A temporary foreign worker has been awarded an additional $1,800 in wages after the British Columbia Employment Standards Tribunal found that rent payments she made to her employer’s principals amount… …
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FeaturedWorkplace News
British Columbia amendments to employment standards complaint process take effect
New amendments to the Employment Standards Act and the Temporary Foreign Worker Protection Act took effect in British Columbia on Aug. 1, aiming to speed up how the province resolves …
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FeaturedImmigration
Manitoba board dismisses health coverage appeal for foreign worker over Vancouver work permit
A temporary foreign worker who lost Manitoba health coverage after their work permit named Vancouver as the employment location has been unable to have it reinstated, after the Manitoba Health …
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FeaturedImmigration
Cannabis company worker’s permit refusal for Chinese worker struck down over officer’s wrong-company search
The Federal Court of Canada has set aside a decision by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to deny a temporary work permit to a worker recruited by Quebec cannabis producer …
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FeaturedImmigration
Court overturns work permit denial based on fact employer’s address was a private residence
The Federal Court of Canada has overturned a decision denying a work permit to a foreign worker after finding an immigration officer unreasonably concluded a job offer was not genuine …
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FeaturedImmigration
Temporary foreign truck driver loses discrimination case against Gladstone Transfer
A temporary foreign worker’s discrimination complaint against Gladstone Transfer has been dismissed after the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal found he did not prove that his national or ethnic origin i… …
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The Supreme Court of British Columbia has found that Mac’s Convenience Stores breached its duty of honesty in contractual performance toward a group of temporary foreign workers it recruited but …
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FeaturedImmigration
Tribunal dismisses truck driver’s discrimination complaint against Ontario carrier
A temporary foreign worker who alleged his former trucking employer discriminated against him based on national and ethnic origin has had his complaint dismissed by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal,… …
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The Manitoba Labour Board has reduced the deposit required for Bangali Sweets and Restaurant to appeal a nearly $240,000 order issued by the Employment Standards Branch, cutting the amount the …
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An Alberta labour tribunal has found that a temporary foreign worker brought to Canada to serve as an office administrator was an employee throughout his entire engagement — and never …

