Globe & Mail: Claims system for workers with cancer outdated: study

“Thousands of people in Ontario will get cancer from their job this year, but the vast majority will never receive compensation because of an outdated government system used to assess their claims, according to a new study commissioned by the province. The independent study, requested by the Ministry of Labour, estimates about 3,000 new cases of cancer annually can be linked to people’s work. However, only about 170 of them are awarded compensation benefits through the province’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB). Hundreds of thousands more are exposed to ‘known or suspected’ carcinogens on the job.”

Article: Claims system for workers with cancer outdated: study
Author: Greg Mercer
Date:  July 10, 2020