Toronto Star: Province urged to make workers’ compensation automatic for essential employees diagnosed with COVID-19
“Worker advocates are urging the province to change worker compensation laws to make it easier for health-care and other essential workers infected with COVID-19 to access benefits, according to a new letter seen by the Star. It comes as the provincial workers’ compensation board has received some 450 benefit claims from workers who believe they contracted the virus on the job over the past month, the Star has learned. The board has also received some 200 reports from employers of potential workplace exposures to COVID-19.”
Article: Province urged to make workers’ compensation automatic for essential employees diagnosed with COVID-19
Author: Sara
Date: April 6, 2020