Sentences with phrase «programs for foreign workers»

«Visa programs for foreign workers... should be administered in a manner that protects the civil rights of American workers and current lawful residents, and that prioritizes the protection of American workers — our forgotten working people — and the jobs they hold.»

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Unpaid internships depress wages by creating a pool of workers willing to work for free — and for no benefits, making them akin to the labourers brought to Canada under the much - maligned temporary foreign worker program.

The H - 1B program, which allows US companies to bring in foreign workers in specialized fields like math, science and engineering, has long been a magnet for controversy.

In November, finance minister Bill Morneau announced upcoming changes to the Temporary Foreign Workers program, which will simplify and speed up the hiring process for high - growth (mainly tech) companies recruiting from abroad.

Immigration provides the most effective solution to this problem, even if experiments with schemes like the Temporary Foreign Workers program have proven it's not a panacea for labour market woes.

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.

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.

With so many U.S. corporations racing to the bottom — moving manufacturing to foreign countries for cheap labor and no environmental responsibility, taking advantage of the H1 - B Visa program to bring cheap workers in, lowering benefits and eliminating pension plans — it's refreshing to learn that some companies are taking the exact opposite approach.

FWD.us also fired back against proposals to limit programs like the H - 1B visa that allows U.S. companies to employ foreign workers, calling any plan to «radically restrict pathways» for skilled immigrants to come to the U.S. «just wrong.»

The Trump Administration Tightens Rules in Worker Visa Program, Making It Harder for Businesses to Hire Foreign Employees

«It looks like the temporary foreign worker program in many cases is serving as an escape valve for many employers,» who resort to imported labour rather than raise wages to attract Canadian candidates, he says.

The co-founder and CEO of the civic technology service Phone2Action relies on a visa program for specialized foreign workers, known as the H - 1B.

«Let me be clear: the Temporary Foreign Worker program must always and only ever be a last and limited resort for employers who have made every possible effort to hire and train Canadians but can't find them for available jobs,» Kenney said.

But he has sent mixed messages about the issue most relevant for tech companies, the H - 1B visa program for temporary foreign workers.

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 federal government announced initial changes in April, scrapping an aspect of the program that allowed employers to pay foreign workers as much as 15 per cent less than the average wage for a job.

The Canadian Experience Class (CEC) is an immigration program for certain temporary foreign workers and foreign student graduates with professional, managerial and skilled work experience.

The story aired in April of 2013 and revealed that the RBC was using an Indian company called iGATE Corp. that was bringing in foreign workers under the program, but then allowed the workers to stay in Canada for years, with the intention of using them to replace Canadian workers.

Indeed, James Moore was so eager to pronounce this hypocrisy — apparently related to the temporary foreign workers program — that the Heritage Minister did not even wait for Mr. Trudeau to ask a question this afternoon before doing so.

«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.

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.

The decision to suspend the food services industry from the Temporary Foreign Worker program will hurt businesses and their employees, says the restaurant industry association, an outcome the minister responsible for the move called «regrettable, but necessary.»

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.

In most cases, the first step is for your employer to obtain formal permission through the local Provincial Nominee Program («PNP») or federal Temporary Foreign Worker Program («TFWP») processes to continue hiring you after the expiry of your current work permit.

Mr. McGowan is known as an outspoken advocate for labour issues and critic of the Temporary Foreign Workers program.

When the story hit the press, then Human Resources and Social Development Minister Diane Finley ran for cover, blamed her officials, and put the whole temporary foreign worker program under review.

High - skill temporary worker programs like the H - 1B visa, which were intended ostensibly to «complement the American workforce,» have «made it too easy to bring in cheaper foreign workers with ordinary skills — ... not specialized skills,... not the best and brightest — to directly substitute for, rather than complement, American workers,» Hira said.

A popular federal scholarship program for low - income and disadvantaged undergraduates that was scheduled to end this year has won a reprieve, thanks to reforms in the process that allows foreign workers to hold high - tech U.S. jobs.

Entitled «Protecting American Jobs and Workers by Strengthening the Integrity of Foreign Worker Visa Programs,» the order appears to target the OPT program, a vital bridge for many foreign students as they finish their Ph.D. s and land postdoc Foreign Worker Visa Programs,» the order appears to target the OPT program, a vital bridge for many foreign students as they finish their Ph.D. s and land postdoc foreign students as they finish their Ph.D. s and land postdoc stints.

In a decision that could affect the immigration plan President Barack Obama announced on 20 November, a federal judge decided on 21 November that the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers (WashTech), an organization based in Bellevue, Washington, and affiliated with the national Communication Workers of America (CWA) union, can bring a lawsuit challenging the federal government's right to extend by executive action the authorization for foreign students to work in the United States under the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program.

HSBC Advance customers under the Advance Newcomer program (for landed immigrants, foreign workers or new residents of Canada within the past three years) have 6 months from the date they open an account to meet the eligibility criteria.

To qualify for any special offer pertaining to the BMO NewStart program as set out above, a customer must be a landed immigrant or foreign worker who arrived in Canada within the last five (5) years.

The principal residence for a foreign national under the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program, which is designed to help employers having trouble finding qualified workers in Ontario.

On June 12, 2017, the Temporary Foreign Worker Program will be launching a new pilot program called the Global Talent Stream (the «GTS») which will establish easier and faster processing of visa and work permit applications for certain foreign nationals with unique global talent and / or who are highly sForeign Worker Program will be launching a new pilot program called the Global Talent Stream (the «GTS») which will establish easier and faster processing of visa and work permit applications for certain foreign nationals with unique global talent and / or who are highly sProgram will be launching a new pilot program called the Global Talent Stream (the «GTS») which will establish easier and faster processing of visa and work permit applications for certain foreign nationals with unique global talent and / or who are highly sprogram called the Global Talent Stream (the «GTS») which will establish easier and faster processing of visa and work permit applications for certain foreign nationals with unique global talent and / or who are highly sforeign nationals with unique global talent and / or who are highly skilled.

We're hearing that the temporary foreign worker program is taking jobs away from British Columbians in the construction industry, but the full impact on people is unknown... The Christy Clark government needs to start tracking temporary workers so we can see how many jobs and apprenticeship opportunities for young British Columbians are being lost.

For companies on growth paths regulatory change can have a serious impact says Reis Pagtakhan, a corporate immigration lawyer with Aikins Law in Winnipeg who has done a lot of work lately on changes to the federal Temporary Foreign Worker Program.

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Foreign nationals who have submitted an application for permanent residence under the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), Canadian Experience Class (CEC), Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) or the Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP) may be considered for an one - year open work permit.

Please check the following government links for up to date information on the Temporary Foreign Workers Program:

«The Government of Canada is aware of the Quebec government's decision to no longer process English applications for the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, which is jointly administered by the federal and provincial government.

As of Oct. 11, Le ministére de l'Immigration et des Communautés culturelles announced it will no longer process applications for labour market opinions for the Temporary Foreign Worker Program if they are submitted in English.

The Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations impose large fines on employers who hire foreign workers without proper documentation — but Bill C - 31 is the first legislation that would (if it becomes law) authorize the Ministers of Employment and Social Development and for Multiculturalism to impose penalties for specific Program abuses.

These findings are not news to migrant workers and their allies, who have been contending for years that the SAWP and other temporary foreign work programs are structured in such a way as to produce exploitative working conditions.

More work needs to be done, but as of January 15, 2018, the following changes are in effect for all workers in the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) and the agricultural stream of the low - skilled Temporary Foreign Workers Program workers in the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) and the agricultural stream of the low - skilled Temporary Foreign Workers Program Workers Program (SAWP) and the agricultural stream of the low - skilled Temporary Foreign Workers Program Workers Program (TFWP):

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.

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From now on, employers wishing to hire international students who have graduated from recognized Canadian post-secondary institutions and whose Post-Graduate Worker Permit (PGWP) is expireing, will need to submit a Labour Market Impact Assessment to ESDC, and ensure that the individuals transitioning from the PGWP meet all of the requirements for the applicable stream under the Temporary Foreign Workers Program.

These employers will not be able or willing to wait the time necessary to go through the express - entry process for the sole purpose of bringing in a foreign worker when the benefit of the temporary foreign worker program is still available.

Employers have used the Internet, recruiters, and other mechanisms to fill these types of roles for many years and have depended on the flexibility of the temporary foreign worker program to bring in workers in a fast and efficient manner (even when the program has failed to provide fast or efficient service).

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