Important Improvements to Temporary Worker Program
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HRSDC (Human Resources and Social Development Canada), and CIC
(Citizenship and Immigration Canada) announced additional improvements
to the Temporary Foreign Worker program.
These improvements address challenges that Canadian employers face in
filling labour shortages and so help Canada stay competitive and
contribute to a strong economy.
"Canada is making changes to our Temporary Foreign Worker program to
make it faster and easier for Canadian employers to meet their labour
force needs," said HRSDC Minister Monte Solberg. "Employers who have
exhausted their search for Canadian workers often need to hire
temporary foreign workers to work for a period longer than a year, and
today's announcement will allow this to happen."
"The changes will reduce the time that employers have to wait to get
the workers they need," said CIC Minister Diane Finley. "As well,
extending the time that workers can stay in Canada provides more
security and stability to the workers and to the employers."
Additional Improvements to the Foreign Worker Program, include:
- To extend the duration of the Labour Market Opinion (LMO) from up to
12 months, to up to 24 months in length where appropriate. A Labour
Market Opinion (LMO) is an assessment of the likely impact a temporary
offer of employment will have on the Canadian labour market.
- Effective February 23, 2007 this extension affects those foreign
workers working in Canada under the Pilot Project for Occupations
Requiring Lower Levels of Formal Training (National Occupational
Classification (NOC) C and D categories). The list of jobs requiring
less formal training can be found under occupations NOC C and D on the
National Occupational Classification website at:
www23.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/...matrix.pdf
- To enable employers to complete the "Foreign Worker Application
(Application for a Labour Market Opinion)" form online as of April 1,
2007. Employers will be able to access information about applying
online by mid-March 2007, following this link: www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/epb...ntro.shtml
- To extend the duration of the LMO under the Live-in Caregiver
Program from 1 year to a maximum of 3 years and 3 months when
requested by the employer. Effective February 23, 2007 live-in
caregivers will be eligible for work permits for the same time period.
Therefore, most live-in caregivers who remain with the same employer
will no longer have to apply every year to have their work permits
renewed; and
- To expedite the process for employers hiring a foreign worker by
allowing work permit applications to be processed at the same time as
the application for an LMO, if requested by the worker. Effective
February 23, 2007 this concurrent processing of the employer's LMO and
the foreign national's work permit should reduce the total processing
time for these applications.
Info Source: news.gc.ca/cfmx/view/e...eid=278449
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