WSIB/Disability

What about WSIB/Short term disablity, do you assist employee's with that. I know a few long term couriers who work through injuries because they don't want the hassle of having to deal with management. I have seen several injured couriers who have been on modified duties & been asked to paint the railings in the warehouse, I seen one courier that was made to clean out the drawers & cuboards in the lunchroom. I was offended, and felt they were degrading this person. As far as I'm concerned this was nothing but a strong arm tatic by management to get the courier back on road. What was the employee to do stay on modified & be treated in this manner or go back to work. Hmmm what would you do.

Teamsters Response:

The answer is YES we have full-time legal advocates that specialize in WSIB/WCB appeals all over this country. It's one of the great benefits included in the Teamsters membership package.

In response to couriers doing unrelated work, I can tell you that any work that is considered "light duty" must be considered meaningful and in-scope within the collective agreement with a productive purpose. But since you don't have a collective agreement I would get your co-worker to phone your case officer ASAP to see if he/she can fix the disputed light duty issue with this person or anyone else that experiences this dilema.