Government rethinking poor ODSP medical review process after legal clinics and health care advocates raise alarm
OECD report finds record levels of inequality between rich and poor in most advanced economies
Ontario’s poor employment standards laws give advantage to employers
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Government announces rethink of flawed process In a welcome change of direction, the government has just announced that they are rethinking the way that ODSP medical reviews are done. In an article in the Toronto…
Ontario employers benefit by keeping people on for years as “temporary” workers
San Francisco becomes the first city to legislate predictable schedules for employees
Provincial efforts to boost low wages of home care workers, as promised, stymied by complex rules
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ODSP Action Coalition Extends Spring Campaign Starting in October 2015, people on ODSP will lose the Work-Related Benefit. The Work-Related Benefit provides $100 per month to each person in an ODSP family who has earnings…
Government “truly sorry” for bungled rollout of social assistance computer system
Enforcement blitz finds 83% of workplaces are contravening the Employment Standards Act
Ontario’s affordable housing wait list hits all-time high
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For May Day: New CCPA study shows union membership is a ticket to middle-class stability
Couple on OW or ODSP can’t afford rent in Hamilton – or virtually anywhere else
Op-Ed: People with disabilities are being deceived by ODSP
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Star editorial: Only modest help for the poor in Ontario’s budget
ISAC analysis: Not much assistance for social assistance in Budget 2015
Campaign 2000: Budget lacks the investments required to reduce child and family poverty in Ontario
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Ontario’s 2015 Budget provides very little assistance to people relying on the low incomes provided by the province’s two social assistance programs, Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP). “For most people…
Chatham-Kent Director of Employment and Social Services says low paying jobs make it hard to get off OW
Op-Ed: In the lead up to the federal election, we have to talk about poverty and health
Star editorial: Feds should not double the TFSA
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Op-Ed: Provincial and federal budgets must invest in people, not drive them deeper into poverty
ODSP medical reviews could overwhelm legal clinics already reeling under disability appeals
Province announces launch of $50 million Local Poverty Reduction Fund
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Elimination of the ODSP Work-Related Benefit “undercuts some of Ontario’s most determined and resourceful citizens”
Ontario releases report on first year of second Poverty Reduction Strategy, as mandated by law
Op-Ed: People with disabilities deserve to be paid a legal wage
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If you get benefits from the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), you may get a letter that your disability status is being reviewed. We have updated our to provide more information about what you should…