Highlights:
- LCP Caregivers will no longer need to undergo a second medical when applying for Permanent Resident Status.
- LCP caregivers who work overtime will be allowed to apply for Permanent Resident Status sooner – after 3900 hours of work, the equivalent of a standard work week for 2 years.
- Increased time LCP caregivers are allowed to complete the 24 months of work required from 3 years to 4 years.
The proposed regulations also require employers of Live-In Caregivers to pay for :
- Travel costs of Caregiver to Canada
- Medical insurance coverage until LCP caregivers become eligible for provincial health coverage
- Workplace safety insurance and any recruiting fees owed to third parties.
For full details :
News release : http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Citizenship-And-Immigration-Canada-1089983.html
Highlights :
- Ban on fees charged to LCP Caregivers by recruiters, either directly or indirectly, or by anyone on behalf of a recruiter.
- Preventing employers from recovering, directly or indirectly, recruitment and placement costs from live-in caregivers.
- Prohibiting the practice of taking a caregiver’s personal documents such as a passport and a work permit.
- Prohibiting reprisals against caregivers exercising their rights under the legislation.
- Allowing live-in caregivers up to 3 1/2 years to make a complaint.
For full details go to : http://www.news.ontario.ca/mol/en/2009/12/helping-live-in-caregivers.html
REPRINTED FROM THE TORONTO STAR (link to original)
By Dale Brazao (Staff Reporter)
A foreign caregiver brought to Canada with a job offer from a “ghost employer” has been awarded $10,000 in damages in what is believed to be the first court victory against a nanny recruiter.
Marivic Perlas Rivera told a small claims court judge she paid $2,800 to Winlorfely Caregiver Providers “to find me a legal employer in Canada as a live-in caregiver.”
But upon arrival from Hong Kong last November, Rivera was told her would-be employer, Wayne Smith, whom she has never met or even spoken to, was no longer interested in her services and she was “released on arrival.” (more…)
Effective May 4, 2009 : HRSDC has a new Employer application form & list of required documents to be attached to each application. This now includes an “Attestation of authentication” as well as the required 14 day posting on the national Job Bank website. In order to post on the job bank, employers will need to provide proof of their CRA Employer number on CRA letterhead – noting name, address and Employer number. (more…)
