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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”

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