Employers seeking to hire temporary foreign workers, including live-in caregivers, will now be assessed against past compliance with program requirements before authorization can be granted. Employers found to have violated worker rights may be refused authorization to hire a foreign worker.
Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program helps address temporary labour shortages by allowing employers to hire foreign workers when sufficient numbers of Canadian workers are not readily available. Without access to temporary foreign labour, many small businesses would not be able to function and would be forced into insolvency.
The Live-in Caregiver Program is a unique program within the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. It enables the entry of qualified caregivers into Canada when Canadians or permanent residents can’t fill job vacancies. After having completed the program’s requirements, Live-in Caregiver Program participants can then apply for permanent residence by virtue of their participation in the program. (Please see link to the backgrounder below.)
Highlights of the changes, which come into effect on April 1, 2011, include:
- a more rigorous assessment of the genuineness of the job offer;
- a two-year prohibition from hiring temporary foreign workers for employers who fail to meet their commitments to workers with respect to wages, working conditions and occupation; and
- a limit on the length of time a temporary foreign worker may work in Canada before returning home.
For more details, please contact info@globalmindimmigration.ca
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