Six years after a devastating injury on an Ontario farm, Leroy Thomas says he's finally feeling hopeful about the future.
Thomas said he was repatriated after the injury because it prevented him from continuing to work on the farm. Once back in Jamaica, he said he could not afford to continue medical treatment because the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board stopped long-term income loss benefits after 12 weeks.
He and three other 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.”The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board said its review of the handling of claims in the Seasonal Agricultural Worker program is expected to take six months.
“This review will clarify how the claims are adjudicated and will determine whether previous decisions should also be adjusted. People whose claims are under review will be contacted directly by the WSIB in the coming weeks.”A lawyer for Thomas and the three other migrant workers in the case called the tribunal’s ruling “significant.”
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