Migrant farm workers pay into EI, but can't access it. Now they're suing the federal government
Migrant workers in Canada pay into employment insurance, but they can't access it when their contracts expire and they return home. They also can't change employers while they're in Canada. There's now a proposed class action lawsuit to challenge those regulations.
![Migrant farm workers pay into EI, but can't access it. Now they're suing the federal government](https://i.cbc.ca/1.1613353.1688761438!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/migrant-workers-nat-120207-16x9-xtraxtralarge-1.jpg)
![Fifty-eight new cases of COVID-19 in Windsor-Essex were reported over the weekend, with 50 of those cases in the agriculture sector. Silhouette of a person picking a plant from the ground.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.1613353.1688761438!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/migrant-workers-nat-120207-16x9-xtraxtralarge-1.jpg)
Migrant workers in Canada pay into employment insurance, but they can't access it when their contracts expire and they return home. They also can't change employers while they're in Canada. There's now a proposed class action lawsuit to challenge those regulations.