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On This National Day of Mourning, Coroner’s Review of Migrant Deaths Does Not Go Far Enough, Says IAVGO Legal Clinic
April 28, 2021 13:46 ET | IAVGO Community Legal Clinic
TORONTO, April 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Office of the Ontario Coroner released its report and recommendations following the deaths of three migrant farm workers who died from COVID-19. On...
Income Security Advocacy Centre and Parkdale Community Legal Services welcome the Supreme Court’s landmark decision for gig workers
June 26, 2020 16:51 ET | IAVGO Community Legal Clinic
TORONTO, June 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a ground-breaking decision released this morning, the Supreme Court of Canada made it easier for workers to challenge unfair contractual terms imposed...
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Industrial Accident Victims Group of Ontario budget cut by 22%: Direct attack on poor and disabled Ontarians
June 14, 2019 14:04 ET | IAVGO Community Legal Clinic
TORONTO, June 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IAVGO learned Wednesday that Legal Aid Ontario cut 22% from our budget retroactively to April 1 2019. The cuts will have an immediate and devastating...
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Landmark decision rules WSIB practice that limits compensation for injured migrant workers breaches the law TORONTO, Oct. 05, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a historic decision, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal ruled that WSIB policy breached the rights of Michael Campbell, an injured...
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Troubling report shows WSIB’s decisions not based on evidence
June 28, 2017 07:00 ET | IAVGO Community Legal Clinic
TORONTO, June 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On June 28, 2017, IAVGO Community Legal Clinic will be releasing their report No evidence: The decisions of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. The...