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Foreign Workers rules to get tougher by next week

The foreign worker rules will be getting more tougher for the employers from this coming week.

Now hiring of foreign workers won't be an easy job for the employers. The government is on its way to make foreign worker rules tougher from this very week. The new regulations will come into force from 1st of April 2011.

The changes related to Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations are being brought up to protect the foreign workers and limiting them to work for 4 years. It will define the various areas of employment keeping the detail of issues such as genuineness of the job offered, compliance of employer rules reviews and time duration of employment. It is expected the regulation will increase the pay scale and job security among the foreign workers.

The coming times will come as more strict rules for the employers. Before hiring of any foreign employee they will assessed on their ability to meet the terms of jobs they have offered and whether such a job is submitted to Labor Market Opinion or not.

The employers will also be needed to sign a contract agreement with the new hired employee mentioning each and every detail about the issues such as wages, his duties specifically to be performed, and his transportation to the place of work, his accommodation, health and safety at work place. It must also have the details of recruiting costs in consultation with local union if the job position is under some collective agreement.

They are also responsible for helping finding the foreign worker suitable and affordable accommodation, payment of workers full airfare to and fro from his native land, provide a medical coverage until he is eligible under provincial health insurance. He also supposed to get the worker register with provincial workers compensation and the workplace safety insurance plan.

The employer should also be complying with all the rules and regulations of employment and recruitment laws. The regulators who are looking into the following matter should ensure that wages and the working conditions preceding two years of an LMO application and should be substantially the same as the original job offer is been offered to the temporary worker. Rates offered by the employer should also match as they are set by the Canadian standards.

Employers here will also be found responsible for ensuring that temporary workers who are not able to earn permanent residency status should not work for than limit of four years.