Ottawa is considering significant changes to its Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program, prompting agri-businesses to call for more streamlined processes and increased …
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Workplace injury pay in Ontario now applies to foreign workers – even if they return home
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s new measures to help foreign agricultural workers recover from an on-the-job-injury is a good move, but …
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Senate calls for substantial reforms to Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program, including a commission
The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science, and Technology has released a report calling for substantial reforms to Canada’s Temporary Foreign …
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New documentary sheds light on the plight of temporary foreign workers in Canada
A new documentary titled “My Friend Omar: The Battle of a Seasonal Worker,” now available on CBC Gem and ICI Tou.TV, highlights …
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Workplace Safety & OHS
Legal battle over workers’ compensation for seasonal farmworker likely to continue after his death
By Richard Hutton | The Lake Report The fight to compensate a seasonal farmworker injured on the job in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., is …
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Proposed changes to Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program that will directly affect thousands of Niagara-on-the-Lake seasonal workers won’t come soon enough and …
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Ontario to change how it compensates injured migrant workers
Ontario will revamp how it compensates injured migrant workers. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board president Jeff Lang says the changes affect how …


