Federal Government Announced Overhaul of Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Today, the Government of Canada announced changes to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP).
Changes include:
- an overhaul of the application process and the replacement of the Labour Market Opinion with a new Labour Market Impact Assessment
- requirement for employers to report on the number of Canadian applicants received and interviews held
- tying application approval to local unemployment rates in some instances
- decrease in the duration of permits for Temporary Foreign Workers
- caps on the number of workers allowed at each company
- increase in the application fee
- requirement of transition plans to eventually hire Canadian workers
For more information, read the full announcement:
http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?mthd=tp&crtr.page=1&nid=859859&crtr.tp1D=1
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