Migrant farm workers in Abbotsford, BC in September 2019.
Ontario will revamp how it compensates injured migrant workers. The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board says the changes affect how the board pays a worker who cannot return to a job due to injury, but is able to work elsewhere.Ontario will revamp how it compensates injured migrant workers.
Lang says that is not fair because migrant workers who return home after injury usually earn far less in their countries than if they worked the same job in Ontario full time. "These are some of the most vulnerable people, they came to work in Ontario, they got hurt, they got sent back to their home countries, and they got dinged for not being from Ontario," Lang told The Canadian Press.Years ago, four injured migrant workers in similar situations went to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal to argue for better compensation.
"For the reasons set out in this decision, the panel concludes: The long-term benefits for migrant agricultural workers ought to be based upon their ability to earn in their actual local/regional labour market.
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