TORONTO — The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) has issued a statement supporting the recent initiative by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) to make its drug formulary policies more accessible to injured workers in Ontario.
Until now, said the OFL, injured workers were provided with limited information regarding the medications the WSIB would cover to assist them in their recoveries.
The Jan. 23 announcement that the WSIB is publishing their drug formularies is a step towards more open information and is a sign that the WSIB is taking action to be more transparent in their policies and practices, said the OFL release.
"This move to ensure that injured workers are provided timely access to the medication they require is a welcome step in the right direction," said OFL president Chris Buckley in the statement.
"There is much more work to be done to restore confidence in the minds of all Ontarians that our workers’ compensation system will respond to their needs if they get injured while at work or they suffer from an occupational disease."
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