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PART FOUR Rehiring of SAWP Workers ........................................................................................... 27 The Fight for Fair Wages and Paid Overtime ............................................................... 29 Adequate Housing ........................................................................................................ 30 The Live-in Requirement of the LCP ............................................................................. 30 Agricultural Workers and Living Arrangements ........................................................... 32 Health and Safety Issues ............................................................................................... 33 The Impact of Family Separation .................................................................................. 34 The Promise of Permanent Residence - Challenges faced by Live-in Caregivers ........ 36 The Promise of Permanent Residence - Challenges faced by ‘lower-skilled’ workers eligible for the BC PNP ................................................................................................. 36 Research Conclusions and Summary Recommendations ............................................. 39 Recruitment ................................................................................................................... 39 Freedom of Association ................................................................................................ 40 Employment Standards ................................................................................................. 40 Housing and Accommodation ...................................................................................... 41 Immigration and Work .................................................................................................. 41 Facilitation Centres ....................................................................................................... 41 Pathways to Permanent Residence ............................................................................... 42 3
Acronyms AWA BC BCGEU BC ESA ESB CBSA CIC HRSDC IRPA IRPR LCP LMO MOU NOC NIEAP OECD PNP PR SAWP TFW TFWP TRP UFCW WCDWA WRPA Agricultural Workers Alliance British Columbia BC Government and Service Employees Union British Columbia Employment Standards Act Employment Standards Branch Canada Border Service Agency Citizenship and Immigration Canada Human Resources and Skills Development Canada Immigration and Refugee Protection Act Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations Live-in Caregiver Program Labour Market Opinion Memorandum of Understanding National Occupation Classification Non-Immigration Employment Authorization Program Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Provincial Nominee Program Permanent Residence Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program Temporary Foreign Worker Temporary Foreign Worker Program Temporary Resident Permit United Food and Commercial Workers (Union) West Coast Domestic Workers’ Association Worker Recruitment and Protection Act (Manitoba) 4
Page 3 and 4: Access to Justice for Migrant Worke
Page 5: Contents Acknowledgements .........
Page 9 and 10: Data Collection The researchers col
Page 11 and 12: PART ONE The Global Shift Toward Te
Page 13 and 14: This was the first of a series of p
Page 15 and 16: accommodation arrangements, hours o
Page 17 and 18: Other Migrant Worker Schemes In add
Page 19 and 20: which is dependent upon work locati
Page 21 and 22: PART TWO Literature Review and Anal
Page 23 and 24: In addition to decreasing standards
Page 25 and 26: temporary migrant workers are subje
Page 27 and 28: PART THREE Abuse and Denial of Righ
Page 29 and 30: Illegal Recruitment Fees and Other
Page 31 and 32: country have forced them to return
Page 33 and 34: employers argued that the rise in m
Page 35 and 36: permanent residence. One caregiver
Page 37 and 38: with their immigration status and w
Page 39 and 40: econstituted family struggles to ad
Page 41 and 42: Income assessment creates several b
Page 43 and 44: system of both employers and recrui
Page 45 and 46: employment standards. Migrant worke

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