in the workforce. Not only does this law impact those workers who can least afford to lose income, it is discriminatory, as it denies support to injured workers solely based on an increasingly arbitrary age rule. Potential solutions to age-based limits are outlined in the report.
For more on the continuing campaign and actions you can take, go to https://injuredworkersonline.org/endtheagecutoff/
