Canada's jobs minister unveiled stricter rules
for hiring temporary foreign workers Friday after allegations of...
In particular, McDonald's announced it has temporarily halted its involvement in the program after it came under heavy criticism
for hiring temporary foreign workers in British Columbia.
Not exact matches
The Democratic candidate
for president also attacked the company
for last year laying off 250 technology
workers after requiring some of them to train their replacements:
foreign employees
hired on
temporary H - 1B visas
for highly skilled technical
workers through an Indian outsourcing firm.
OTTAWA — Ottawa is considering a further crackdown on its embattled
temporary foreign worker program that could result in higher fees
for companies hoping to
hire foreign help and an elimination of the practice altogether in areas of high unemployment, The Canadian Press has learned.
To
hire a
temporary foreign worker, employers must pay the «prevailing wage»
for the position, an amount determined by postings on the Job Bank.
The other big announcement was Employment Minister Jason Kenney's decision to place a moratorium on new approvals
for restaurants to
hire temporary foreign workers, in response to a myriad of complaints about abuses under the federal program.
The right to
hire temporary foreign workers for 15 % less than the going wage has been abolished, but there are other ways of squeezing those
workers.
That didn't stop Trump's popularity when it was pointed out countless times that his clothing line is all manufactured in Asia and he
hires temporary foreign workers at Mar - a-Lago and other places, all the while he was criticizing other companies
for offshore operations.
Our consultants focus primarily on permanent residency under the skilled
worker streams, provincial nominee programs, and family class, as well as
temporary work permits
for foreign businesses doing work in Canada or Canadian companies
hiring from overseas.
Sure, maybe some employers that bring in
temporary foreign workers will begin to consider this «matching» process
for positions they can't fill, but in reality, this isn't how most multinational companies find the
temporary foreign workers they seek to
hire.
Pursuant to s. 45.2 (1).3 of the Code, the corporate respondent was also ordered to provide any
workers hired through the
temporary foreign workers program with human rights training in their native language
for the next three years.
Increase the recruitment efforts that employers must make to
hire Canadians before they will be eligible to apply
for temporary foreign workers (presumably this means Labour Market Opinions), including increasing the length and reach of advertising requirements.