Seniors deserve workplace injury benefits. Maintaining an age 65 cut-off for injured worker benefits puts a larger number of seniors at risk of financial instability. Opinion by tebasum and Chris Grawey
As the skyrocketing cost of living is top of mind for many Ontarians heading into June’s provincial election, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s arbitrary and discriminatory age 65 cut-off for wage loss benefits must be changed to support a growing number of injured workers: seniors.
June is Seniors Month in Ontario, and whichever party takes the helm after the June 2 election must seize the opportunity to correct an outdated provision at the heart of the workers’ compensation system that harms seniors. The law currently only allows workers to collect wage loss benefits until age 65, or for a maximum of two years if they were injured on the job when they were 63 years or older. In contrast, workers over the age of 65 can participate in other employment related benefit schemes such as
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