These links to documents and resources are intended to complement the Migrant Worker Report Cards.
British Columbia
Government documents:
Employment Standards for Foreign Workers (fact sheets)
Agriculture compliance team visits
BC Temporary Foreign Worker Program (resource for workers)
BC Employment Standards Coalition:
Backgrounder: Migrant Worker Recruitment & Protection – Model Legislation
Migrant Worker Recruitment & Protection – Model Legislation
Supreme Court of BC:
Dominguez v. Northland Properties Corporation, 2013 BCSC 468
Alberta
Government documents:
Temporary Foreign Worker - A Guide for Employees
Temporary Foreign Worker – A Guide for Employers
Impact of the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program on the Labour Market in Alberta, report, Teresa Woo-Paw, August 2011
Temporary Foreign Worker Advisory Office brochure
Saskatchewan
Government documents:
Program Integrity Branch, Immigration Program and Services, webpage
Working Temporarily in Saskatchewan
Protection of Foreign Workers Working in Saskatchewan - Legislative Discussion Paper
The law:
Foreign Worker Recruitment and Immigration Services Act
Manitoba
Government documents:
Worker Recruitment and Protection webpage (resources related to the WRAPA)
Working in Manitoba: Temporary foreign workers
A Quick Guide to Employment Standards (Fact Sheet)
Employer Registration Information (Fact Sheet)
The law:
The Worker Recruitment and Protection Act
Ontario
Government documents:
Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-in Caregivers and Others), 2009: FAQs
Your Rights under the Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act
Your Employment Standards Rights: Foreign National Live-in Caregivers
The law:
Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-in Caregivers and Others), 2009
Law Commission of Ontario:
Vulnerable Workers and Precarious Work, report, December 2012
Metcalf Foundation:
Made in Canada: How the Law Constructs Migrant Workers’ Insecurity, report, Faraday, Fay, 2012
Québec
Government documents:
Commission des normes du travail, Travailleurs agricoles étrangers
Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse:
La discrimination systémique à l'égard des travailleuses et travailleurs migrants, Marie Carpentier, December 2011
New Brunswick
Government documents:
Temporary Foreign Workers. Employer guide
Temporary Foreign Workers. Employee guide
Nova Scotia
Government documents:
Foreign Workers (Ministry of Labour and Advanced Education)
New Rules for Recruiters of Foreign Workers
Foreign Workers: Recruiter License Fact Sheet
The law:
Worker Recruitment and Protection Act (Chapter 19, Acts of 2011)
Prince Edward Island
Changing Hands: Temporary Foreign Workers in Prince Edward Island (Cooper Institute)
Federal government
Government documents:
Citizenship and Immigration Canada, New rules to strengthen the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, news release, 24 March 2011
HRSDC, Harper Government announces reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program - Ensuring Canadians have first chance at available jobs, news release, 29 April 2013