Sentences with phrase «new temporary foreign worker»

Read their article Employers face more inspections and new penalties under the new temporary foreign worker regime, as published in the Chronicle Herald's Cream on January 22, 2016.

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New data shows how many temporary foreign workers have jobs in manufacturing, but an unknown larger number work in other fields.

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.

They are examples of how global outsourcing companies are using temporary visas to bring in foreign workers who do not appear to have exceptional skills — according to interviews with a dozen current or former employees of Toys «R» Us and New York Life — to help ship out jobs, mainly to India.

VANCOUVER — B.C. workers must be first in line for construction jobs and apprenticeship opportunities, but the Christy Clark government does not track temporary foreign workers in our economy, says B.C. New Democrat leader John Horgan.

B.C. New Democrats have long supported permanent residency for all temporary foreign workers, said New Democrat immigration spokesperson Mable Elmore.

Over the same period, 29 per cent of the few new jobs created in B.C. have gone to temporary foreign workers.

«The premier started making big LNG job promises in September 2011 and in the three years since, has worked harder to recruit temporary foreign workers than she has to train B.C. workers for LNG,» said New Democrat spokesperson on natural gas development Bruce Ralston.

Tsuji says the new language stipulation means there is now an extra step involved for lawyers in his group who work with head offices applying for temporary foreign worker permits in Quebec.

Specifically, the new rules give Employment and Skills Development Canada and Citizenship and Immigration Canada considerable powers to delve into a company's temporary foreign worker recruitment and retention process.

This could limit legitimate use of the temporary foreign worker program by employers who are innovating or moving into new fields or emerging markets that necessitate the hiring of outside talent.

At this point, that temporary foreign worker would still receive the benefit of the promised faster processing times under the new program.

Most notably, the Amendments impose a new four - year maximum cumulative duration for work permits for temporary foreign workers, with certain exceptions.