Sentences with phrase «numbers of foreign workers»

Of those surveyed, the majority of expats are working in the Middle East, versus South America who has the lowest numbers of foreign workers.

«So you may find businesses with large numbers of foreign workers not able to renew their foreign workers.

A Labour administration would focus on three things to help ease pressure on public services and wages including better enforcement of the minimum wage, cracking down on recruitment agencies who only supplied workers from particular countries and looking at areas and types of jobs where there were large numbers of foreign workers.

This sentiment did not exclude awareness of real problems, one of which is the condition and status of large numbers of foreign workers (half of them illegal) from Indonesia, the Philippines and India.

As part of a policy review, Miliband proposes sanctions against labour agencies that advertise solely for immigrant workers, an early warning system if some industries are employing disproportionately large number of foreign workers, a doubling of fines if employers undercut the minimum wage, and no early lifting of migrant barriers for new EU countries such as Croatia.

Justine Greening has said the Government's proposal to ask companies to reveal the number of their foreign workers will not be made public.

We're urging them to close off most TFW streams going forward and impose new limits and restriction on the so - called International Mobility Program which is allowing a growing number of foreign workers into the country without even the minimal oversight afforded to the mainline TFW program.

For corporate businesses, there is a strict Sponsor Licence regime which is essentially a licence for an employer to recruit a limited number of foreign workers.

In fact, in 2011, the number of foreign workers in Brazil jumped to over 1.5 million, an incredible 57 % increase.

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In a vote today, the U.S. Senate passed a historic immigration reform bill whose provisions include a visa for foreign - born startup founders and an increase in the number of visas available to highly skilled workers employed by technology companies.

The number of temporary foreign workers has increased 36 % to 338,189 since 2008.

The B.C. Federation of Labour said there's been a dramatic increase in the number of temporary foreign workers filling entry - level jobs in recent years in the westernmost province.

«A significant number of employers are using the Temporary Foreign Worker Program as a tool to suppress wages,» AFL president Gil McGowan charges.

Every year, an unknown number of foreign guest workers in South Florida and the rest of the nation disappear into the worlds of sexual slavery and domestic servitude.

«It's certainly very hypocritical for the Conservative government to say that a member of parliament that advocates on behalf of a business in his or her constituency who advocates in favour of temporary foreign workers who meet the criteria as set out in the program, if somehow that's illegitimate for a member of parliament to advocate for a temporary foreign worker permit in his constituency,» Mr. LeBlanc explained, «then the Conservatives should ask themselves why under their watch the number of temporary foreign workers has doubled.

The order weighs how to make the country's immigration program «more merit based,» calls for site visits at companies that employ foreign workers, and tasks the Department of Homeland Security with producing a report twice a year on the total number of foreign - born people — not just nonimmigrant visa holders — who are authorized to work in the United States.

By December 2014, the number of temporary foreign workers in B.C. increased to 84,000.

The number of foreign mission workers in Pakistan is impressive, given the tortuous procedures required for obtaining resident and work visas.

The foreign secretary confirmed her death alongside a number of other health aid workers.

«Naming and shaming» firms that hire too many foreign workers, drastically curtailing the numbers of foreign students and demonising migrants for allegedly taking jobs, ruining public services, and pushing down wages.

Others include capping the numbers of foreign jobseekers, reserving more jobs for British workers and excluding the poorest EU nations altogether.»

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

He also asked for the name and phone number of a coordinator of the foreign workers, hundreds of whom hold temporary jobs in Lake George each summer.

For years Labour presided over a labour market where the number of foreign people in jobs rocketed to record levels — while thousands of British workers were left on the sidelines, facing the prospect of long - term unemployment.

1 June 2007 In the current discussion about raising the cap on the number of foreign technical and scientific workers, the voices of the Americans most directly affected are going largely unheard.

In the current discussion about raising the cap on the number of foreign technical and scientific workers, the voices of the Americans most directly affected are going largely unheard

Otto is one of the tens of thousands of foreign scientific and technical workers in the United States on H - 1B visas, which admit nonimmigrant skilled workers for a limited number of years.

In 1998, these companies successfully lobbied Congress — over the objections of some unions and engineering organizations — to temporarily increase the maximum number of visas for foreign technical workers from 65,000 to 115,000 a year.

The numbers of foreign - born workers in S&E increased from 14 % to 22 % from 1990 to 2000 — with increasingly higher percentages at higher degree levels, while U.S. citizens earned fewer S&E bachelor's degrees from 1985 to 2000.

The need for more visas to bring in more scientists may be apparent to officials at companies or universities that employ large numbers of technical workers, or at universities that graduate large numbers of foreign students who wish to stay here.

As the nation debates immigration reform, companies and universities that employ foreign scientific and technical personnel are arguing that the answer is yes, and that Congress should significantly increase the number of H - 1B visas, which admit skilled workers to the United States for a limited number of years.

It has been revealed that the Octavia Waight Center is to gain some foreign support in 2014, with a number of British care workers and nurses flying out to Belize to offer their skills and -LSB-...]

Even so, the total number of U.S. workers in «solar» is still artificially high, compared to a situation where the U.S. tax code just applied the same rate to all firms, and didn't have special credits for some domestic firms, or penalties on foreign imports.

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has decided to hear complaints by a number of temporary foreign workers against a Tim Hortons franchise in Fernie, B.C.

Long - term audits will ensure employers, especially those who utilize the temporary foreign worker program in greater numbers, will take on more accountability and be forced to justify in cases of breach.

While the number of migrant workers currently exceeds 200,000, live - in caregivers under the Live - In Caregivers Program (LCP), agricultural workers under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program, and other workers under the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP), face tremendous physical barriers that position them as second class citizens to the Canadian state in terms of their rights and beworkers currently exceeds 200,000, live - in caregivers under the Live - In Caregivers Program (LCP), agricultural workers under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program, and other workers under the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP), face tremendous physical barriers that position them as second class citizens to the Canadian state in terms of their rights and beworkers under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program, and other workers under the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP), face tremendous physical barriers that position them as second class citizens to the Canadian state in terms of their rights and beWorkers Program, and other workers under the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP), face tremendous physical barriers that position them as second class citizens to the Canadian state in terms of their rights and beworkers under the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP), face tremendous physical barriers that position them as second class citizens to the Canadian state in terms of their rights and beWorkers Program (TFWP), face tremendous physical barriers that position them as second class citizens to the Canadian state in terms of their rights and benefits.

The Government of Canada, under Economic Action Plan 2013, has announced a number of changes in the Temporary Foreign Worker Program as follows: Effective immediately, all employers who hire temporary foreign workers are required to pay them at the prevailinForeign Worker Program as follows: Effective immediately, all employers who hire temporary foreign workers are required to pay them at the prevailinforeign workers are required to pay them at the prevailing wage.

It would do this through an increase in the number of immigrants that Ontario can select under the Provincial Nominee Program from the current 2,500 to 5,000 per year with a focus on economic class immigrants rather than workers that continue to build the province through temporary foreign workers programs (construction, caregiving, farming, hospitality services etc).

Working Temporarily in Canada (HTML) Outlines rights and responsibilities of Temporary Foreign Workers and Live - In Caregivers including getting your Social Insurance Number (SIN) and where to apply.

Senator Tardif: The government is putting in place policies to increase the number of temporary foreign workers.

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

Every year, an unknown number of foreign guest workers in South Florida and the rest of the nation disappear into the worlds of sexual slavery and domestic servitude.

Compared to the previous years» survey results, the number of expats working in the EPCM subsector has seen the largest fluctuation, a decline in foreign workers, which could be due to the number of projects that were stalled or awaiting final investment decision during 2013.

Allowing for Malaysia's efforts to curb foreign worker numbers, the country still has a high ratio of imported labour to fill geoscience, production and deepwater skills gaps.