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Guest Worker Program
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Ackah Business Immigration Law
Know Your Rights While Working in Canada Under the International Mobility Program
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BOOK YOUR FREE CASE EVALUATION The Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) allows an employer to hire foreign workers to fill temporary labour and skill shortages. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada…
SHG Immigration Law Blog
Kafala: All About the Labor Trafficking System Behind the 2022 World Cup
The World Cup soccer tournament currently being held in Qatar is, as always, an enthralling competition involving some of the world’s best and most famous athletes and the pride and…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Wage theft amidst surge in H-2B guest worker program
Restaurants, hotels, construction firms and other U.S. industries have stolen about $1.8 billion from workers employed in the H-2B nonimmigrant visa program over the last 20 years as it sees…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Senate Nears Deal on Guestworker Expansion
From NPR:Senate Republicans and Democrats are inching closer to a deal on an immigration bill that farmers say if passed could help reduce food prices in part by helping them…
ImmigrationProf Blog
A former bracero farmworker breaks his silence, recalling abuse and exploitation
As Congress considers expanding a guest worker program for farm and dairy workers, it is worth considering the nation's experiences with past "guest worker" programs, such as the Bracero Program.…
Ackah Business Immigration Law
Canada Launches Workforce Solutions Road Map With Changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program
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Canada launched a Workforce Solutions Road Map to make changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFW) and address Canadian employers' critical labour shortages and protect foreign workers. WSRP launched…
Ackah Business Immigration Law
Alberta Ends Restriction on Hiring New Temporary Foreign Workers
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On May 1st, Alberta ended restrictions on hiring new temporary foreign workers. The province is responding to employers who are experiencing a labour shortage and cannot meet their workforce needs.…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Feds announce changes to TFW program
Workforce Solutions Road Map removes caps on hiring, extends deadlines
Hall Benefits Law Blog
D.C. Federal Judge Pares Down H-2B Wage Rule Challenge
By Anne Hall
A D.C. federal district court judge has dismissed the claims of Louisiana crawfish peelers who filed suit over a wage determination rule concerning the H-2B guest worker program. They claim…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Department of Labor Proposes New Formula For H-2A Guest Worker Wages
By Anne Hall
As December began, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) proposed a modified formula for calculating minimum wages for agricultural guest workers on H-2A visas. The proposal was necessitated by a…