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Hiring foreign workers

By Henry J. Chang, Dentons LLP | 4 Minutes Read May 14, 2014

Caps announced for federal skilled worker, federal skilled trades, and Canadian experience classes

Effective May 1, 2014, a maximum of 25,500 new Federal Skilled Worker applications without an offer of arranged employment (including 500 applications in the PhD student/graduate stream), 5,000 new Federal Skilled Trades applications, and 8,000 new Canadian Experience Class applications will be considered for processing between May 1, 2014, and April 30, 2015, unless otherwise indicated in a future Ministerial Instruction.

Article by Henry J. Chang, Dentons LLP / Employee Relations, Immigration / Canadian Experience Class, cap, caps, CEC, CIC, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, employment, employment law, Federal Skilled Trades, federal skilled worker, Foreign workers, FST, FSW, Hiring foreign workers, MI, Ministerial Instructions, student/graduate stream

By Henry J. Chang, Dentons LLP | 2 Minutes Read May 14, 2014

ESDC announces moratorium on LMO applications related to the food services sector

On April 24, 2014, Canada's Minister of Employment and Social Development announced an immediate moratorium on the Food Services Sector’s access to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. As a result, Employment and Social Development Canada will no longer process any new or pending Labour Market Opinion ("LMO") applications related to the Food Services Sector. In addition, any unfilled positions tied to a previously approved LMO will be suspended.

Article by Henry J. Chang, Dentons LLP / Immigration / Employment and Social Development Canada, ESDC, Food Services Sector, Foreign workers, Hiring foreign workers, Immigration Law, Labour Market Opinion, LMO, moratorium, Temporary Foreign Worker Program, TFWP

By Henry J. Chang, Dentons LLP | 6 Minutes Read August 14, 2013

Employment and Social Development Canada announces further changes to the LMO process

On April 29, 2013, the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development ("HRSDC") and the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism announced that they would be introducing numerous changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. Employment and Social Development Canada, formerly known as HRSDC, has now announced changes to the Labour Market Opinion application process, which are effective as of July 31, 2013.

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