Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is changing how it interprets ‘suitable work available in the job market’ as it applies to foreign workers who are injured in a workplace in Canada.
“These are some of the most vulnerable people working in Ontario today and we owe it to them to be there if they get hurt on the job,” said Jeff Lang, president and CEO of the WSIB. “These are people who come to work our farms, grow our food, and contribute to our economy. If they get hurt while they do it, our responsibility does not end when they return to their home country.”
Under legislation, if someone who was injured at work cannot return to their original job but is able to return to other work, the WSIB is obligated to adjust their income replacement payments to reflect that suitable and available work.
