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Ontario to extend WSIB coverage in privately run retirement and group homes

Published Apr 8, 2026 at 2:26pm

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Ontario to extend WSIB coverage in privately run retirement and group homes

Ontario Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development David Piccini speaks at a press conference in Kitchener, Ont., on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan

TORONTO — Ontario is planning to extend workplace safety and insurance coverage to health-care and support workers in privately run retirement homes and group homes.

Labour Minister David Piccini says the new legislative measure will be part of a broader set of changes to labour rules.

He says front-line care workers deserve to know they will be protected if something goes wrong on the job.

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