Workplace Wellness

Newly arriving Temporary Foreign Workers will be given "Home Test Kits". The "Home Test Kit" is for the workers to conduct a self-administered Covid-19 test on day 10 of their 14 day quarantine.

Upon arrival to the workplace, workers should be provided with information about how to regularly self-monitor for symptoms of COVID-19 and how to perform a 

• If a worker has become ill, they must be isolated from others immediately and brought to one of the local assessment centres for testing and medical attention.

In light of recent outbreaks on farms in our region, the WECHU has additional recommendations to help prevent transmission of COVID-19 amongst temporary foreign workers after they’ve completed their 14-day quarantine/isolation.

Isolation Accommodations

• Employers must house self-isolating workers in accommodations that are separate from those not required to self-isolate.

If your workplace employs temporary foreign workers, both the employers and workers are required to fulfill certain obligations.  

Important Memos

• April 1, 2021