Union says WSIB to axe 600+ jobs and shutter 10 regional offices, including Kingston
The union says service delays will grow as local offices close and back-office claims and account-management roles are centralized.
- The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board is cutting 466 jobs across Ontario, consolidating back-office operations into eight primary locations including Toronto, Mississauga, and Hamilton.
- Treasury Board President Peter Bethlenfalvy announced earlier this month that the government is conducting efficiency reviews of public agencies, prompting the WSIB's "difficult business decision to consolidate" its remote back-office staff.
- Northern Ontario communities face significant losses, with 250 jobs eliminated as local offices in Sudbury, Thunder Bay, and North Bay close; Interim Liberal Leader John Fraser stated the cuts represent the WSIB "abandoning northern Ontario."
- Ontario Compensation Employees Union President Harry Goslin warned the staffing cuts will delay services for injured workers. "You'll have to deal with a call centre," Goslin said, citing concerns about losing local decision-makers.
- Greater Sudbury Mayor Paul Lefebvre urged WSIB President Jeffery Lang to reconsider the centralization plan, while the union reported an additional 155 jobs will be cut in Waterloo in about a year.
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Ontario Liberal leader criticizes WSIB job cuts and office closures in Northern Ontario
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Windsor WSIB employee angry, devastated by redundancy notices
A Windsor-based employee of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board says she’s angry and devastated after receiving a redundancy notice this week. Her union says she’s one of more than 130 local employees to get one.
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