Capleton Tomlinson's life hasn't been the same since 2015 when he suffered a significant injury while working as a boat driver at a farm in Simcoe, Ont.

The injury left the migrant worker from Jamaica unable to work and have to return home, and the lack of appropriate compensation from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has forced Tomlinson and his family into poverty…

Tomlinson hopes he's one of the migrant workers eligible for retroactive compensation from WSIB, after the board announced Wednesday that it will change how it compensates foreign agriculture workers injured on the job who can't go back to their role…

WSIB said it's reviewing 50 claims dating back to 2007 and will likely pay out millions in retroactive compensation. Currently, workers are paid 85 per cent of their salary if they're hurt on the job and unable to return for 12 weeks, but WSIB takes back money earned from other jobs.

WSIB's president Jeff Lang acknowledged the practice is unfair because workers usually earn less in their home countries than they would in the same job in Ontario. He apologized to workers and promised change…