Alberta farm workers excluded from province’s labour code

from the Edmonton Journal

Temporary Foreign Workers are especially at risk.

…Why are Alberta’s paid farm workers still excluded from the province’s labour code? Why are they denied the same rights and protections of occupational safety legislation that cover every other worker in the province?

They are excluded from laws that govern hours of work and overtime pay and vacation pay. If they’re injured on the job and their employer hasn’t voluntarily covered them under the Workers’ Compensation Board, their only recourse is to launch a lawsuit for compensation…

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