caa a22 4500 606211152 CHVBK 20210128101036.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10926-014-9544-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10926-014-9544-3 Premji Stephanie Department of Health, Aging and Society, School of Labour Studies, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Kenneth Taylor Hall, Room 701, L8S 4M4, Hamilton, ON, Canada aut Barriers to Return-to-Work for Linguistic Minorities in Ontario: An Analysis of Narratives from Appeal Decisions [Elektronische Daten] [Stephanie Premji] Purpose Previous research has shown that linguistic minorities have inferior workers' compensation experiences and outcomes; however little information exists on the structural barriers they face in relation to return-to-work (RTW). We sought to address this gap by describing barriers to RTW for linguistic minorities in Ontario using narratives from appeal decisions. Methods We examined decisions by the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal. We searched the full text of decisions rendered between October 1, 2010 and September 30, 2011 for the keyword "English”. A total of 378 decisions were generated. After eliminating decisions that did not involve linguistic minorities we retained half (189) for analysis. We summarized the issues around language for each decision and identified broad themes across decisions. Results We found that linguistic minorities' limitations with regards to communication and power left them vulnerable to abuse, incomprehension and misperception by employers, care providers and adjudicators. In addition, specific RTW policies and practices failed to properly consider or mitigate their lack of English proficiency. These interpersonal and structural barriers negatively impacted linguistic minorities' eligibility to benefits and services and the appropriateness thereof, as well as their eventual return to work. Conclusions Our research highlights the need to move beyond efforts to improve the linguistic competence of compensation boards to target the structural factors that impede equal access at every stage of the process. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Language nationallicence Workers' compensation nationallicence Return to work nationallicence Disparities nationallicence Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 25/2(2015-06-01), 357-367 1053-0487 25:2<357 2015 25 10926 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-014-9544-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-014-9544-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Premji Stephanie Department of Health, Aging and Society, School of Labour Studies, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Kenneth Taylor Hall, Room 701, L8S 4M4, Hamilton, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 25/2(2015-06-01), 357-367 1053-0487 25:2<357 2015 25 10926