Sentences with phrase «foreign workers»

Our temporary foreign worker program in general is a model of flexibility.

Some critics and commentators insist that the only appropriate way forward is shutting down the low - skilled temporary foreign worker program.

Both the numbers of foreign workers and their compensation have become hot topics.

It seems the idea is to cast a wide net while holding employers accountable for their reasoning behind hiring foreign workers.

Employers, have you surveyed your staff recently and found you have at least one or more skilled temporary foreign workers in your workplace?

Work permits for foreign workers can generally be issued for 2 - 3 years at a time.

Now, many employers say they prefer to take on foreign workers.

The other stream is for temporary foreign workers who have two years experience at a job that requires particular professional or technical skills.

Our company has access to thousands of qualified foreign workers with the skills your company needs.

The program allows high growth Canadian companies to bring in highly skilled foreign workers within two weeks, whereas the traditional immigration system took several months.

The federal government plans to establish a scheme to simplify the process by which hospitality and tourism operators employ foreign workers.

Among those options was the implementation of a so - called wage floor that would prevent companies from paying foreign workers beneath a set wage level still to be determined.

Many foreign workers win that right but most applicants have to wait many years before getting one of the allocated visa slots.

Foreign workers report a happy work - life balance and like the country's clean air and scenic terrain.

The changes, which are outlined below, will affect the ability of employers to hire and retain foreign workers.

That's because foreign workers cost less since they are paid in weaker currencies.

Need assistance in navigating the in's and out's of temporary foreign worker recruitment?

Foreign workers do not have access to regular employment insurance benefits.

This is a very new thought for the highly - educated, white - collar class to think that they may have to compete with low - wage foreign workers.

That's a long way of saying the Conservative government could have seen the current temporary foreign worker scandal coming from five decades away.

The previous process saw companies waiting upwards of a year to have certain temporary foreign worker applications processed.

The increased costs and hassle could discourage employers from hiring such foreign workers especially at junior levels, immigration lawyers said.

Most of the cases in the press recently have been regarding foreign workers brought in under the labour market opinion stream.

No employer may charge a temporary foreign worker fees related to his recruitment, other than fees authorized under a Canadian government program.

At every turn, we remain committed to providing our clients, both employers and foreign workers alike, with unparalleled professionalism and respect.

The exploitation of foreign workers continues, even though the context has shifted significantly.

At the practice level, I don't see this is going to change things much for the average foreign worker or employer.

We are not talking about giving foreign workers compensation because they have lost their job.

That's where long - term disability insurance comes in: it can help keep foreign workers in the country.

The wide majority agree some Canadian firms take advantage of the temporary foreign worker program to reduce labour costs (70 %).

These included minimum wage increases, extending occupational safety coverage to unpaid interns and trainees, addressing wage recovery for unpaid workers and improving employment protections for foreign workers.

Businesses can offer employment to foreign workers with the requirement that they help the worker settle, and the federal government has committed to processing applications for permanent residency in six to 12 months.

What do these changes mean to your business and current or soon to be employed foreign workers?

Top precarious jobs include retail or restaurant staff; freelance or contract office temps; and temporary foreign workers in agriculture.

The city is benefiting from an influx of foreign workers.

Is it therefore any real surprise that she is now calling for employers to declare how many foreign workers the employ?

He says he also put his foot down about the small number of very highly skilled foreign workers that some businesses need.

But the real concern is whether this will give the government what it seems to be wanting, some protection from the proverbial black eye it received during 2013's temporary foreign worker scandals.

Why raise wages when there is the temporary foreign worker program?

This category is a great permanent residency option for Temporary Foreign Workers who are self - employed, but yet don't meet the narrow and extensive requirements for «self - employed» applicants or for the Entrepreneurial / Investment streams that several provinces offer.

He sees the hi - tech push for more foreign workers as justified because «American workers can not do the work (I have experienced this firsthand).»

The use of incorrect statistics and skewed economic arguments to demand the exclusion of Temporary Foreign Workers by people all along the political spectrumhearkens to a lengthy history of exclusion of immigrants from Canada.

Meanwhile, over 200 tech investors and entrepreneurs are planning to send Trump a letter today that looks past the ban, calling the order and a likely forthcoming crackdown on foreign worker visas «morally and economically misguided,» adding it will «inflict irreversible harm on the startup community and America's ability to compete globally.»

The number of hoops companies have to jump through to bring foreign workers into the US is only growing under the Trump administration.

Edmonton — Some of the work on Edmonton's new downtown arena is being done by Temporary Foreign Workers from the U.S. despite the fact that hundreds of qualified local ironworkers are available.

Research by the Economic Policy Institute suggests that there may be less of a shortage of STEM workers than assumed by the bill's proponents, and loopholes in the bill will allow unscrupulous companies to use H - 1B visas to fill jobs with cheaper foreign workers when U.S. workers would do.

Basically, just like prostitution industry in Singapore relies on cheap foreign workers who often come on tourist visas, so you can have many other personal service industries on the same principle.

The Trump administration has also taken steps to make it harder for American companies to hire skilled foreign workers through the H - 1B visa program.

Over the last two years, many work permits have been granted that allowed construction companies in Alberta to hire Temporary Foreign Workers at wages below those paid to Canadians.