A list of recently implemented changes to the temporary foreign workers program
Posted February 13, 2014 2:25 pm.
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OTTAWA – Some measures the federal government has recently implemented under its revamped temporary foreign workers program:
— The authority to conduct on-site inspections to ensure employers are meeting the conditions of the program;
— The power to ban non-compliant employers from the program for two years and immediately add their names to a public “black list”;
— The authority to require employers who legitimately rely on temporary foreign workers to have a plan to “transition” to a Canadian workforce over time;
— The power to require employers pay temporary foreign workers at the prevailing wage by removing existing wage flexibility;
— Adding questions to the applications for temporary foreign workers aimed at ensuring the program isn’t being used to facilitate the outsourcing of Canadian jobs;
— Introducing fees for employers for processing applications, and increasing fees for work permits, so that taxpayers are no longer subsidizing these costs.