The injured worker, who is forced to seek new employment, will not likely get much help from the compensation board. They will be given a short course on job searching and put on the street. The bottom line - if you do not cooperate with the company when you are injured, the company is in a good position to either cut you off from benefits or force you out on the street. The ODP is a separate agency within the Ministry of Labour that has the power to conduct studies of workplace hazards and make recommendations on diseases that should be compensated. This panel has worker representation.
Workers now have input into what research is done and the evaluation of that research .
The ODP will be eliminated if Jackson has his way. Its functions will be incorporated within the Board. The ODP, despite limitations, is the one avenue workers have to get research into occupational diseases. Significant gains have been made through the work of Panel. This will be gone.