Jan 4, 2019 – British Columbia will establish new rules covering the nearly 20,000 temporary foreign workers intending to work in the province each year.
The province recently passed Bill 48, the BC Temporary Foreign Worker Protection Act, which will see the creation of registries for employers and recruiters who intend to use the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.
Through TFWP, employers bring in Temporary Foreign Workers to Canada to do jobs for which they cannot find Canadian citizens or permanent residents.
A major part of the process is obtaining a positive Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA), which includes stringent requires including a mandatory job advertising period.
Bill 48 received royal assessment in November 2018. Regulations are expected early in 2019 to bring the act into force.
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