Sentences with phrase «temporary foreign workers»

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

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

Canadian companies are currently charged $ 275 to apply to hire temporary 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?

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

Bringing other provinces on board with pipeline expansion, plus a variety of other controversial issues such as temporary foreign workers, requires a national perspective on economic growth.

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

Now, her preferred proponent says its plan is to send high - value engineering work offshore and build its facilities with up to 70 per cent temporary foreign workers.

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

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

There is an even split in opinion between those who agree temporary foreign workers should seek citizenship (45 %) and those who disagree (46 %).

Therefore, when we talk about temporary foreign workers, we have to be clear who we are referring to.

Companies that provide temporary foreign workers say the move is intended to push them out of the American market.

Similar contradictions exist in debates surrounding temporary foreign workers.

Our lawyers have special expertise in issues affecting temporary foreign workers, including the intersection of immigration and employment law.

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

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.

Employers with temporary foreign workers currently or prospectively on the payroll must stay on top of, and comply with, the current — and constantly changing — Program requirements, or risk the growing consequences.

Toronto, Ontario Tungohan will look into government policies on temporary foreign workers By Ted...

People in B.C. also lashed out against that provincial government's support for Chinese - owned HD Mining's plan to use temporary foreign workers at a proposed coal mine in Tumbler Ridge.

The process for bringing temporary foreign workers into the U.S. legally is complex, and due to administrative delays the help often doesn't come soon enough.

The process to bring temporary foreign workers into Canada is subject to getting an LMO.

More than half of the 243 employers in the province permitted to hire temporary foreign workers at minimum wage over a 10 - month period ended in June were in the food - service business, the Alberta Federation of Labour found recently through a freedom - of - information request.

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.

Two thirds of Canadians do not agree with the current law where employers are allowed to pay temporary foreign workers less for equivalents skills and duties (66 %), and just more than a quarter agree (28 %).

Health Canada, Canadian Forces / Department of National Defence, Canada Post, the CBC, Canada Lands, the Bank of Canada, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and the Canadian Museum of Civilization are all employing temporary foreign workers — closing the cheap labour circle.

Our firm is involved in a class action lawsuit against Overseas and Mac's convenience stores on behalf of temporary foreign workers who paid recruitment fees and / or did not receive jobs after signing employment contracts to work for Mac's, or Subway locations in Mac's stores, in Western Canada.

Canada has yet to experience such a backlash, but the recent furor over temporary foreign workers and simmering resentment in some quarters against immigrants could sour the mood towards foreign students.

From doggie spas to oil companies, employers have been given the green light to hire temporary foreign workers even in regions of the country struggling with joblessness, including the Maritimes and southwestern Ontario, and in sectors where there is no apparent lack of domestic candidates.

The only common ground is that restaurants will increasingly seek temporary foreign workers as the pool of young Canadians dwindles in the face of demographic forces.

The summit came less than a week after the government announced major changes to the controversial temporary foreign workers program, which include a cap on the number of foreign workers companies can hire, stiffer penalties for businesses found to be violating the new rules and on - site audits and inspections to guard against abuses.

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.

But many American scientists and technical professionals blame the H - 1B visa for allowing temporary foreign workers to drive down wages and displace them from jobs.

Commentators have identified temporary foreign workers as a potential focus of the reincarnated Commission's attention.

He argued that the Coroners Act discriminated against temporary foreign workers on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin and citizenship, by excluding them from the mandatory inquest requirement under s. 10 (5) of the Act.

The Migrant Workers Alliance for Change (formerly the Coalition for Change) is comprised of various advocacy and community groups, unions, workers and community members, aimed at improving working conditions and fighting for better protections for live - in caregivers, seasonal agricultural workers and other temporary foreign workers.

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).

FACT: Sigurdson also told CBC Radio on July 13, 2015 «There's very little in the way of language for training opportunities for British Columbians, and I fear that we could have more temporary foreign workers on the project than what are required.»

Close to 200,000 temporary foreign workers enter Canada every year.

Rekai says often temporary foreign workers are individuals who provide high - level technical services for infrastructure projects such as mines, hydro electric projects, and hospitals perhaps for two or three weeks to service a contract.

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.

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.

But they also point out it could inflict further headaches on Employment Minister Jason Kenney if the set salary level is higher than the minimum wage, meaning temporary foreign workers would stand to make better money than Canadians.

A common defence of Canada's ballooning temporary foreign worker program is that it's needed in areas with severe labour shortages.

On an otherwise quiet afternoon in April, Federal Employment Minister Jason Kenney announced a moratorium on the Government of Canada's scandal - plagued temporary foreign worker program in restaurants, putting into serious doubt the very initiative he'd spent years developing as immigration minister.

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.

Last April, facing a Federal Court lawsuit launched by unions over the HD Mining workers, the federal government introduced reforms to the program, including removing a provision that allowed employers to pay temporary foreign workers up to 15 per cent less than the prevailing Canadian wage.

It's not perfect, but the open letter to Canadians from RBC president and CEO Gord Nixon does hit a lot of the right notes to help stem the swell of ill will, sparked by a CBC report over the weekend claiming the company was swapping Canadian staff for cheaper temporary foreign workers.

Canadian unions have begun flexing their muscles in areas previously outside their range — standing up for non-unionized temporary foreign workers at Tim Hortons in B.C. and even, through Unifor, the country's largest union, opening a form of membership to everyone from part - time workers to the unemployed.