2014-04-10
Rachel Browne
The number of temporary foreign workers in Canada has more than tripled since 2000 to 338,213 in 2012 providing a boon for job recruiters, some of whom are exploiting foreign workers, a new report finds.
Recruiters are charging fees as high as $12,000 for jobs that might not exist and seizing workers’ passports, the report, published Tuesday by the Metcalf Foundation, says.
Such practices persist among live-in caregivers, who are theoretically protected against these practices by Ontario law, as well as migrant workers, who aren’t protected, in other “lower skill” industries such as agriculture, food processing, and cleaning.
Financial Post
Occupations in services - Domestic work, Labourers in food, beverage and associated products processing, Light duty cleaner, and General relevance - all sectors
Dokumentado kaso ng pang-aabuso and Numbers of migrant workers
Pampublikong Kamalayan
Ontario and National relevance
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