Workplace Safety and Insurance Board developing a strategy for foreign agricultural workers [Video]

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is making changes regarding compensation and support for foreign agricultural workers in the Seasonal Agriculture Worker Program (SAWP).

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“It’s a priority that needs to be addressed so we can help support our employers and stakeholders and our injured people for the next growing season and beyond,” said Kendra Holliday-Bryant, WSIB project director.

Why it matters: The strategy includes a revised adjudicative approach, enhanced communication and consulate engagement focused on recovery and return to work.

Set to launch in 2025, WSIB’s Foreign Agricultural Worker Strategy is a three-pillar approach focused on recovery and return to work in Ontario. It addresses prevention and compliance, communication and engagement, and case management.

“We needed to focus on SAWP because that’s where the practice applied,” …