Effective September 26, 2022, the following new amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations came into effect:
- Employers must provide foreign national employees with a copy of the information about their rights in Canada in both official languages
- Employers must provide a signed employment agreement to all TFW that outlines their working conditions
- Employers must provide TFWs with a workplace free of abuse
- Employers are prohibited from charging or recovering Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIA) processing fees TFWs
- Employers have an obligation to protect the health and safety of TFWs
- Employment and Social Development Canada can require documents related to TFWs from a third party, such as banks and payroll companies
- Requests for LMIAs from employers suspected of non-compliance has been suspended
- New assessments for employers applying for LMIAs have been introduced
- Wage and labour dispute factors have been made stand-alone LMIA requirements
- Employers must comply with provincial or territorial laws that regulate the employment and recruitment laws related to TFWs
More details are available here.