Previously, the temp agency sector had a lower premiums rate than many high-risk industries, which the new framework proposes changing. If something happens to those workers, it’s the temporary employment agency on the line,” says John Bartolomeo, assistant director the Workers’ Health and Safety Legal Clinic. Using temp agencies also allows companies to avoid providing modified duties after an employee gets hurt at their facility, adds Lunansky. In 2014, legislation was introduced making both temp agencies and their client companies jointly liable for temp workers’ unpaid wages. That means the board can technically shift the injury costs usually shouldered by a temp agency onto the agency’s client.

Source: thestar February 01, 2018 22:41 UTC