(TORONTO, Feb. 2, 2026) — The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) continues to advance its enforcement efforts within Ontario’s trucking industry, where systemic non-compliance with workers’ compensation requirements and related obligations has been a persistent concern for regulators and government agencies.
Despite increased scrutiny and coordinated enforcement over recent years, clear patterns of non-compliance remain. In the final quarter of 2025 alone, the WSIB completed 38 audits across the trucking sector, resulting in corrective premium adjustments totaling more than $6 million. Notably, two individual companies were assessed adjustments exceeding $1.4 million each, underscoring the scale and seriousness of ongoing violations.
Through sustained enforcement activity over the past few years, the OTA estimates that the WSIB has now recovered somewhere between $15 and $20 million in previously unpaid premiums, while significantly strengthening workplace protections for workers across the province. These efforts have helped level the playing field for compliant employers and reinforced the principle that worker protection is a shared responsibility.
However, the continued prevalence of non-compliance also highlights the need for additional resources to support enforcement. Ensuring all workers receive the protections to which they are entitled requires sustained political support and a clear commitment to enforcement aligned with the government’s stated priorities on worker safety and fairness, says OTA.
“The WSIB’s enforcement work in the trucking industry deserves recognition. These audits have recovered tens of millions in unpaid premiums and, more importantly, have strengthened protections for workers across Ontario,” said Jonathan Blackham, OTA Director of Policy and Public Affairs. “The results clearly show continued non-compliance remains a serious issue. To build on this progress and ensure lasting compliance, the WSIB must be supported with additional resources and strong political backing. Protecting workers requires not just rules on paper, but the capacity to enforce them.”