Migrant workers provincial and federal report cards : Travailleurs et travailleuses migrants bulletins provinciaux et fédéral

Migrant workers Provincial and federal report cards Introduction Increasing numbers of migrant workers Migrant workers: Precarious status in Canada and rights abuses Traditionally a country of permanent immigration, Canada is A number of factors open the door to the abuse of migrant workers’ becoming a country where migrant workers are brought in on a rights. [...] EXPLANATION OF GRADES As long as migrant workers are being brought in to fill The grades are intended to give a general indication of “low-skilled” positions, the following actions are particularly where the province stands with respect to protection of important to ensure that the basic rights of migrant workers migrant workers’ rights, both in relation to actions taken are protected: and commitm [...] The issues facing migrant workers in BC call out for action to be taken, and to this end the BC Employment Standards Coalition has developed a comprehensive model legislation for the government’s consideration, with a series of recommendations to improve support and protections for migrant workers, and to hold employers and recruiters accountable for their practices. [...] Alberta should implement the some promising initiatives, including the creation of recommendation to require employer registration, made the TFW Advisory Office and TFW helpline to provide in the 2011 report by the Parliamentary Assistant to the information to migrant workers and support them in Minister of Employment and Immigration. [...] More needs to be done to ensure workers in all the low-skilled programs are Quebec has not taken action to mitigate the impact aware of their rights and the steps they can take of unscrupulous recruiters on migrant workers in the in case of abuse.