4 Year Maximum Working Rule for Temporary Workers in Canada

 by 

4 year working rule in CanadaHe came to Canada from India on a work permit in May 2011 and has been working as assistance managercustomer care. While trying to extend his work permitlast year, he found that he can stay in Canada for only four years as temporary foreign workers and he will have to leave once he has completed four years work in Canada. The most worrying aspect of this 4 years working rule was that he can return to Canada only after waiting for four years.
Many temporary foreign workers may not know about this new 4 year working rule that restricts their stay in Canada to a maximum period of four years.

Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations:

Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations R200(3)(g) under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations establishes the maximum period of 4 years for foreign temporary workers which states:
(3) An officer shall not issue a work permit to a foreign national if
(g) the foreign national has worked in Canada for one or more periods totalling four years, unless
  • (i) a period of forty-eight months has elapsed since the day on which the foreign national accumulated four years of work in Canada,
  • (ii) the foreign national intends to perform work that would create or maintain significant social, cultural or economic benefits or opportunities for Canadian citizens or permanent residents, or
  • (iii) the foreign national intends to perform work pursuant to an international agreement between Canada and one or more countries, including an agreement concerning seasonal agricultural workers

All Work Counts:

The work performed by a foreign temporary worker since April 1, 2011 is counted towards the accumulated four year work. The work regardless of whether or not it was permitted by a work permit or exempt from work permit counts towards a temporary foreign worker’s 4-year total. Temporary foreign worker must include all the following work:
  • volunteer work,
  • a self-employed individual,
  • work in all occupations falling under all categories in the National Occupation Code (NOC) list,
  • work done while under implied status
  • work done while on an open work permit.

Exclusions:

International students can exclude any work performed during a period in which they were authorized to study on a full-time basis in Canada.
Some situations in which there was a gap between employment such as time spent outside Canada, or maternity/paternity leave spent in Canada can be excluded from total work.
The restriction of 4-year accumulated work in Canada was introduced to encourage temporary foreign workers to explore options of Canadian permanent residency if they want to reside in Canada for prolonged periods.
Foreign temporary workers after living some time in Canada may have good English/French language skills, skilled work experience and ability to integrate in the Canadian society. They may take advantage of Canadian Experience Class for Canadian permanent residence after gaining 12 months of work experience and meeting other selection criteria.
Source: http://www.visato.com/canada/4-year-maximum-working-rule-temporary-workers-canada-20140105
Enhanced by Zemanta

Alberta accounts for “lion’s share” of annual national employment growth

 

 
 
Alberta accounts for “lion’s share” of annual national employment growth
 

Year-over-year employment growth in Calgary has been strong.

Photograph by: Leah Hennel , Calgary Herald

CALGARY - The unemployment rates in both Calgary and in Alberta dipped in February as the province accounted for the “lion’s share” of annual national employment growth, according to Statistics Canada.
The federal agency reported Friday that the unemployment rate in the Calgary census metropolitan area was down to 4.7 per cent from 4.8 per cent in January while at the provincial level it fell to 4.3 per cent from 4.6 per cent the previous month.
Employment was basically unchanged in the Calgary region with a loss of 200 jobs from January but year-over-year employment was up by 3.5 per cent or 27,000 positions. In Alberta, there were 18,800 new jobs created from January, up 0.8 per cent, and year-over-year employment grew by 82,300 positions or 3.8 per cent.
It was the highest pace of monthly job creation in nearly three years and well above the average gain of about 6,000 since the end of the 2009 recession.
“Alberta’s better job prospects, if you don’t have one, and higher wages, if you do, continue to draw migrants from almost every other province in the country,” said Robert Kavcic, senior economist with BMO Capital Markets.
Todd Hirsch, chief economist with ATB Financial, said February’s job report puts to rest any lingering notions that Alberta’s labour market is shifting into lower gear.
“If anything, it may sound the alarm that the economy is galloping ahead too quickly,” he said.
Hirsch said Alberta now accounts for 87 per cent of all the jobs created in the entire country since February of last year.
Most of the new jobs in Alberta were in construction (23,300), retail and wholesale trade (7,300), and oil and gas (6,800). These gains were partially offset by a drop in professional, scientific and technical occupations (15,200), and health care and social assistance (10,600), explained Hirsch.
“Three months ago, Alberta saw a one-month drop of nearly 10,000 jobs. That led to some concern about an economic slowdown,” he said. “The longer-term trend points to anything but. With a falling unemployment rate and employment rising more quickly than the pool of available workers, the true worry could be that more Alberta employers will feel the pinch of labour shortages.”
Alberta’s unemployment rate is the second lowest in Canada behind only Saskatchewan’s 3.9 per cent which fell from the previous month’s 4.3 per cent.
Douglas Porter, chief economist with BMO Capital Markets, said the job gap between “powerhouse Alberta” and the other nine provinces has widened.
“Looking through the typical see-saw pattern in Canadian employment, there is little doubt that underlying trends are cooling, with job totals up a modest 0.5 per cent from a year ago and the unemployment rate seemingly stuck at 7.0 per cent,” he said. “We wouldn’t expect job conditions to improve markedly in the year ahead - the expected rotation of growth to exports and business investment is not especially favourable for job growth. But perhaps the biggest story in (Friday’s) figures is the extreme gap in job growth between Alberta and everybody else.”
Nationally, Statistics Canada said employment was little changed in February, and the unemployment rate remained at 7.0 per cent.
“There has been little overall employment growth in Canada since August 2013,” it said. “Compared with 12 months earlier, employment increased by 95,000 (0.5 per cent) and the unemployment rate was unchanged.”
On a monthly basis, employment was down by 7,000 positions across the country.
Sonya Gulati, senior economist with TD Economics, said contraction of jobs in February “caught us, and the market, by surprise.”
“However, we have become accustomed to significant monthly swings in the Labour Force Survey. In turn, it is becoming increasingly hard to accurately pinpoint what the monthly print will be,” she said. “Stepping back, employment growth in Canada has now stalled over the past six months. Some comfort will be had that full-time positions and the private sector have been holding up reasonably well beneath the headline.”
mtoneguzzi@calgaryherald.com
Twitter.com/MTone123

Leave us a message

Check our online courses now

Check our online courses now
Click Here now!!!!

Subscribe to our newsletter

Vcita