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National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2011 now available

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

The National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2011 is the current departmental standard and was approved on November 21, 2011. The NOC was jointly released for free by Statistics Canada and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) today and includes…

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Tags: Compensation package, different skill levels to reflect changes in job requirements, employment law, HRSDC, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Job classifications, job description, job titles, National Occupational Classification, NOC, Occupations, Skill levels, Skill types, Statistics Canada, Work performed
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National Occupational Classification, 2011

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

The structure of the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2011 has changed and is replacing Statistics Canada’s National Occupational Classification for Statistics (NOC-S) 2006 and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada’s NOC 2006, eliminating the differences that have existed between these two classifications. The NOC is being adapted to reflect the significant structural changes in the Canadian labour market since 2001.

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Tags: HRSDC, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, labour market, National Occupational Classification, NOC, Occupations, Statistics Canada
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Federal government launches workplace mental health standards initiative

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Since the economic burden of mental disorders in Canada has been estimated at $51-billion per year, with almost $20-billion of that coming from workplace losses, the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) has launched a collaborative project with the Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ) and the standards division of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA Standards) to create a voluntary national standard for mentally healthy workplaces. The standard aims to…

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Tags: Bureau de normalisation du Québec, Canadian Standards Association, corporate social responsibility, Disability, Employers facing a perfect storm of mental illness liability, employment law, Health Canada, HRSDC, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, mental health, Mental Health Commission of Canada, Mental Injury and the Law in Canada, national standard, psychological health and safety, Public Health Agency of Canada, Stress at Work, workplace mental health, workplace mental health standards initiative
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Opportunities Ontario provides guidance on the requirement of recruitment efforts

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

The Ontario Bar Association Citizenship and Immigration Section recently met with representatives of Opportunities Ontario, the province’s Provincial Nominee Program (“PNP”). During this meeting, they provided insight into the level of recruitment activities that would be expected from an employer who files a PNP application on behalf of a prospective employee.

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Tags: Canadian citizens, Citizenship and Immigration, employment and training opportunities, foreign national, Foreign workers, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Labour Market Opinion, NAFTA, Ontario Bar Association, Opportunities Ontario, provincial nominee program, recruitment, Skilled Workers, training
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CIC issues operational bulletin on temporary foreign worker program amendments

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

On August 4, 2010, the governor-general-in-council published amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, which were expected to adversely affect many temporary foreign workers; these regulatory amendments became effective on April 1, 2011. On April 1, 2011, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (“CIC”) issued Operational Bulletin 275-C, which provides operational instructions to both CIC and the Canada Border Services Agency in relation to these recent regulatory amendments.

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Tags: Canada Border Services Agency, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, employment law, Foreign workers, HRSDC, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, Immigration Law, Live-in-caregiver program, LMO, offer of employment, Operational Bulletin 275-C, temporary foreign worker, work permit
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HRSDC announces changes to LMO application procedures effective April 1, 2011

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Last year, the governor-general-in-council published amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, which would affect the Temporary Foreign Worker Program; these amendments became effective on April 1, 2011. Human Resources and Skills Development Canada has now announced new procedures that implement these amendments.

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Tags: business number of the employer, Canada Revenue Agency, employment law, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, Labour Market Opinion, Live-in-caregiver program, LMO application, program streams, Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program, Temporary Foreign Worker Program, work permit
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Canadian government amends temporary foreign worker regulations

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

On August 4, 2010, the governor-general-in-council published amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, which will adversely affect many temporary foreign workers. Although the amendments do not come into force until April 1, 2011, the changes are significant.

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Tags: Canadian Border Services Agency, foreign worker, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulat, Labour Market Opinion, live-in caregivers, LMO, temporary foreign work, temporary foreign worker regulations
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CIC ends processing of work permit extensions filed concurrently with pending LMO applications

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Until recently, a work permit extension application (for a NOC 0, A, or B occupation), which required an approved Labour Market Opinion (“LMO”), could be filed concurrently with a pending LMO application. However, in July 2010, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (“CIC”) posted a notice on its website indicating that concurrent filing would no longer be permitted.

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Tags: Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Foreign workers, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, Labour Market Opinion, recruiting, recruiting and hiring, recruitment, work permit, work permit extension
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