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By Henry J. Chang, Dentons LLP | 9 Minutes Read November 9, 2015

TFW program administrative monetary penalties for employer non-compliance

Background

TFWPchangesAs was previously mentioned, Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development, and Chris Alexander, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, announced changes to Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker (“TFW”) program on June 20, 2014.  Among these changes was a proposal to impose fines of up to $100,000 on employers who violated the TFW program.  The names of employers who were fined, and the amount of the fine, would also be published on the public list of violators.

At the end of September 2014, Employment and Social Development Canada (“ESDC”) published a discussion paper, which proposed to implement a system of Administrative Monetary Penalties (“AMPs”) for violations of the TFW program.  It also proposed to increase the maximum ban for employers who violate the TFW program from two years to ten years (a permanent ban was also being considered).

On June 12, 2015, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration … Continue reading “TFW program administrative monetary penalties for employer non-compliance”

Article by Henry J. Chang, Dentons LLP / Employment Standards, Immigration / administrative monetary penalty, AMP, AMPs, Canada, Canadian, CIC, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, employer compliance, Employment and Social Development Canada, employment law, ESDC, foreign national, foreign worker, Immigration Law, Labour Market Impact Assessment, LMIA, Temporary Foreign Worker Program, TFW

By Occasional Contributors | 2 Minutes Read July 17, 2015

CRTC sends shot across the bow to international telemarketers

In a precedent-setting ruling, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has issued its first penalty to a foreign-based telemarketer for violations of the Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business / administrative monetary penalty, automatic dialing-announcing device, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, cross-border investigation, CRTC, national do not call list, robocall, telemarketers, telemarketing, Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules

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