Disability Prevention at Work
Return to Work 101 In-Person Training 2024, One-Day Model The objective of this course is to provide participants with the tools to develop strategies to assist workers with disabilities, individually and collectively; and return them to long-term healthy and productive employment. The course will review noteworthy case law and Human Rights legislation. Who should take […]
Principles of Accommodation Law In-Person Training 2023, One-Day Model With a focus on the protected ground of disability and the social area of employment, this workshop will advance a participant’s understanding of human rights legislation. We will explore definitions of discrimination, outline the requirements for requesting and responding to accommodation needs, and examine what constitutes […]
Hearings in Writing In-Person Training 2023, One-Day Model This workshop will help participants understand the goals and challenges of legal submission writing and how to address them. In accordance with the WSIB’s Practice and Procedures and with WSIAT’s Practice Directions, participants will learn how to organize and structure submissions to be clear and reader focused. […]
Mental Health Matters “As we move into the pandemic’s recovery period, a quarter of Canadians remain exhausted and burnt-out, although hopefulness remains high. While the negative mental health impacts of COVID-19 are slowly continuing to improve, new challenges that Canadians face present additional negative mental health factors.”—Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC) Facilitated by Registered Nurse […]
Join Prevention Link for a comprehensive workshop that introduces participants to Ontario’s compensation system by exploring compensation legislation, its principles and third party rights of action, services and benefits, as well as strategies to assist workers’ with disabilities. Courses offered and Dates: Level 1: Rights and Obligations - Feb. 3-4 Level 2: Benefits & Services […]
Prevention Link is thrilled to offer this two-day course gives participants the skills to provide assistance to a person developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. Just as physical first aid is administered to an injured person before medical treatment can be offered or until the crisis is resolved. **Participants must be […]
The OFL & ONIWG are sponsoring an exciting Workers’ Compensation Conference on June 20-21 at the IBEW Local 353 Hall in Toronto. The purpose of this conference is to inform our activists and advocates, to review and reinvigorate the Workers’ Comp is a Right campaign, to work with our system partners to make the compensation […]
Join Prevention Link for a comprehensive workshop that introduces participants to Ontario’s compensation system by exploring compensation legislation, its principles and third party rights of action, services and benefits, as well as strategies to assist workers’ with disabilities. Courses offered: Workers’ Compensation 101 on Feb. 13, 2019 Return to Work 101 on Feb. 14, 2019 Who should […]
This 2 day composite course includes sessions on The Disability Dilemma, Disability Prevention Strategies and Accommodation Essentials. Participants will examine the impact of work injury and disability, on injured workers, their families, employers, unions, government, workplace insurance and health care providers. They will discuss ways that workplaces can achieve a strategic fit with legal requirements […]