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Exploited foreign workers to receive $300,000 in damages from employment agency
- Date
2019
- Résumé
MONTREAL -- An employment agency in Victoriaville, Que., has been ordered to pay $300,000 in damages for exploiting, threatening and psychologically harassing a group of Guatemalan farmworkers, a Quebec labour tribunal has ruled.
The 11 men had come to work on a Quebec farm as part of the province's temporary foreign workers program. Their work permits allowed them to work for only one designated employer.
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CTV News
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- Secteurs économiques
General farm workers
- Types de contenu
Cas d’abus documentés
- Groupes cibles
Sensibilisation du public
- Pertinence géographique
Alberta, Quebec et National relevance
- Langues
Anglais
