Capleton Tomlinson was injured while working at a farm in 2015. The injury forced the migrant worker to return home to Jamaica and left him unable to work. He hopes he is one of the recipients the WSIB will reimburse as part of the changes to how it compensates injured migrant workers.
TORONTO Ontario will revamp how it compensates seasonal agricultural workers who are injured on the job, but critics say thousands of other migrant workers are being left out of the changes.
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On Wednesday the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) announced changes to the way it provides compensation to injured migrant workers. IAVGO Community Legal Clinic welcomes the long-overdue changes, but is alarmed that the WSIB may still.
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