Workers' compensation benefits
Workers' compensation is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to workers injured in the course of their employment. Eligibility for, and awarding of, benefits to injured workers are determined by workers’ compensation boards, which are funded through employer premiums. IWH research focuses on trends in workers’ compensation benefits, their adequacy and equity, and their effects on workers.
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Estimating the financial benefits of employers' occupational health and safety expenditures
Published: Safety Science, January 2023
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Impact of persistent pain symptoms on work absence, health status and employment 18 months following disabling work-related injury or illness
Published: Occupational and Environmental Medicine, July 2022
IWH in the media
Unreported job injuries: ‘The elephant in the workplace’
While the frustrations of those seeking help from British Columbia’s system for compensating injured workers have been well-documented, much less is known about the many people who are injured at work but never make a claim, writes Andrew MacLeod, reporting on an IWH study on the extent of claim suppression in B.C.
Published: The Tyee, June 2022
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Differential underestimation of work-related reinjury risk for older workers: challenges to producing accurate rate estimates
Published: American Journal of Industrial Medicine, June 2022
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Language accommodations in workers' compensation: comparing Ontario and Quebec
Published: New Solutions, January 2022
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Age differences in work-disability duration across Canada: examining variations by follow-up time and context
Published: Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, June 2021
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Do differences in work disability duration by interjurisdictional claim status vary by industry and jurisdictional context?
Published: Occupational & Environmental Medicine, January 2021
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Estimating time to reinjury among Washington State injured workers by degree of permanent impairment: using state wage data to adjust for time at risk
Published: American Journal of Industrial Medicine, January 2021
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Examining the impact of occupational health and safety vulnerability on injury claim reporting in three Canadian provinces
Published: American Journal of Industrial Medicine, February 2020
IWH in the media
‘Nothing like it in the world’: Should Canada adopt New Zealand’s approach to supporting victims?
After New Zealand's prime minister pledges to financially support the recovery of survivors of a deadly mosque attack, Global News journalist Jane Gerster talks to Institute for Work & Health president Dr. Cam Mustard about the distinct features of New Zealand's no-fault insurance scheme.
Published: Global News, March 2019