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Quebec workplaces now can be able to have at least 20% of temporary foreign employees on staff.
A formerly reported measure that permits Quebec bosses to utilize new impermanent unfamiliar workers came into powerful on the tenth of January.
Quebec workplaces are now able to accommodate workers with up to 20 percent temporary employees, up from 10% previously.. The new measure will be applicable to companies within the following sectors that are identified by Quebec:
- Retail Trade excluding Food;
- Accommodation and Food Services;
- Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing;
- Management of Companies and Enterprises and Administrative, Support and Other Services;
- Health Care;
- Forestry and Logging;
- Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing;
- Plastic and Rubber Product Manufacturing;
- Wood Product Manufacturing.
This initiative is the most recent in a string of initiatives taken by the province in order to provide greater flexibility to Quebec employers that hire in the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP).
On the 6th of December 2021, Quebec announced that certain unskilled and low-skilled professions (level D) of the National Occupational Classification (NOC) were now exempted from the recruitment and advertisement requirements in the TFWP.
The 31st of August, 2021 The government declared that temporarily foreign employees that reside in Quebec and were chosen from Quebec to be skilled can apply for a Bridging open Work Permit (BOWP) to work for the company of their choice during the time they apply for permanent residency is approved in the hands of Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
A new route is anticipated to be developed within the International Mobility Program (IMP) and will be named IMP+. This could result in 7,000 work permits being issued each calendar year for CSQ holders living traveling abroad. This IMP+ will allow these people to accelerate their entry into Quebec to start their job and fill the labour shortages in crucial sectors.
These changes are part the pilot program that runs through the 31st of December 2024 and is intended to increase the amount that are temporary foreign employees working in Quebec companies that have the need of employees in a crucial way.
Quebec was the last province to finish in 2021 having the lowest jobless level within Canada at 4.6 percent. The national unemployment rate was 5.9 percent in December, which was close to pre-pandemic levels according to the most recent statistics provided by Statistics Canada.
The most effective method to Hire a Temporary Foreign Worker in Quebec
It is the job of the employer to start and finish the initial process of immigration. In general the job offer is usually the initial stage in the process of hiring.
Except for occupations which are exempt from the Labour Market Impact Assessment, you’ll need an LMIA as well as an Quebec Acceptance Certificate (CAQ) for the potential employee.
The employee must obtain a permit for work with IRCC. In order to apply for a work permit, the applicant typically needs documents like an offer letter, contract as well as a copy the LMIA.
LMIA is a document that indicates LMIA is a form of documentation, issued from Employment and Social Development Canada that permits the hiring of a foreign national employed in the TFWP. A positive LMIA signifies that there is there is no Canadian permanent resident or worker is available for the job.
After arriving upon arrival in Canada The foreign worker is required to go to the border office to get an temporary work permit after that, they can begin working.
