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Artículo de periódico

Recruiters charging foreign workers in Ontario illegal fees as high as $12,000 for jobs that might not exist, report finds

Fecha

2014-04-10

Autores

Rachel Browne

Resumen

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.

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Financial Post

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Los sectores económicos

Occupations in services - Domestic work, Labourers in food, beverage and associated products processing, Light duty cleaner, y General relevance - all sectors

Tipos de contenido

Casos documentados de abuso y Número de trabajadores migrantes

Los grupos destinatarios

Conciencia Pública

Relevancia geográfica

Ontario y National relevance

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