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CIC Canada | The Monitor: Summer 2005 Issue Examining foreign worker flows, it should be noted that roughly two-thirds of workers were male in 2004 compared to 73% in the mid-1990s. Foreign worker flows to Atlantic Canada appear to be particularly sensitive to economic activity in the region. The situation for foreign workers at skill level C is particularly interesting, with the share of workers at this level rising in recent years and now accounting for 45% of all workers identified with a skill level. www.cic.gc.ca /english/monitor/issue10/05-overview.html   (3514 words)

Immigration: Principles on Legalization and Foreign Worker Programs | LULAC-League of United Latin American Citizens Should a foreign worker program be enacted without a more stringent wage requirement, US workers will see their wages and benefits reduced as foreign workers come in willing to work at minimum wage and without benefits. Foreign workers must have the option after a reasonable and specific time period to choose to become lawful permanent residents of this country. Moreover, US workers are in danger of seeing their wages and working conditions become depressed should inexpensive foreign workers be seen as a viable alternative to improving wages and working conditions for domestic workers. www.lulac.org /advocacy/issues/immigration/immigrationprinciples.html   (1226 words)

Center for Immigration Studies Average farm worker earnings, however, rose much slower than factory wages: farm workers’ wages rose from $0.85 an hour in 1950 to $1.20 in 1960, while factory workers’ wages rose from $1.60 to $2.60 an hour, i.e., farm wages fell from 53 to 46 percent of factory wages. The number of guest workers peaked at 2.6 million in 1973, when 65 percent of the four million foreigners in Germany were at work, and economists emphasized that the presence of guest workers held down wages and kept German industries competitive in the global economy. The result of the German guest worker experience is apparent in the figure on page 4: the number of foreigners in Germany increased 82 percent between 1973 and 1999, while the number of foreign workers fell by 23 percent. www.cis.org /articles/2001/back501.html   (2658 words)

Foreign construction workers in Singapore - 7 - Sectoral Activities Foreign construction workers were the first in respect of whom employers had to pay a levy. In April 1982, the Foreign Worker Levy was introduced for work permit holders in all sectors including construction, in place of the CPF Savings Scheme, as the latter was deemed unsuitable for foreign workers owing to the relatively short duration of their stay in Singapore. However, construction practitioners, in general, appear to view foreign workers not as a temporary resource for supplementing their needs, but as the only way by which the requirements of an inherently labour-intensive industry with an unfavourable social image locally can be met. www.ilo.org /public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/forconst/forcon7.htm   (2028 words)

Federation for American Immigration Reform: Foreign worker programs: Assessing the impact of s.2611 It is not appreciated by unemployed high-tech workers who have been unable to find permanent jobs in their professional field since being laid off several years ago by high-tech firms, even though the employers have continued to hire tens of thousands of foreign high-tech workers since then. Temporary foreign workers should never be admitted during a period when similarly qualified U.S. workers are being laid off, as was done during the high-tech melt-down and is currently occurring in the automobile industry. Employers of temporary foreign workers should be required to submit periodic reports to the DoL that identify the wages paid to such workers as they are reported to the SSA and to the IRS. www.fairus.org /site/PageServer?pagename=leg_testimony_july192006   (3667 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Transfer Clause: It must be understood by both the foreign worker and the employer that once both parties have agreed to the terms of the employer/employee contract, they have entered into a signed legal agreement and must uphold their obligations as designated in the contract. In rare cases in which the foreign worker transfers to a new employer, the new employer shall be responsible for reimbursing the origional employer for return airfare costs. If the foreign worw w wker changes employers before the fifth month of their Work Permit, the new employer shall also be responsbile for reimbursing the origional employer for 50% of the foreign worker’s wages during the training weeks. www.apta.ca /pdfdownloads/1foreignworker.doc   (1517 words)

Hiring Foreign Workers Certification may be obtained in cases where it can be demonstrated that there are insufficient qualified U.S. workers available and willing to perform the work at wages that meet or exceed the prevailing wage paid for that occupation in the area of intended employment. Foreign labor certification programs are designed to assure that the admission of foreign workers into the United States on a permanent or temporary basis will not adversely affect the job opportunities, wages, and working conditions of U.S. workers. Regulations require that the wages attested to on foreign labor certification applications must be the average wage paid to all other workers in the requested occupation in the area of intended employment. atlas.doleta.gov /foreign/hiring.asp   (413 words)

Be.Here.Now Foreign workers can be a valuable source of individuals possessing the necessary skills and experience to help us grow our economy. At this time, the foreign worker is eligible to apply to the New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) for permanent resident status. Foreign workers interested in applying for temporary work in Canada should read the steps outlined in the above section. www.careerbeacon.com /bhn/foreignworker.html   (569 words)

Compliance Assistance By Audience - Foreign Workers Foreign Labor Certification - Describes the role of DOL's Division of Foreign Labor Certification with the Employment and Training Administration, which provides labor certifications to employers seeking to bring foreign workers into the United States. Employment Law Guide - Permanent Employment of Workers Based on Immigration - Describes the requirements on the part of employers seeking to hire foreign workers immigrating to the U.S. for the purpose of employment, including the application process for employers to obtain a permanent alien employment certification. Undocumented Foreign Workers - Employers of undocumented foreign workers are subject to the same recordkeeping/posting/notice requirements of whichever laws apply to their employees' particular occupation, regardless of their employees' immigration status. www.dol.gov /compliance/audience/foreign_workers.htm   (1296 words)

Foreign worker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A foreign worker (also: "guest worker" or "economic migrant"), is a person who works in a country other than the one of which he or she is a citizen. The term migrant worker is also sometimes used as a synonym for foreign worker, but this term may have a broader meaning as was also used in the past for nomadic agricultural workers who were not from another country - for example, people from Oklahoma working in California during the Depression. In certain less tolerant nations, foreign workers may be abused and treated as second-class citizens by the governments and/or lack of unions to assert worker rights. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foreign_worker   (829 words)

H-2A Certification The H-2A temporary agricultural program establishes a means for agricultural employers who anticipate a shortage of domestic workers to bring nonimmigrant foreign workers to the U.S. to perform agricultural labor or services of a temporary or seasonal nature. In establishing worker qualifications and/or job specifications, the employer must designate only those qualifications and specifications which are essential to carrying out the job and which are normally required by other employers who do not hire foreign workers. In addition, the SWA must continue to refer to the employer qualified and eligible U.S. workers who are seeking employment and who apply up to fifty (50) percent of the contract period, and the employer must hire these U.S. workers. workforcesecurity.doleta.gov /foreign/h-2a.asp   (2506 words)

Foreign Worker Program - Application Forms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) A positive HRSDC Labour Market Opinion supports the hiring of a foreign worker for a temporary position in Canada, and is one requirement that Citizenship and Immigration Canada considers when deciding to issue a Work Permit to the foreign worker. A positive HRSDC Labour Market Opinion supports the hiring of a foreign live-in caregiver for a temporary position in Canada and is one requirement that Citizenship and Immigration Canada considers when deciding to issue a Work Permit to the foreign live-in caregiver. Before CIC issues a Work Permit to a foreign worker entering in an occupation that usually requires at most a high school diploma or job-specific training (Skill Levels C and D of the National Occupational Classification system), you and the foreign worker must sign an employer-employee contract. www.hrsdc.gc.ca /en/epb/lmd/fw/forms.shtml   (671 words)

AMERICAN POLICY: Foreign Workers - no Human Rights Politics Immigration laws require labor certification to demonstrate to the government that a foreigner is not taking a job away from a U.S. worker, and that the skill and technical expertise of any alien worker is not already available from the domestic work force. Such workers were permitted to remain in the US (for up to six years), regardless of the economic situation in the country. During the worst recession in 50 years, foreigners continued to arrive and the fiscal crises led to calls for reducing welfare benefits, generally and especially for legal and illegal immigrants. www.geocities.com /stop_abuse.geo/main.htm   (930 words)

Federation for American Immigration Reform: Abuse of Temporary Foreign Worker Programs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) American workers, already hard hit by the job losses of the past few years, are being pounded as well by the unfair competition coming from the importation of foreign workers willing to take American jobs for lower wages. She believes some of the Indian workers, who replaced her and her co-workers, were brought in for training on L-1 visas and notes that notices that would have been required if these were H-1B workers were not present. The children of temporary foreign workers may be considered residents of the local school district because of their parents' employment, but to lessen their impact and in fairness to the local taxpayers, they should be treated as outof-district foreign students when they enroll in public school. www.fairus.org /site/PageServer?pagename=leg_legislationb1f2   (3232 words)

The Shorthorn Online | Opinion | A Foreign Worker Affair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Once admitted, foreign workers would be eligible to apply for employer-sponsored green cards that would allow them to stay here indefinitely — something many current long-term undocumented workers want very much. Given that legalized temporary workers and their families would compete for a limited number of green cards, even if the number of these green cards were doubled or tripled, it could take a decade or more for the current pool of undocumented immigrants to gain permanent status. Moreover, the recruitment of foreign temporary workers (as opposed to the legalization of workers already here) in the middle of a jobless recovery is not likely to sit well with many Latino workers — or with many other workers for that matter. www.theshorthorn.com /archive/2004/spring/04-jan-28/o012804-02.html   (617 words)

Alberta-Canada.com :: Immigration :: Hiring Temporary Foreign Workers Some foreign workers can be admitted to Canada without the employer having to apply for a labour market opinion / confirmation process. It is the responsibility of Citizenship and Immigration Canada to determine whether a foreign worker falls under an exemption category. Unless the foreign worker is exempt through an international agreement or falls within one of Citizenship and Immigration Canada's specific exemption categories, employers require a confirmation for any offer of employment to a foreign worker. www.alberta-canada.com /immigration/temporaryForeignWorkers.cfm   (412 words)

Foreign workers in Belgium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Once the visa is issued and the foreigner arrives in Belgium, he or she is to report to the municipal administration of his or her place of destination in Belgium in order to regularise his or her further stay there. In the case of a foreign worker that is legally staying in Belgium, the work permit will be issued by the municipal administration of the worker's residence place. The foreign worker that is residing legally in this is thereupon entitled to collect his/her work permit at the municipality of residence. meta.fgov.be /pc/pce/pcef/encef01.htm   (1146 words)

Foreign Labor Certification The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) provides national leadership and policy guidance to carry out the responsibilities of the Secretary of Labor under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, concerning foreign workers seeking admission to the United States for employment. Foreign labor certification programs are designed to ensure that the admission of foreign workers into the United States on a permanent or temporary basis will not adversely affect the job opportunities, wages, and working conditions of U.S. workers. The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announces that it is extending the application date for employers who wish to convert their TR applications to RIR applications. workforcesecurity.doleta.gov /foreign   (1372 words)

Compliance Assistance By Topic - Wages under Foreign Labor Certification H-1B and H-1B1 Specialty (Professional) Workers must be paid the higher of the prevailing wage (average wage paid to similarly employed workers in the occupation in the area of employment) or the actual wage paid by the firm to workers with similar skills and qualifications. H-2A Agricultural Workers must be paid the highest of the (a) Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR), (b) the prevailing rate for a given crop/area or (c) the federal or state minimum wage. H-2B Non-agricultural Workers must be paid the prevailing wage (average wage paid to similarly employed workers in the occupation in the area of employment). www.dol.gov /compliance/topics/wages-foreign-workers.htm   (850 words)

ADB: Foreign Worker Remittances Effective Money Channel to Needy Workers living abroad and sending money home are becoming a substantial part of the economy in the developing world through what is know as foreign remittances. Four out of the five nations with the largest remittances from foreign workers are in Asia - India, the Philippines, China and Pakistan. Foreign remittances are a growing source of national income in Asia. www.voanews.com /english/2005-09-12-voa12.cfm   (577 words)

LuatViet | Foreign worker outcry - Foreign worker outcry Firms which rely on foreign expertise are upset the release of the long-anticipated amendments to Decree 105, which provides regulations on recruitment of foreign nationals in An enterprise is exempt from this limitation under Decree 93 if the permitted number of foreign workers is clearly stated by the Vietnamese authorised body on the licence of the enterprise. In addition, the limitation of foreign nationals working in any enterprises is absolutely absurd in the context of open investment climate and world economic integration,” said the representative. www.luatviet.com /en-GB/labor/2006/5/121.mcms   (404 words)

Wired News: Foreign Worker Debate Heats Up Wired News: Foreign Worker Debate Heats Up Note: You are reading this message either because you can not see our css files (served from Lygo, a lycos image service, for performance reasons), or because you do not have a standards-compliant browser. Some industry players are asking Congress to give foreign workers green cards instead of increasing the number of employment visas, but immigration advocates aren't cheering. The idea is that any company planning to hire a foreign worker would procure a conditional green card instead of a work visa. www.wired.com /news/politics/0,1283,36234,00.html   (889 words)

Cap on foreign worker visas creates staffing ‘nightmare’ This year, the federal cap on H2B visas for foreign workers allowed into the country for seasonal employment was reached earlier than ever — by Jan. 3 — leaving businesses wondering how they’ll find the staff they need for this summer. What’s happened is that a federal cap on the H2B visa program, which allows seasonal workers to stay in the country for up to 10 months, was reached for the second year in a row. Last year, the limit of 66,000 workers was reached with little warning, and employers whose applications weren’t in the final stages by March 9 were left scrambling. www.blockislandtimes.com /news/2005/0228/Front_Page/001.html   (1045 words)

Foreign Worker Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Find out what you, as an employer, must do if you plan to hire a foreign worker in Canada noting that a Quebec Acceptance Certificate (QAC) issued by the province is also required for jobs in Quebec. Note : Please be aware that there are also specific processes for employers planning to hire foreign workers in a number of industry sectors and occupations  with special requirements. Find out what you, as an employer, must do if you are interested in hiring skilled workers and supporting their permanent immigration  to Canada. www.hrsdc.gc.ca /en/gateways/nav/top_nav/program/fw.shtml   (188 words)

About Foreign Worker Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) CIC is responsible for verifying that foreign nationals working in Canada meet the criteria required both to work and reside temporarily in Canada. Similarly, with respect to Skilled Worker immigration, CIC is responsible for verifying that foreign nationals applying for permanent residency to Canada meet the criteria of the Skilled Worker Class. The hiring of foreign nationals and the permanent immigration of Skilled Workers in Canada is legislated by Canada's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). www.sdc.gc.ca /asp/gateway.asp?hr=en/epb/lmd/fw/aboutus.shtml&hs=hxe   (290 words)

Foreign Labor Certification   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) If the employer and/or the foreign worker is represented by an attorney, the attorney must file a notice of appearance on INS Form G-28 naming the attorney's client(s). The degree and acceptable major(s) should be the minimum educational requirements for any worker to be able to perform the job duties described on the application, not simply a reflection of the alien's qualifications. Establish whether your business includes clients, co-workers, or contractors who speak a foreign language, what percentage of the business involves this foreign language, and whether the job duties require communication or reading in a foreign language. www.nhes.state.nh.us /alien/instrtem.htm   (1280 words)

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