Legal Health Checklist - Community Advocacy & Legal Centre

Legal Health Checklist
If you have problems like these, contact us for help.
Some of these problems may be urgent, so it is best to call as soon as possible.
Income Security
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Welfare/Ontario Works (OW)
Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPPD)
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Employment Insurance (EI)
Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB)
I can’t pay
my bills
I’m not getting the right
amount of money
I was turned down for
disability
I can’t get welfare
I can’t pay for
my medication
I lost my job
I got cut off my benefits
I have an
overpayment
I was hurt at work
I can’t get employment
insurance
Housing
I can’t pay my rent/
utilities
The water from my well
is unsafe to drink
I want to get out of my lease
My landlord won’t fix anything
My apartment is too cold
My place needs repairs
My landlord doesn’t
like my pet
My landlord comes into my
home when I’m away
I have trouble with my
neighbours
I’m being evicted
My apartment has bugs/
mould
158 George Street, Belleville, Ontario, K8N 3H2
613-966-8686 or 1-877-966-8686 / TTY: 613-966-8714 or 1-877-966-8714
Updated: December 2014
www.communitylegalcentre.ca/legal_information/Tips/LegalHealthChecklist.pdf
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Legal Health Checklist
If you have problems like these, contact us for help.
Some of these problems may be urgent, so it is best to call as soon as possible.
Human Rights
My boss says things that make
me feel uncomfortable
I’m Deaf and I was not
given an interpreter
I can’t get time off to
care for my disabled
child
I am on sick leave and my
boss says I have to work
I was asked to leave a
restaurant because I was
breastfeeding
I can’t get into the building
with my wheelchair
I was fired for missing
too many days of work
I was refused an apartment
because I’m on welfare
I was fired because
I am too old
Employment
My mental health issues are
making it hard for me to work
Criminal Injuries Compensation
My spouse
hurt me
I haven’t been paid
I’m being harassed
at work
My hours have
been reduced
I was laid off
I have been
fired
I can’t get my
ROE
I don’t feel safe
at work
I was beaten
up
I was raped
I’m having nightmares
because I was being
stalked
I was abused
as a child
I was a victim of
a violent crime
I need counselling
because I was
assaulted
158 George Street, Belleville, Ontario, K8N 3H2
613-966-8686 or 1-877-966-8686 / TTY: 613-966-8714 or 1-877-966-8714
Updated: December 2014
www.communitylegalcentre.ca/legal_information/Tips/LegalHealthChecklist.pdf
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